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Jennifer Lopez is celebrating her 55th birthday in style in the Hamptons.
The songstress kicked off her birthday weekend on Sunday, July 21, with an intimate outdoor lunch at Arthur & Sons, an Italian restaurant in the Hamptons. According to a source, Lopez reserved the venue’s outdoor bar and patio area, dubbed the Amalfi Terrace, for 20 of her closest friends and family.
Among the guests were her 16-year-old twins, Max and Emme, her sister Lynda, her longtime manager Benny Medina, and other close friends. Notably, her husband Ben Affleck was not in attendance.
Jennifer Lopez has been serving up stylish looks in the Hamptons. From chic bike riding outfits to classic ensembles while exploring the town, Lopez has been showcasing her fabulous summer style. One of her standout looks was a white tank top featuring frilled sleeves, which she paired with a loose-fitting pair of pants for a relaxed yet stylish stroll on July 13.
The birthday girl enjoyed a five-course dinner of Italian classics, including fried calamari, Caesar salad, spaghetti marinara, chicken parm, and spicy rigatoni, among other dishes. She stunned in a white, floral-embroidered romper and shared heartfelt stories of her past with partygoers.
Lopez was serenaded with a traditional rendition of the Happy Birthday song by the Arthur & Sons staff and treated to her favorite dessert: limoncello cheesecake, spumoni ice cream, and homemade mini cannolis.
The celebrations didn’t stop there, as Lopez hosted a Bridgerton-themed party at her Hamptons house on Saturday, July 20. Among the guests photographed entering the party dressed in period-correct royal wear was Lopez’s mother, Guadalupe Lopez, donning a stunning blue gown with white lace.
The party menu Instagram/ @arthurandsons
Lopez made her way out to the east end of Long Island on July 13, sharing a video via Instagram Story of her and her 18-year-old stepdaughter, Violet Affleck, taking a summertime car ride together. The pair were later spotted at the Chanel store in the Hamptons the same day, a source exclusively revealed.
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Meanwhile, Lopez and Ben Affleck are still living separately and their relationship remains in limbo as they look to sell their shared L.A. home. “Nothing has been decided yet as far as the divorce, but selling the house is the first step,” the insider concluded.
Notably, neither Ben nor the singer publicly acknowledged their second wedding anniversary on July 16. (Ben shares Violet, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.)
Reports of Ben and Lopez’s separation surfaced in May when a source exclusively told us the couple had been experiencing “issues” in their marriage as Lopez prepared for her This Is Me…Live Tour, which would have been her first in years. The tour, however, was later canceled.
“Jennifer suggested they just take time to figure it out,” an insider told us in July, saying the couple was “living separate lives” and “still haven’t made a decision” about their marriage. “They are going through so much individually and as a couple,” the source said. “They may take some time to see if this complicated moment can resolve itself and they come back to each other [as] better people.”
Reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton
