Whatever led Jennifer Affleck and Ben Affleck to separate after less than two years of marriage, the actor himself made it clear he was uncomfortable with the way she publicized aspects of their private life, especially when she turned their great “love story” into a selling point for her music, social media brand and recent documentary. So, it may come as no surprise that Affleck reportedly was unhappy with one of the ways Lopez handled all the feverish news reports about problems in their marriage. that Lopez actually allowed breakup rumors to “ruminate” as she was preparing to promote her new Netflix film, “Atlas,” last month.
“Jennifer allowed the breakup rumors to ruminate while on the press tour for her new film ‘Atlas’ because if people are talking about you, it can be a good thing for publicity,” a source told the Daily Mail. So, according to this Daily Mail source, it sounds like Lopez was following the old adage about publicity — negative headlines are better than no headlines. It’s hard to know, though, whether this means Lopez has been fine with paparazzi following her and Affleck around the past few weeks, snapping photos of them in private family moments, in order to assess the health of their marriage.
It’s also hard to believe that Lopez was pleased with the public knowing that Affleck had moved out of their recently purchased $60 million Beverly Hills “dream home” and moved into a $100,000-per-month rental. But whatever Lopez rep.
