Ben Affleck (L); Jennifer Lopez.Photo: Getty (2)
ForJennifer LopezandBen Affleck, time might be on their side.
Almost two weeks after the former couple wasfirst spotted hanging outat Lopez’s Los Angeles homefollowing her recent splitfromAlex Rodriguez, a source tells PEOPLE that the 51-year-old actress and singer may consider giving it another try with Affleck, 48, given their respective life trajectories since going their separate ways 17 years ago.
“It doesn’t seem possible that [Jennifer] would ever get back with Alex, but I can’t say that about Ben,” says the source.
Lopez is mom to 13-year-old twinsMax and Emmewith ex-husbandMarc Anthony, while Affleck shares three kids with ex-wifeJennifer Garner: daughtersSeraphina, 12, andViolet, 15, plus sonSamuel, 9. (Rodriguez is also dad to daughtersElla, 13, andNatasha, 16.)
“Time has passed, and they are each in a different place with children,” the source adds of Lopez and Affleck.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in 2002.Jim Spellman/WireImage
A source close to the singer said in this week’s issue of PEOPLE that Lopez “isopen to having a relationship"with Affleck.
“She wants to spend as much time with Ben as possible to see where this could go,” said the insider of the pair, who were photographed together inside of a car togetherduring their Montana trip.
While the two are spending more time together, the source added, “They are certainly not making any plans about the future.”
Ben Affleck (L); Jennifer Lopez.getty (2)
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After his divorce from Garner, 49, Affleck dated actressAna de Armas. TheDeep Watercostars thensplit in January, afterfirst being romantically linked in early 2020.
“Ben and Jennifer were in the same mindset after their breakups,” a Latin music source told PEOPLE this week of Affleck’s split from de Armas, 33, and Lopez’s from Rodriguez, 45.
Added the insider of Lopez and Affleck, “Whether they end up together or not it’sgood for both of them now. And not that surprising.”
source: people.com
