Jennifer Lopez posted a gorgeous photo on her 55th birthday on Wednesday.
The Hustlers actress was seen in a plunging swimsuit and wore several yellow gold jewelry pieces.
And her ring finger appeared bare, sans any adornment from her estranged husband Ben Affleck, with whom she hasn’t been photographed in two months.
The image may have been flipped, with her wedding rings on her other hand, which was behind her head, but Lopez makes it impossible to see. The image must have been carefully selected not to show the rocks.
Her caption read, “This is me… Now” with a cake emoji.
Jennifer Lopez posted a stunning photo on her 55th birthday on Wednesday. The Hustlers actress was seen in a plunging swimsuit while wearing several pieces of yellow gold jewelry
And her ring finger appeared to be bare, sans any trinkets from her estranged husband Ben Affleck
The photo was taken during her holiday in Capri earlier this month with her friends.
Lopez has been in the Hamptons for weeks, without Ben who is in LA.
She is accompanied by her friends, including manager Benny Medina, stylist Shawn ‘Beezy’ Barton, vocal coach Stevie Mackey and private photographer Ana Carballosa.
The Atlas actress still wears herher husband’s wedding ring in the Hamptons.
Lopez is enjoying a quiet period after canceling her Greatest Hits summer tour, which will now take place in 2025.
August 20th is her two-year wedding anniversary with Ben. They haven’t been photographed together in almost two months.
The last time they were seen together was in early June, at his son Samuel’s basketball game.
Lopez, however, has been photographed with Ben’s eldest daughter Violet, who came to visit the artist in the Hamptons.
The two appeared to have a strong bond as they were seen with their arms around each other while shopping.
It is said that neither Jennifer nor Ben have filed for divorce as they are quietly trying to patch up their relationship behind the scenes.
A source told DailyMail.com that their children together – he has Violet, Fin and Samuel with Jennifer Garner and she has Max and Emme with Marc Anthony – are trying to work through their issues.
August 20th is her two-year wedding anniversary with Ben. They haven’t been photographed together in almost two months. The last time they were seen together was in early June at his son Samuel’s basketball game; seen in November
Yet their Bel Air mansion is for sale for $68 million, but there has been no buyer yet.
Another source told DailyMail.com that talks are underway.
They try to save their relationship by keeping their love life out of the spotlight.
“Jen and Ben agree that it’s best to take some time apart so they can really figure out what they want,” an insider told DailyMail.com.
“They were ready to throw in the towel. The divorce papers are ready to be filed.
“But they wanted to try it one last time before they walked away from this and now they’re going back to the beginning by writing letters to each other. This is what made them fall in love in the first place.”
Jennifer shared several messages from her fans, including the diva as a child
Lopez shared a plethora of Affleck’s love letters in her film The Greatest Love Story Never Told, with the Gone Girl actor revealing that he continued to cherish correspondence with Lopez throughout his 13-year marriage to Jennifer Garner.
He later had the letters and emails bound into a book to give to the Jenny from the Block singer when they reunited in 2021.
“This book is a book that Ben gave me on our first Christmas together,” she said in the documentary. “It’s every letter and every email we wrote to each other from 20 years ago to today.”
She marked a note that read, “The Greatest Love Story Never Told by Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 2001-2010… and counting…”
However, her final love letters to Affleck are not made public.
“This time, JLo will absolutely not be showing these letters to anyone and they are meant to remain just between her and Ben,” the insider said. “If they decide they want to stay together, she will keep her love life private. Right now, things are looking promising.”
Affleck said in the documentary that when they decided to rekindle their relationship, he initially asked them to keep it private.
He said: ‘When we got back together, I said, ‘Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media. ‘
“Then I realized it’s not fair to ask. It’s like, you’re going to marry a captain and you say, ‘Well, I don’t like water.'”
He added: “We’re just two people with different approaches trying to learn to compromise.”
Lopez also saw that her husband was uncomfortable with the idea of them being in the public eye as a couple, especially given the intense media attention they received the first time around.
‘I do not think so [Ben] I really enjoy doing all this,’ she said.
“But he loves me, he knows I’m an artist, and he’s going to support me in any way he can, because he knows you can’t stop me from making the music that I’ve made… he doesn’t want to stop me. But that doesn’t mean he’s comfortable being the muse.”
They have been writing letters to each other, a source shared (pictured in her documentary this year).
The couple, affectionately known as “Bennifer,” got engaged in late 2002 but called it quits a year later. They finally ended their relationship in 2004.
They reunited in July 2021 and finally tied the knot the following year, first in Las Vegas and then again in August at Affleck’s Georgia mansion.
Another source claimed their marriage is “under strain,” but added that “there is also a deep love for each other.”
“They just need to discover what brought them back together in the first place, and if that happens, chances are it will be three times lucky,” they said.
“They’re not throwing in the towel. They’re taking it day by day and they don’t want to part.”
Lopez celebrated her 55th birthday early over the weekend, where she was joined by her manager Benny Medina and her 16-year-old twins Max and Emme for lunch in the Hamptons. Affleck was not in attendance.