Jennifer Lopez is taking a break from men. Meanwhile, Ben Affleck gets annoyed with her because she “makes him look like a bad buy” | Hollywood

And although this year's heartbreak has “really taken a toll on her,” JLo is ready to move on to better things. A source told Life & Style, according to an Oct. 2 report, that Lopez has now entered the introspective phase following her split from Affleck, whom she once called the love of her life. Four divorces later, “a whole new JLo” is in the making because “she wants to start a new chapter.”

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck disagree about their rekindled relationship?

According to multiple reports, sources from both sides of the relationship have launched campaigns against each other. But this last conversation further highlighted JLo's love for him Air Actor-director. “She was totally into it. She thought Ben was too,” the insider claimed.

Notably, Lopez's failing marriage coincided with the unfortunate timing of her career crisis. All three projects released this year – This is Me… Now (film), the album of the same name and The Greatest Love Story Never Told (documentary) – were billed and marketed as their passion projects failed to strike the right chord with the target audience. In fact, it wasn't until the rumors of the awkward breakup became public that the JLo documentary achieved its maximum return.

More bad days followed in May when Jenny from The Block's Netflix sci-fi film Atlas failed to turn things around professionally either. Ultimately, Lopez was pressured to cancel her summer concert tour as well. Low ticket sales were reportedly the final nail in the coffin, although Lopez claimed otherwise that she needed some time off to “be with her children, family and close friends.”

Although the couple still appears to be moving on from their difficult divorce, Ben and Jen were recently spotted together with their families. Lopez's determination to shake off her love life's heartbreaking past still doesn't change the fact that she has indeed developed “close relationships” and a “bond” with Affleck's children Violet, Fin and Samuel, whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. While she has no intention of breaking up with them, the Oscar-winning actress has reportedly sworn off all contact with Lopez's twins Max and Emme (along with her ex-husband Marc Anthony).

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JLo is ready to take a break from men and focus on herself

The On the Floor hitmaker then pulled the trigger on her marriage to Ben Affleck by filing for divorce herself on the second anniversary of their wedding ceremony in 2022. Vowing not to feel sorry for herself, JLo is now “determined to turn all this heartache into her superpower, take responsibility for any self-destruction and make changes,” the source added. To achieve this goal, she is now, as expected, “moving forward with a new outlook on life” and refocusing on an era of self-love as “she takes a break from men – at least a year off.”

Ben Affleck is tired of being the “bad guy.”

The source also noted that the Batman star was “scared” that the “Let's Get Loud” singer had openly shared “too much” about him and his struggles and how she felt the process of their relationship spiraling out of control. would have accelerated. JLo was reportedly “super overprotective” of Affleck as she didn't want him to relapse since he had abused alcohol in the past. However, that all backfired and the Hollywood star was left upset that the Love Don't Cost a Thing songbird was making him “look like the bad guy in the relationship.”