:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(742x274:744x276)/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-061324-46d3f614ba3c4e0dad073dfa69e6fcb4.jpg "Ben Affleck receives a visit from Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner on his 52nd birthday")
Ben Affleck received visits from both his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and his current wife Jennifer Lopez as he celebrated his 52nd birthday on Thursday, August 15.
Earlier this morning, Garner, also 52, was seen in photos visiting the actor’s rental home in Brentwood, California. Page six.
She and Affleck, who divorced in 2018, have three children together: Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12. In May Air Star and the Deadpool and Wolverine The actress celebrated her daughter Violet’s high school graduation.
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Just hours after Garner’s visit, Lopez, 55, was seen leaving Affleck’s apartment building. The pictures come from The Daily Mail.
Her marriage to Affleck remains under scrutiny after they spent much of the summer apart. After celebrating her own birthday in the Hamptons without Affleck, Lopez was spotted visiting Affleck’s rental home. A source told PEOPLE that the Atlas The actress stopped by the property on Sunday, August 11, while he was there. Earlier in the day, she had gone out with his son Samuel.
Lopez, who has 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with her ex-husband Marc Anthony, is eager to spend time with Affleck’s children before the new school year begins, the source said.
“Just because she’s not with Ben doesn’t mean she doesn’t care about his kids. They’ve always taken care of her. Last year, she spent months looking for the perfect house for her blended family,” the source added. “Now that she’s back in LA, she wants to spend a lot of time with them before school starts again and Violet goes off to college.”
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Sources revealed in May that the couple, who married in 2022, were living separately after purchasing a Beverly Hills mansion together in May 2023.
Just last week, a source told PEOPLE that the actor spent a lot of time working last summer.
“Ben is doing well. He thrives when he’s busy and he’s been working nonstop,” the source revealed on Friday, August 9. “The kids are still off school. He’s spending a lot of time with them, too.”
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The Oscar winner has spent the last few months filming a sequel to his 2016 action thriller. The accountantwhose production recently concluded, and also worked as a producer on two projects with Lopez, including the sports biopic Unstoppable and the film musical Kiss of the Spider Woman.
The source also added that while Affleck recently purchased a home in Los Angeles, he is still living in the Brentwood, California, rental property where he lived in May, when sources first said he and Lopez were separated.
“It hasn’t been the easiest summer for him either,” the source added on August 9. “He’s just trying to stay focused and make each day the best he can.”
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Before Lopez’s visit to Affleck’s apartment building, a source told PEOPLE on August 6 that the two had not seen each other “in weeks.”
“They are moving on separately,” the source added at the time. “Jennifer is trying to find a new home to start over.”
