Ben Affleck Praises Jennifer Lopez for Continued Relationship With His Children
Ben Affleck has said his piece on his divorce with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez. After the actor broke his silence on the breakup in a recent GQ interview, a source tells PEOPLE, “Ben’s doing well. The GQ story was kind of all about clearing the air one last time.”
“He’s done talking about JLo,” adds the source. “He’s not proud that their marriage didn’t work out. He didn’t want to hurt her. But now he wants to just focus on his kids and work.”
Affleck, 52, told GQ that “there’s no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue” behind his split from Lopez, 55, whom he was married to from July 2022 until she filed for divorce in August 2024. (They finalized the divorce in January and were officially declared single Feb. 21.)
The source tells PEOPLE that Affleck remains “very passionate about work and excited about upcoming projects.”
His next movie as an actor, The Accountant 2, is in theaters April 25, marking Affleck’s first appearance on the big screen since 2023, when he appeared in his own movie Air and portrayed Batman for the final time in The Flash. “He thrives when he’s busy,” the source adds.
