There still seems to be hope for the marriage of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, even as rumors of marital tension swirling, and reports surfaced that the couple have been married for less than 2 years ・ living apart. After not being seen together since May 3, 30, the pair were seen together yesterday at a Santa Monica school event since rumors reached a fever pitch last weekend, TMZ Lopez and Affleck appeared to be doing just fine as Affleck was spotted behind the wheel of a car with Lopez in the passenger seat beside him.

And according to us Weekly, Eagle-eyed fans read "Jennifer Affleck" nods to how Affleck kept as his phone contact because Affleck appeared to have received a call from his wife, and Affleck also said "Lopez set up as a photo of her contacts." "I have a picture of a stunning pose of a woman," he wrote Us Weekly.

Lopez legally changed her name to Jennifer Affleck following the 2022 Las Vegas wedding on May 7; Just 7 days after their May 1 wedding (they would later marry again the following month in front of friends and family), Lopez shared the wedding details in her newsletter OnTheJLo and signed the post as "Mrs Jennifer Lynn Affleck."

Following a New York Times editorial in which the author shared the disappointment that Lopez took Affleck's name, Lopez told Vogue in 2022-12. Really "People are still going to call me Jennifer Lopez. But my official name will be Mrs. Affleck. We are husbands and wives. I'm proud of it. I don't think that's the problem.She added: "I have so much control over my life and destiny that I feel empowered as a woman and as a person. I can understand that people have their feelings about it and that's okay too. But if I want to know how I feel about it, I feel like it's romantic. It still tells me tradition and romance, and maybe I'm just such a girl.

Speaking of which, after they first fell in love in 2021 and reunited 20 years later (and eventually split in 2004), 2 people got engaged and married in 2022, and earlier this year, Lopez released an album, music film and documentary centered on a love story with Affleck. But three months later, rumors of a quarrel between the couple began, and Us Weekly confirmed Affleck had moved out of his and Lopez's Beverly 60million Beverly Hills home "a few weeks ago."

"Jen and Ben are having trouble getting married," a source told the outlet. "They started having problems a few months ago as Jen stepped up her work commitments and started preparing for the tour.(It kicks off next month in Orlando.They say that Lopez is This is Me...He added that he was "very focused on the job" as he prepared for the live tour, adding that "in most cases, they are on 2 completely different pages"

Other sources the outlet spoke to added that they do not plan to separate, and that they "continue to put work into their relationship," Us Weekly reports. 

A source speaking to Entertainment Tonight said that "Jen and Ben's relationship is not over yet, but they are staying in separate homes and tensions are rising." "They're taking a bit of time to figure out what each of them is going through and what they want. Both of them are very down.

They added that "Ben's priority is his family and well-being," while another source said of Lopez that she "doesn't pay much attention to external hatred." Because she is an artist, she is always aware that it is, and there are people who do not get her or know her. Ben is 100% supportive of Jen and makes it real with her. They both know that this is part of the business and remind each other that you can not please everyone. They acknowledge what really matters, lift each other up and encourage each other's talents and abilities.”