Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may pick up where they left off almost 20 years ago, but the Gone Girl star’s ex-wife Jennifer Garner has a “hope” for her former spouse amid his new high profile romance.
According to a source for E! News, Garner – who shares kids violet, fifteen, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9, with the actor – wants the kids to stay at the center of Affleck’s world as he embarks on a new love journey.
“Jen does not want to interfere. She has completely moved on,” explains the insider of the 13th Going on 30 actress. “She continues to focus on her kids and that’s her priority. When the kids are with Ben, she hopes that’s his priority too. What he does the rest of the time isn’t her problem. She’s done everything to they foster “great relationships between Ben and the kids.” But she will not get involved with who he goes out with or in his private life. “
Affleck, who was previously dating his Deep Water co-star Anna of Arms He was first spotted with his former fiancée Lopez at their Los Angeles home in April earlier this year. The reconciliation drove the internet crazy as the original Bennifer was a staple of the tabloids prior to their split in 2004. Since then, the two have been vacationing in Montana and meeting friends in West Hollywood.
