Ben Affleck’s new $20.5M ‘bachelor pad’ in Pacific Palisades pictured – as insiders say solo move is ‘final insult’ to Jennifer Lopez after missing her 55th birthday: ‘Like a stab in the heart’

According to a new report, Ben Affleck’s sudden purchase of a $20.5 million “bachelor pad” has come as a “stab in the heart” to his wife Jennifer Lopez amid rumors of a split.

Affleck, 51, and Lopez, 55, who tied the knot in July 2022, haven’t been photographed together in months. The singer celebrated her birthday without him, and the actor bought a new mansion in Pacific Palisades after moving out of the marital home.

It emerged that the Academy Award winner had entered into escrow on a new $20.5 million estate in the coastal enclave just one day after his allegedly estranged wife celebrated her birthday.

The home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms with breakfast and dining areas, as well as a separate family room, study, walk-in closets, media room, powder room, guest house and more amenities typical of a million-dollar home.

A source said RadarOnline: ‘Ben’s decision to move out on his own is the ultimate insult.

Affleck, 51, and Lopez, 55, who tied the knot in July 2022, haven’t been photographed together in months. The singer celebrated her birthday without him – pictured in 2023

This development is the strongest sign yet that Affleck’s marriage to Jennifer Lopez, 55, may be headed for divorce.

This Is Me…Now artist and Affleck put their Beverly Hills home on the market earlier this month for $68 million, after purchasing the estate for $60 million in May of last year but finding no takers.

They recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary separately, amid rumors that they were living in separate houses.

While Lopez lives in their marital home, Affleck lives in a $100,000-a-month rental house a short distance from his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s Brentwood home.

He and Garner, 52, were married from 2005 to 2018 and have children together: Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and 12-year-old Samuel.

Reports of Affleck and Lopez’s marital problems began circulating in May, after the couple had not been seen together since late March.

A source told In Touch at the time, “Ben has already moved out and they will likely have to sell the dream home they’ve been looking for for two years.

“They will never stop loving each other, but she can’t control him and he can’t change her. There’s no way it could have lasted.”

The home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms with breakfast and dining areas, as well as a separate family room, den, walk-in closets, media room, powder room, guest house and more amenities typical of a million-dollar home

A source told RadarOnline: ‘Ben’s decision to move into his own home is the ultimate insult’

Jennifer and Ben were photographed in happier times in November

One of Lopez’s friends from LA told the Ny Breaking: ‘If it’s just a matter of putting in the effort, then you better trust that [Jen] will turn it around.

“She’s put her heart and soul into her love story with Ben and she’s not going to give it up without a fight,” the source added. “From what I hear there’s still a lot of love, so there has to be hope.”

Meanwhile, Lopez is in New York City, having recently celebrated her 55th birthday in the Hamptons.

After hosting a Bridgerton-themed party that Affleck didn’t attend, Lopez thanked her fans for their birthday wishes in a post.