Immediately after Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split, Us Weekly published a great cover story all about what down in the last weeks of Jennifer and Marc’s marriage. One of the best stories involved Jennifer’s mom, Guadalupe, emailing Ben Affleck and asking for his advice on what Lopez should do. Us Weekly even claimed that Ben replied to Guadalupe, and after that, there were lots of stories about how Ben and J.Lo (Bennifer 1.0) could and should get back together. Oh, and there was also a story about how Guadalupe always adored Ben, because they were gambling buddies, and how she never warmed to Marc Anthony.

Anyway, some people were like, “OMG, how rude! I can’t believe J.Lo would even get near Ben Affleck, especially since he’s married to The Dimple Princess!” Because this is high school, and exes can never, ever speak to each other, and if they do speak to each other, it means that they’re boning. Well, according to Star Magazine, Ben’s Dimple Princess is getting ready to cut a bitch over this whole situation:

Jennifer Garner isn’t taking kindly to rumors that her hubby, Ben Affleck, reconnected with his ex Jennifer Lopez – and she’s doing her best to make sure it never happens.

Garner is telling friends she will fight like hell to keep her family intact and J.Lo out of Ben’s life. Garner doesn’t believe that J.Lo and her husband should have anything to talk about now – especially since “they parted in a very unfriendly manner,” says a source.

Jennifer [Garner] has also told friends that she believes family is the most important factor in her life – and she intends to keep her family together forever. My source adds that Ben and Jennifer are “still very much together and will always put the welfare of their children first.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

Yes, we know that Jennifer thinks “family” is the most important thing is life. Nay, THE ONLY important thing in life, and she thinks that every woman has “no deeper want” than to become a mother. I do believe that Garner is a great mom, and that she loves and adores her family, and her girls and her husband are her top priorities in life. I also believe that Garner sees J.Lo as a threat, probably because Garner not only loves her husband, she KNOWS her husband. Ben Affleck is a dog, and his self-destructive streak runs deep, and there are probably lots of women in his life that Garner is threatened by.

Is there a limit to how much she’ll fight back, though? At some point, after Blake Lively and after Jennifer Lopez and after the gambling (which is still a big problem, allegedly), isn’t Garner just exhausted from dealing with all of his baggage and issues? That’s what I always wonder when I photos of them – why is she holding on to this marriage like Ben’s got the last dong on earth? The answer everyone always gives is “the kids”. Sure, I’ll buy that she’s invested in the marriage for the kids, but at some point, won’t “self-respect” and “I can’t deal with his bullsh-t for one more minute” come into play?

Also: this woman cannot find a flattering casual outfit to save her life.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Last year, I noted that Jennifer Lopez had become, in my mind, the new Eva Longoria. This was before Jennifer signed on to American Idol, mind you, and Jennifer’s career seemed to flailing, and all she did was wander around every red carpet with her mouth hanging open (her “sexy-face”), which is kind of Eva Longoria’s move, historically. One of my biggest complaints about Eva is that she will show up to the opening of an envelope, and she’s really boring. That was Jennifer a year and a half ago. Well, Jennifer found a way to push herself back into relevancy, both with Idol and by publicly dumping her controlling husband, Marc Anthony. Jennifer is now back on top! But there’s still an Eva Longoria problem – just not the same one:

Life & Style: “J. Lo Betrayed by Marc Again.”

Life & Style claims that following his split with Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony has reached out to Eva Longoria for comfort.

“In a long, tearful, anguished conversation,” Anthony told Longoria “about his heartache, his pain, his disappointment.”

Life & Style explains that “there’s a history of bad blood between Jennifer and Eva,” and that’s why “Marc’s calls to Eva behind Jennifer’s back — telling her all the deepest, darkest secrets about his marriage to the ‘American Idol’ judge — are the ultimate betrayal.”

Apparently in 2008 Eva was photographed sitting on Marc’s lap at a party in Las Vegas, mere months after Jenny gave birth to twins.

“Jennifer hates Eva,” a source claims.

