Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Share Air Kiss While Out in Santa Monica | TMZ Live
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are keeping a little breathing room between them ... quite literally it seems, 'cause they're opting for air kisses over real smooches in public!
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00:00J-Lo and Ben were together.
00:02You know that there is clearly something going on.
00:04Ben has moved out of the house,
00:06rented a house in Brentwood.
00:08She's in Beverly Hills at the family house.
00:11And they have been seen together from time to time,
00:13mostly with the kids.
00:15So they were out over the weekend with Ben's mom.
00:20Watch this.
00:21That, folks, was an air kiss.
00:24Right.
00:25That was an air kiss.
00:26You don't get romantic vibes,
00:28at least I don't when I watch that, Harvey.
00:29I think it's the exact opposite.
00:32The fact that that was,
00:33and they hadn't seen each other,
00:34they were coming together.
00:35Right.
00:36The fact that this was an air kiss,
00:37and they know photographers are there, right?
00:39Right, look at it.
00:41Boy, does that-
00:42Ooh, that's cold.
00:42Does that tell a story?
00:45Honestly, I feel so bad for Jennifer
00:46because it looks like Ben wasn't even gonna give her
00:48an air kiss if she didn't go in for it.
00:50It seems like she really is really fighting hard
00:53to keep this marriage together.
00:54We now know that her tour is no longer a tour.
00:57She's canceled that to, quote-unquote,
00:59focus on her family and things that are going on
01:02in her personal life, i.e. her troubled marriage.
01:05Amos also, the ticket sales for her show
01:07have also been abysmal,
01:09so that could also be a factor.
01:10That may be the headline to one, you know?
01:13Yeah, but you know what?
01:14I just feel like Jennifer is gripping at the straws
01:17to keep this thing together.
01:18We know Ben has moved out.
01:20He has his own place.
01:21We know that they're trying to keep things cool
01:24for the kids.
01:25We know that their kids are really close,
01:28but if we're getting down to air kisses
01:29to your husband, your spouse, who you haven't seen,
01:34there's major trouble in paradise.
01:35Yeah.
01:36Yeah, I think if there were any doubt,
01:37if anyone had any doubts that there was something
01:39going on with the relationship,
01:41this, there's all the proof you need.
01:42Well, I don't think, I mean, he moved out.
01:46They just bought the place.
01:47They spent $60 million on it, and he's not living there.
01:50They spent $60 million on this house.
01:53And he's not living there.
01:54You know, look, I gotta say that there is a lot of pressure
02:01for any relationship, but when you go this big,
02:05you know, when you have a wedding as big as they had,
02:08and then they're out looking for,
02:10they looked at-
02:11But she broke off her engagement to A-Rod.
02:13Broke off her engagement.
02:14They looked at 80 houses, and it's stressful.
02:19Right.
02:20You gotta also remember, too,
02:21like they were the it couple back in the day,
02:23so when us fans see this it couple 20 years later
02:26getting back together, we have high hopes.
02:28And then, like you said, Harvey,
02:29they go so big to show like, hey, we're good.
02:32We waited our 20 years.
02:33The full circle moment has come.
02:35And then for 2024 to just be so, you know,
02:39devastating for Jennifer Lopez, essentially.
02:41She put $20 million into this movie
02:43that was pretty much a love story, a love note to Ben.
02:46Didn't do well.
02:47She released an album.
02:48Didn't do well.
02:49We said she, her tour didn't do well.
02:51There's rumors she might lose her Vegas residency
02:54because of all the things that have not done well.
02:56And then in her personal life, still not doing well.
02:59Jennifer honestly just can't catch a break.
03:00This has been a terrible year for her so far.
03:02No, it's been a terrible year.
03:05But I do wanna say, it's like,
03:07getting a house is a big decision.
03:12When you look at 80 houses
03:14and you think about the horse trading,
03:16what I'm told is he wasn't even into the house
03:20that he ended up getting.
03:21Really?
03:22Yeah, I mean, obviously it's beautiful
03:24and everything else.
03:25He wasn't really into it.
03:26And it may have just been attrition that wore him down on it.
03:30But, and I'm not saying she's the one
03:31that kept pushing and pushing,
03:33but everything, what I'm told,
03:34she wanted it way more than him.
03:36And that kind of pressure in a complicated relationship
03:41on top of a wedding that had a lot of pressure
03:45and just the idea of the way they got back together
03:47and everything else.
03:48And it got so flaming hot.
03:50Yes.
03:51It's hard to keep things that flaming hot.
03:52It almost seems like it's impossible
03:53for this relationship to work with all that.
03:56Hi, it's Nene from Atlanta.
03:57Honestly, spinning the block is very wavy sometimes.
04:02This is not an Ashanti and Nelly situation.
04:05And honestly, I feel bad for Jennifer
04:07because she has to lean into this narrative
04:09of being family and sticking with family
04:11because we all know that the ticket sales
04:12for her tour did not go so well.
04:15So I think they're just playing to that narrative
04:17and keeping up appearances.
04:18And obviously, I don't see them being together that long.
04:22Everybody wanted Bennifer to work, but it may not.
04:25And I hope that they recover, but I don't see it happening.
04:29Yeah, and you know what?
04:30Everybody says, I hope it recovers.
04:32Why?
04:32Because I think people thought it was like
04:34these people who were in love, who broke up.
04:36But it's their lives, not our lives.
04:39People just like them as a couple.
04:40I understand that, but they're not living their lives.
04:43They're living their lives.
04:44And if it works out, great.
04:46And if it doesn't work out, they shouldn't stay together
04:49because other people want them to.