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Jennifer Lopez made a hefty purchase following her divorce from Ben Affleck.
According to property records obtained by People, the 55-year-old A-lister purchased an $18 million home in California “near Los Angeles.”
In July 2024, the “Jenny From the Block” singer and the 52-year-old actorput their shared Beverly Hills mansion on the market for $68 million — which, per People, has yet to sell. The former power couple originally purchased the property for $60.8 million in 2023.
Also in July, one month before their divorce, Affleck purchased a $20.5 million five-bedroom, six-bathroom residence in Los Angeles, which he has lived in since. Meanwhile, the Monster in Law actress sold her New York City penthouse for $23 million that month.
Lopez’s big move comes about three months after her divorce from the Good Will Hunting star was finalized. After splitting up in the early 2000s, the duo reconciled their romance in 2021 and had a whirlwind romance as they tied the knot in a Las Vegas ceremony in July 2022. Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck in August 2024, the same day of the two-year anniversary of their second wedding ceremony in Georgia.
Affleck opened up about his divorce from the”Let’s Get Loud” singer in an interview with GQ published earlier this week. The Gone Girl actor explained that no big event led to the marriage’s demise.
“There’s no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue. The truth is, when you talk to somebody, ‘Hey, what happened?’ Well, there is no: ‘This is what happened,'” the three-time Golden Globe winner revealed. “It’s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do.”
Affleck praised the Grammy-nominated singer and noted that he would not share the reasoning behind their breakup.
“There is no ‘So-and-so did this’ or ‘This was the big event.’ It sounds more like a couple’s therapy session, which — you would tune out of someone else’s couple’s therapy after a while,” he remarked. “For one thing, you start going, ‘Okay, clearly this person has got these issues. Clearly they have these issues.’ And the reason I don’t want to share that is just sort of embarrassing. It feels vulnerable.”
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