Ben Affleck Isn’t ‘Falling Off the Wagon’ of Sobriety Due to Jennifer Lopez Divorce Rumors, Insider Says
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have one of the sweetest love stories in celebrity history. The couple initially got engaged in the early 2000s, but they broke it off in 2004. Nearly a decade later, they got back together and tied the knot. Unfortunately, rumors allege that Affleck and Lopez are headed for a divorce in 2024. Here’s what a source said about Affleck staying strong in his sobriety despite the tension.
Ben Affleck isn’t ‘falling off the wagon’ with his sobriety due to his marital issues with Jennifer Lopez, a source claims
Multiple sources claim that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez plan to divorce. The couple tied the knot in 2022 and appeared ready for a life together. However, sources claim that Affleck and Lopez lost their ability to communicate with each other and have massive lifestyle differences that they can’t overcome.
Affleck talked about his sobriety in the past. He sought treatment for alcoholism in 2001 and entered rehab a few other times in 2017 and 2018. In August 2018, Affleck entered rehab after his then-wife, Jennifer Garner, staged an intervention. The actor has since talked about how alcoholism and mental illness run in his family, so he knows he needs to stay vigilant in his sobriety.
An insider told The Sun that Affleck and Lopez’s marital conflict is wearing on Affleck. While Lopez can fake it to the public, Affleck has a more challenging time. However, he remains committed to sobriety.
“He’s genuinely grateful for his sobriety, and I don’t think he’s falling off the wagon again anytime soon,” the insider said. “But he’s still got the weight of the world hanging over his shoulders every day, and Jennifer doesn’t, despite the recent bad fortune with her tour and new music. She doesn’t ‘do’ misery, at least not around the people closest to her.”
The insider noted that those around Affleck know when he’s “falling apart.”
“When he’s falling apart, everybody around him knows, and everybody faces a loyalty test if they’re not comforting and consoling him,” the source said.
Another source claimed Ben Affleck is ‘at risk’ of a relapse
While one insider said that Ben Affleck is handling his marital woes with Jennifer Lopez well, another claims that Affleck might be “at risk” of a relapse.
“I hear that he is drinking,” a source said, according to OK! Magazine. “He is full of demons — a really troubled person.”
“I have seen him looking glassy-eyed, and it is a real worry to everyone who cares about him,” another source alleged.
Another source said that several people in Lopez’s life, including her mother, sisters, and longtime manager, turned against Affleck as divorce rumors loom. “It is made all the more difficult by the fact that we are dealing here with the emotions of the five children they have between them,” a source said, according to DailyMail.com. “The reasons why it hasn’t worked out are many, but when you lose J.Lo’s family, you lose J.Lo. Her mum and her sisters are against him and Benny [Medina] is also.”
Jennifer Garner allegedly worries that her ex-husband could ‘spiral out of control’
Jennifer Garner might be concerned that Ben Affleck isn’t doing well amid the Jennifer Lopez divorce rumors. The exes stayed together for over a decade, and they remain close for the good of their three kids. A source told OK! Magazine that Garner is worried for Affleck’s health and sobriety.
“[Garner] would never tell Ben, ‘I told you it wouldn’t work out,’ but she does blame J. Lo for the pressure she’s put Ben under,” the source alleged. “She has dropped everything to make sure Ben doesn’t spiral out of control again. At the end of the day, Ben is still the father of their children, and she will help him however she can.”
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