Following Jennifer Lopez’s divorce filing from Ben Affleck on Tuesday, we’re taking a closer look at what the singer was doing on the exact day of their split.
Lopez, 55, listed April 26, 2024, as the date of separation when she filed for divorce from the actor, 51, in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
On that day, JLo was spotted leaving The Whitman, a luxury boutique condominium in Manhattan, during a solo trip to her native New York City.
The actress had a somber expression, pursing her lips and furrowing her brow, as she emerged from the building.
She dressed for comfort in a beige sweater and baggy denim blue jeans, with brown shoes and her locks sleekly pulled back.
Following Jennifer Lopez’s divorce filing from Ben Affleck, 52, Tuesday, Dailymail.com is taking a closer look at what Lopez, 55, was doing on the day she listed as their separation date – April 26, 2024
The actress had a face like thunder as she emerged from The Whitman – a luxury boutique condominium – in Manhattan
Lopez had owned the sprawling penthouse duplex, which features four bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms, in Manhattan since 2014, and had been trying to sell it since 2017.
Just weeks prior to her listed date of separation from Affleck, they had been house hunting and looking at buying a place together in New York City.
After seven years on the market, she finally sold the property for $23 million on July 24 – her birthday and the same time that Affleck delivered a harsh blow to her by snapping up a new bachelor pad in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades.
Her tense appearance hinted at the private heartbreak on the horizon with Tuesday’s divorce filing, and the months of speculation leading up to it.
The singer-actress, 55, filed divorce docs to end her marriage to Affleck without a lawyer in Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday.
Tuesday’s filing came after months of speculation swirling around the relationship between the A-list singer-actress and actor-director, 52, with their relationship woes dominating the Hollywood headlines in recent months.
In court docs, Lopez said she was waiving spousal support and requested the court not give Affleck any either, according to the outlet.
Lopez and Affleck ‘have been trying to hash out a settlement for months,’ according to the outlet, adding that insiders said that the negotiations have been ‘increasingly acrimonious’ at times, with the two not taking to one another directly.
Lopez filed the documents on the two-year anniversary of their nuptials at Affleck’s estate outside of Savannah, Georgia on August 20, 2022.
The perennial A-lister was pictured that day in her native NYC donning a wooly beige sweater and baggy denim blue jeans, with brown shoes and her locks sleekly pulled back
The Atlas star accessorized with shaded sunglasses and large hoop earrings on the outing with a dark blue purse on the sunny day in the Big Apple
Lopez carried a huge Birkin bag
Affleck was seen in Los Angeles looking apprehensive six days later, on Thursday, May 2
Lopez and Affleck made headlines in 2021 when they rekindled their romance, nearly 17 years after calling off their original engagement and postponing their September 2003 wedding.
They officially parted ways in January 2004 but stayed on good terms over the years.
In April 2021, reports surfaced that the musician and the Oscar-winning director were reconnecting after Lopez’s breakup with former MLB star Alex Rodriguez.
The couple confirmed their relationship on Instagram that July and made their red carpet return at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.
In April 2022, Lopez confirmed her engagement to Affleck.
They exchanged vows at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022.
‘In the end it was the best possible wedding we could have imagined,’ Lopez said in her newsletter On the JLo on July 17, 2022. ‘One we dreamed of long ago and one made very real (in the eyes of the state, Las Vegas, a pink convertible and one another) at very, very, long last.’
The couple again exchanged vows at Affleck’s estate outside of Savannah, Georgia on August 20, 2022, two years to the day prior to Lopez’s divorce filing Tuesday.
The guest list included Matt Damon, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, and Hollywood talent agent Patrick Whitesell.
The ceremony was officiated by podcaster and life coach Jay Shetty.
Jennifer has 16-year-old twins, Max and Emme, from her marriage to Marc Anthony, which lasted from 2004 to 2014.
Affleck, who was married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018, has three children with her: 18-year-old Violet, 15-year-old Fin, and 12-year-old Samuel.