Affleck, Lopez Split — at Least Temporarily
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have split, at least temporarily, sources close to Affleck told Reuters on Sunday.
The pair were seen on Friday in the Los Angeles area boarding planes to different U.S. cities, after postponing weekend wedding plans due to a media frenzy, said the sources, who wished to remain anonymous.
The sources said that sometime last week Affleck called close associates telling them that he and Lopez had broken up. On Saturday Affleck was spotted gambling and sunning himself without Lopez at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, they said.
Meanwhile, sources said that Lopez on Friday flew to her Miami residence and had made plans to head to Winnipeg where she is filming a new movie with Richard Gere.
It was not certain if the break-up would be permanent, the sources said.
Representatives for the pair could not immediately be reached for comment. People magazine reported that the representatives said they had no knowledge of the break-up.
The pair, who reportedly planned to wed on Sunday at an estate in the hills near Santa Barbara, California, said in a joint statement last Wednesday that they had postponed the nuptials because of unwanted publicity.
However after making that announcement, the couple were seen together at the trendy Los Angeles restaurant, The Ivy.
Lopez, 33, and Affleck, 31, are currently America’s hottest celebrity couple, but doubts were cast over their engagement when stories surfaced in tabloids and magazines last month about Affleck visiting a strip club without Lopez in July. Lopez publicly shrugged off Affleck’s night out.
One source familiar with the couple said that a request by Lopez for a prenuptial agreement may have chilled wedding plans.
The couple also suffered bad publicity when their first movie together, “Gigli,” was panned by critics and flopped at the box office in the summer.
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