Jennifer Lopez was flown to the scene Wednesday evening.
The actress was in Mexico Metropolis to advertise her new Netflix movie Atlas … when a reporter interrupted proceedings to ask the star a private query.
A VERY private query, I have to emphasize.
“Is your divorce with Ben Affleck actual? These rumours?’ an unknown journalist did interject amongst a roomful of astonished press, including:
“What’s the reality? Para le press le Mexicana [for the Mexican press]What’s the reality of the scenario?”
On the identical time, Lopez’s colleague, Simu Liu, rushed to his colleague’s rescue, telling the person:
“Okay, we do not. Thanks rather a lot guys, we actually respect it. Thanks.”
Lopez additionally included herself, however she did not shed any gentle on her private scenario.
“You realize higher than that,” she instructed the reporter.
For these simply catching up … Affleck and Lopez had been engaged in 2004, however then broke up earlier than going public.
They rekindled their romance in 2021 and eloped in Las Vegas in July 2022 … earlier than having a star-studded wedding ceremony at Affleck’s compound outdoors Savannah, Georgia.
All of it appeared like the best fairytale novel.
Nonetheless, the couple have hardly been seen collectively in public recently – whereas Lopez has attended quite a few purple carpet occasions on her personal.
#JenniferLopez questioning her divorce throughout her go to to Mexico for the premiere #Atlas in #SimuLiu He defends her with an amazing reply. ????#JLo #AtlasEnMX pic.twitter.com/r2VX3XsXwi
— Glamor Mex y Latam (@GlamourMex) May 23, 2024
Lopez ended Wednesday’s information convention by telling the press in Spanish, “Thanks. Nobody requested me something in Spanish, however that is high quality.”
She blew a kiss and smiled because the viewers laughed.
To his credit score, Liu has beforehand stood up for J. Lo, saying to those that had been earlier than him:
“Jen is the producer of this film and that is why I am right here and why Sterling [K. Brown] was on this stunning movie as a result of jen cares. And Jen cares about issues like illustration and variety, and he or she’s a boss.”
Neither Lopez nor Affleck have stated something publicly in regards to the standing of their relationship.
However “not in the very best place proper now,” a supply near Lopez instructed Individuals journal earlier this week.
Clearly, celebs are in bother, as In Contact Weekly acquired an entire lot extra heated of their evaluation of how issues are going… and the place they are going.
“The writing is on the wall — all the things is completed,” a supply instructed the tabloid on Could 15. – They will divorce – and this time, [Ben’s] not responsible!”
The identical insider stated on the time that Lopez had employed a high-profile divorce lawyer and {that a} submitting on her half was “imminent.”
