Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez Are Probably Just Selling a House (Whoopsy)

By Mike Redmond | Celebrity | June 13, 2024 |

By Mike Redmond | Celebrity | June 13, 2024 |

In a take that could very easily blow up in my face at any second, what if I told you that maybe all of this Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez divorce drama is really just them trying to unload a house and nothing else? Because it sure seems that way.

It’s been a month now, and neither Affleck nor Lopez has filed for divorce despite me shamelessly milking their every move for clicks. (I thought for sure that would do it. I’m very annoying.) Instead, they’ve been papped together wearing their wedding rings and attending graduation parties albeit briefly in some cases. However, the plot seemed to thicken when word got out that they’re attempting to sell the multi-million dollar house they bought only a year ago. That sure seemed like more divorce smoke, but still not a lick of fire.

Now comes word through PEOPLE, the celebrity mouthpiece of choice, that they both hated the place:

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have quietly put the Beverly Hills mansion they have shared together since June 2023 on the market, according to a source — and the source adds that neither of them have been happy with the $61 million house.

“Ben never liked the house. It’s too far away from his kids,” says a source close to Lopez. As for the singer-actress, “the house is way too big for her,” says the source.

As for reports of Affleck living in a rental home, PEOPLE — who, again, doesn’t run anything but the official juice — has confirmed that’s true because he’s busy filming The Accountant 2, which would also explain Affleck’s absence from Jennifer Lopez’s movie premiere. Although, he is Ben Affleck. It’s not like he couldn’t have made that happen if he wanted to, but also, it was a Netflix movie. Do those even count? (Haha, no. Of course not, get outta here.)

I’m going out on a limb even covering this because, like I said earlier, we’re going on a month now, and these two have very notably not divorced. There’s a very good chance folks are getting bored of this story, so welcome to what I like to call The Blog Boy’s Gambit. A phrase I coined 15 minutes ago while making coffee because you gotta make this job fun or else the thoughts happen. You don’t want the thoughts…

Anyway, there has been some weirdness with Ben and Jen, and they are attempting to unload a significant marital asset. That is not nothing. On the other hand, maybe they simply hate the place, and we just Kate Middleton’d these poor people’s marriage. (Too far? That might have been too far. The coffee’s kicking in.) I honestly don’t know, but the important thing is I’m going to keep staring at the situation for weeks on end because, like a goddamn idiot, I changed my major to journalism instead of sticking with computer science. My parents really should have been more involved with my education. What were they even doing?

(Via PEOPLE)