Jennifer Lopez Is ‘Working Out Like Crazy’ After Filing for Divorce From Ben Affleck, Source Says
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are officially on their way to divorcing. The couple tied the knot in July 2022 and separated in April 2024, according to Lopez’s divorce filing. Now, she’s allegedly “working out like crazy” as she preps for her new life as a single woman. Here’s what a source said about how Lopez is coping.
Jennifer Lopez is kicking her workouts into high gear after filing for divorce from Ben Affleck, a source said
Jennifer Lopez officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on Aug. 20, 2024. According to the filing, the couple separated in April 2024, not even two years after tying the knot. Now, Lopez and Affleck are dealing with their separation differently. Affleck appears to be spending time with Matt Damon and possibly exploring a romance with Kick Kennedy. Lopez is throwing herself into difficult workouts.
“She’s working out like crazy, mornings and afternoons for hours at a time,” a source told Life & Style.
The source added that Lopez’s recent drop in weight might have more to do with her “anxiety” than her fitness routine. “She’s dropped so much weight in such a little amount of time that it’s got to be anxiety-related,” the insider alleged. “Jennifer hates the direction her life has taken, and she can’t control what Ben’s doing, but she can manipulate her diet and exercise regime.”
The source noted that Lopez seems short-tempered more recently. “She flies off the handle quite easily and gets emotional about stuff she wouldn’t have batted an eyelid over before,” they claimed. ” … People around her just wish she’d eat a sandwich or have some chocolate. But she’s on a mission to get as ripped as possible, especially as she’s back on the singles market.”
Ben Affleck allegedly ‘criticized’ J.Lo for her intense gym regimen
A source told Life & Style in June 2024 that Jennifer Lopez “resented” Ben Affleck for how he “criticized” her workouts.
“She’s going turbo on the fitness and beauty regime,” the source claimed. “She really resented Ben for months and has been going through a hard time because Ben always criticized her for her OTT workout routine.”
The insider added that Lopez “ate junk food” with Affleck, causing her to “break away from her optimal body.” However, now that she and Affleck are no more, “she’s going hell for leather to get it back,” the insider insisted. “She’s up every morning doing lunges and squats, sweating her butt off at the gym while lining up trips to the health spa.”
In 2023, Affleck said on The Drew Barrymore Show that Lopez “eats whatever she wants.”
“Jennifer just eats whatever she wants,” he claimed. “Whatever she wants — pizza, cookies, ice cream. She works out. I work out, too! But I don’t magically appear to be 20 years old, you know what I mean, with the perfect skin and the whole thing.”
Jennifer Lopez said she was the ‘thinnest’ she’d ever been after separating from her husband
Jennifer Lopez stopped by LIVE with Kelly and Mark in May 2024 to discuss her upcoming (now canceled) tour and filming schedule. While on the talk show, she explained how she was the “thinnest” she’d ever been and aimed to get into “fighting shape.” Given Lopez’s divorce filing, we now know that this interview occurred after she and Ben Affleck separated in April 2024.
Lopez explained that her preparations for her role in Kiss of the Spider Woman left her feeling exhausted for tour rehearsals. Filming the movie involved “singing and dancing and everything, which was equal parts exhilarating and exhausting,” she said. “But now, I’m ready to go. I’m, like, the thinnest I’ve ever been. I’m in fighting shape.”
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