Why Jennifer Garner has limited contact with Jennifer Lopez after Ben Affleck marriage break down

Jennifer Garner ‘no longer wishes’ to be in contact with Jennifer Lopez, according to sources who claim the actress will only communicate with the singer if it is about her children.

Insiders previously told DailyMail.com that Garner, 52, felt like she was used as a ‘pawn’ during the breakdown of Lopez’s marriage to Ben Affleck.

In the months before the singer, 55, officially filed for divorce from the Argo star, 52, Garner had adopted the role of ‘marriage counsellor’ to the struggling couple, with some friends fearing she had been forced to ‘play mediator.’

Garner has now chosen to distance herself from Lopez and keep any interactions focused solely on the children within their extended family.

‘Jen no longer wishes to have communication with JLo unless it is do with the kids,’ the source told DailyMail.com.

‘Her friends feel she shouldn’t have allowed herself to get so involved in helping JLo to fix her marriage to Ben.

‘Especially considering Jen felt pitted against JLo at times during their own marriage. Jen is too nice and truly wanted to help, so she tried.’

Garner’s eldest child Violet, 18, has made a clear effort to stay close to Lopez.

After spending time in the Hamptons with her former stepmother over the summer, Violet raised eyebrows in early November after Lopez’s sister Lynda, 53, went to visit the Yale student at the private Ivy League university.

Garner found the interaction ‘odd,’ according to the insider who said despite the actress wanting to keep a distance, she would never speak ill of the On the Floor singer.

‘JLo getting close to Violet felt odd to Jen and then Lynda popping up at Violet’s school,’ they said.

‘Jen’s loyalty is to the father of her kids – Ben – and their children. Because they love JLo.

‘But Jen would never badmouth her or speak negatively about her.’