Jennifer Lopez declares her love for nonbinary child Emme and son Max as she attempts to shrug off Ben Affleck birthday snub: ‘My whole heart’
Jennifer Lopez shared a post on Instagram on Sunday especially for her two children, identical twins Emme and Max.
The 55-year-old multi-talented entertainer, who celebrated her birthday in the Hamptons last week, posed with her 16-year-old children in two photos.
She wrote in the caption to her 251 million followers, “My whole heart,” with green and white heart emojis.
The sweet treats were displayed after Jennifer celebrated her birthday in the Hamptons while her husband Ben Affleck stayed in Los Angeles.
In one photo, the star was seen wearing a stylish pair of square sunglasses as she smiled at Emme, using the gender-neutral pronouns “they” and “them.”
Jennifer Lopez took to Instagram on Sunday to share a post dedicated to her two children, fraternal twins Emme and Max, 16. She wore a chic pair of square sunglasses as she posed with Emme, who she refers to with gender-neutral they/them pronouns.
In another photo, which appears to have been taken at a different time, she is seen in a green-and-white floral dress with Max, who was wearing personalized white pajamas and had an arm around his mother’s shoulder.
In another photo, which appears to have been taken at a different time, she is pictured in a green-and-white floral dress with Max, who was wearing personalized white pajamas and had an arm around his mother’s shoulder.
A third photo shows Emme and Max cuddling together like toddlers.
JLo shares her twins with her ex-husband, singer and occasional actor Marc Anthony.
Within an hour, Lopez’s post received more than 360,000 likes.
The Bronx-born star turned 55 on Wednesday, July 24, with a host of lavish festivities. Notably absent from any of the celebrations was her husband of two years, actor Ben, 51.
The couple have been plagued by divorce rumors in recent weeks, culminating in Ben purchasing a $20.5 million mansion in Pacific Palisades last week, and they haven’t been photographed together since early June.
According to insiders, the marriage has been at an impasse for months.
Lopez is stepmother to Affleck’s three children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner. The exes share Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12.
A source told DailyMail.com that Affleck and Lopez’s children have been working behind the scenes to repair their bond.
“The kids think Jennifer and Ben are really, really in love, like soulmates, and they don’t want them to get divorced. They want them to work it out, for better or for worse, like their vows said,” the insider explained.
A third photo showed Emme and Max, who JLo shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony, cuddling up to each other when they were toddlers
Last week, the superstar celebrated her 55th birthday without her husband Ben Affleck by her side
Jennifer’s husband Ben Affleck, 51, was absent from each of her birthday celebrations last week; pictured in November
“And they feel that the two should continue to go to counseling and talk about it, even though it’s painful. They feel that if they do that and say the right things, there can be more peace,” the source continued.
According to recent reports from people familiar with the situation, Ben and JLo’s marital problems have nothing to do with her status as a global superstar, as some have claimed.
“The idea that Ben thinks Jennifer is too famous and that he didn’t know what he was getting into with the attention surrounding their marriage is not true,” a source told People on Friday. ‘There are deeper problems.’
It appears the couple celebrated their second wedding anniversary separately on July 16.