Jennifer Lawrence & Darren Aronofsky split because of the age difference?

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Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky announced their split in a low-key sort of way last week. I tend to believe that their breakup wasn’t some epic drama, and I believe that they probably broke up a month ago or so, soon after they finished promoting ‘mother!’. It wasn’t like the Brangelina split – there were no ride-or-die Jarren/Darrifer fans. Most Jen fans kind of thought she could do better than him, honestly. But both In Touch Weekly and People Magazine have stories this week about what really happened between them, because I guess we need some added drama with this breakup.

In Touch magazine has exclusively learned the reasons behind Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky’s split.

“Darren [Aronofsky] was the one who pulled the plug on their relationship,” an insider tells In Touch, adding that the Oscar winner, 27, who had been dating the 48-year-old director for more than a year, is heartbroken.

“Jennifer thought she was going to marry Darren,” says the insider, adding that the two even spoke about spending the rest of their lives together.

But there was one thing the pair, who worked together on this year’s Mother!, just couldn’t agree on. “Jennifer eventually wants kids and has been talking about taking a break from Hollywood,” says the insider. But Darren, who is already dad to Henry, 11, with actress Rachel Weisz, 47, wasn’t sure about having more kids, says the insider.

So even though they “were super compatible, laughed a lot and respected each other,” says the insider, “at the end of the day, they wanted different things.”

[From In Touch Weekly]

Eh, I can believe that, that Jennifer would have settled down and might even want to be with someone who wants to have a baby with her, and Aronofsky was like “I’m not that guy.” People Magazine says it was mostly the age difference:

Jennifer Lawrence and director Darren Aronofsky got together while filming mother!, but two months after the movie’s September release, the couple of one year broke up.

“Once they are onto new projects and interests, it’s harder to keep up relationships of any kind,” a show business source tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “They were never destined for marriage. They had fun, shared many beliefs, and enjoyed what they could learn from each other.”

A source close to the pair suggests the age difference between the Oscar winner, 26, and the producer-director, 48, played a key role in the split.

“There is a huge age difference, and they are different people,” the insider says. “Each has to look practically to the future. Jen has yet to figure out her life and how it will evolve. He has responsibilities in life that she has yet to experience.”

“Each was infatuated with the other. She was attracted to his brilliance and education, and he was in awe of her talent and personality,” the source adds. “They have amazing respect for each other given the huge age gap, but other things were not on the same level.” The pal continues, “Although they are both kind of kooky and unusual, he is quieter while she speaks from the hip and loves to astonish.”

“They are both workhorses but personally different,” the source says. “It was fun while it lasted.”

[From People]

“She was attracted to his brilliance and education…” Ugh. That just says to me that he was probably patronizing as f–k to her because she doesn’t have a college degree. Maybe I’m reading too much into it. In any case, they’re over and whatever, no one really cares that much. We’re too busy daydreaming about who she should date next.

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  1. Mabs A'Mabbin says:

    He looks like a 70s porn director.

  2. Lucy says:

    “We’re too busy daydreaming about who she should date next.” Bill Skarsgard!

  3. Jayna says:

    Well, of course they did. She’s not a quiet 26-year-old. She’s the fun girl, someone who gets trashed-out drunk and parties with the Kardashians, ending up naked in a closet screaming for Kanye to come up and dress her. He’s almost 50. It was a fun year-long romance with making a movie in common, and like many on-set love affairs, ended. He was attracted to her youth and talent and the fact she was interested in him, and she was attracted to his intellect and passion for film-making. It only carries you so far. I never saw him sticking with her. She needs a guy in his 20s. I think she was too much for Chris Martin also, who had kids and was almost 40.

  4. Talie says:

    She seemed to be laying the groundwork in that interview with Adam Sandler yesterday…saying how exhausting he was with mother! That movie failing most certainly did not help matters.

  5. minx says:

    I usually understand the older man attraction, but he is so repulsive and seems extremely arrogant.

  6. Sigh... says:

    There are excerpts from some upcoming one-on-one w/ Adam Sandler where she complained that during their press junket, her man (her words) constantly griped about mother!’s reception, even during their down/private times when she was sorta over the whole thing.

    She prob didn’t think he (or she) was as “worldy & wise” as she perceived. He whined his misunderstood brilliance when she wanted to dish trash TV…and farts.

  7. Parigo says:

    She has horrible taste in men. I see her next with John Mayer.

    • FF says:

      Tbf, she probably just wants to be with guys old enough to not want her “grow up”, or tell her so.

  8. FishBeard says:

    Of course the age difference was going to be a rift. She’s in her late twenties and he’s in his fifties(?). It’s rare that couples can overcome that much of a difference. The only thing I can see them really bonding over is that they’re both exhausting.

  9. lucy2 says:

    I would bet it was like many Hollywood romances – all exciting and fun when working together, and then once you go back to regular life off the set, it didn’t work as well.

  10. Spittair says:

    That, and him being a self-absorbed douche among other things didn’t help, I’m sure.

  11. Ruth says:

    So i guess this where we pretend like jen is flawless and we act like she’s not leaking stories?

  12. Scal says:

    There’s a interview with her and Adam Sandler (weird I know) for Variety where she basically blames it on the fact that Aronofsky talked about the movie ALL THE TIME on the press tour. Not just on stage, but when they were in private to.

  13. mary says:

    that kinda sucks for her. these older dudes date her cuz she is a hot pretty young fun thing but don’t take her serious or as wife potential.

    she is too young to see this. sucks

  14. Seth says:

    I feel like you haven’t spent enough time with Jen’s stans on twitter, there were some crazies (they came here to) spouting about how they were going to get married and it was a love match. They are Taylor Swift level of delusional.

    Anyway, I hope Jen dates someone younger and without a pretentious scarf obsession.

  15. Mina says:

    She always seemed very into him and he always seemed kind of meh, so I can buy this. You can definitely do better Jennifer! I hope the heartbreak goes away quickly.

  16. NIcole says:

    Well I’m sure him being a misunderstood “artiste” also helped. He seemed up his own @$$ and she seemed willing to play that game until she realized how not fun it is to be a permanent ego scratcher.
    Do I believe she was ready to settle down with him? Not at all. I can see her want to slow down in her 30s but not now. Reads like bad fanfiction

  17. marjiscott says:

    It was that movie failing that was the last straw. His ego couldn’t take it!

  18. Kyra Wegman says:

    If you’re attracted to intelligence and education, go get an education. God, this girl.

  19. sarah mckay says:

    call me catty but, wasn’t it the age difference that brought them together in the first place? Since obviously, he likes them young and she likes them daddy-aged.