[From Life & Style via Jezebel & Gossip Cop]

To be fair, both Eva Longoria’s and Marc’s rep deny the story, and besides that, Eva has a man – Eduardo Cruz, Penelope Cruz’s brother (Penelope allegedly hates Eva too). Now, I believe that Eva and Marc are friendly, and maybe they even talk, and maybe there’s a little flutter of something… like, maybe Eva thinks she can trade up from Eduardo to Marc? But in general, I don’t think Eva and Marc are doing anything crazy. Here’s what I do buy, though: Jennifer hates Eva. I will buy that every day of the week and twice on Sunday. It just feels right.

By the way, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were seen together in Southampton yesterday. According to reports, Marc had flown in to spend time with the kids. You can see the photo here. Jennifer’s rep seems to emphasize that they are not back together. Of course not. She’s done with him.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

In yesterday’s Jennifer Lopez story, I mentioned that I was looking forward to her new post-Marc Anthony phase, the part where she gets involved with someone big and scandalous. I mentioned Ben Affleck, because there have already been rumors, and because I would genuinely think it was funny if there was a revival of Bennifer 1.0. I get that the idea of Affleck and Lopez upsets people, but seriously, I will never understand the urge to treat Jennifer Garner solo – or Bennifer 2.0 – with kid gloves. They’re just like every other celebrity couple – perhaps with even more quiet scandals than most. Anyway, the tabloids are ignoring the Ben Affleck thing this week, probably because there are new photos of Jennifer Lopez working on the Atlanta set of What To Expect When You’re Expecting, where she’s working with Rodrigo Santoro, also known as “that hot dude from 300 and Love, Actually”. You can see a photo here – that was enough for several stories about how Rodrigo is helping Jennifer “move on”.

Jennifer Lopez was seen talking “intensely” to a tall, dark-haired man in a dimly lit parking lot. He put his arm against the SUV, leaning closer to her, “so close that if she’d moved her head a few inches, their lips would’ve met in a kiss.”

It’s hotter than ever in Atlanta, Ga., now that Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro have begun shooting scenes for their new movie, What To Expect When You’re Expecting. An on-set source says sexy 35-year-old Rodrigo is making her forget all about her ex, Marc Anthony.

“There is amazing chemistry between them,” the source tells Life & Style. “Jennifer can’t get over how hot Rodrigo is.”

And is it any wonder why J. Lo is drawn to Rodrigo? He’s the complete opposite of her controlling ex Marc!

“Where Marc was always trying to hang around J. Lo and manage and manipulate and swing deals, Rodrigo is easygoing and not threatened by her,” the source divulges. “He’s a good guy — he reads a lot, is very smart and just oozes sexuality.”

A source says Jennifer and Rodrigo “were shooting a scene where they were on a date, and the whole time it was impossible to tell what was part of the scene and what wasn’t.”

Besides giving each other “love taps” between scenes, J. Lo and Rodrigo have also been spotted hanging out alone in her trailer! And a friend of J. Lo tells the mag she wouldn’t be surprised if the single songstress decides to take things to the next level with Rodrigo.

“Jennifer doesn’t like to be alone,” a friend tells the mag. “She likes to have a man around, and Rodrigo is exactly her type!”

[From Jezebel’s Midweek Madness & Hollywood Life]

Us Weekly, meanwhile, says that Jennifer and Rodrigo have been “bonding” while Jennifer “is reveling in her newfound independence.” But it could be a ploy, and if it is, it’s working: “Marc is suspicious of anyone, especially a hot guy she is working with. It drives him crazy.” Another source says, “He can’t let go. His mood shifts from blaming her to begging her to take him back to telling her she is destroying his life. He’ll call her to apologize and then get mad and call her names.” Sources close to Jennifer “insist” that Jennifer was never unfaithful to Marc, but they also say that the littlest thing Jennifer would do would set Marc off: “Marc was paranoid she was having an affair.”

Jennifer can and has done worse than Rodrigo, who is absolutely gorgeous and reportedly a really nice guy. But I just don’t think he’s “big enough” for J. Lo. She needs to go big, and I mean fame-wise, money-wise, etc. I hope she doesn’t go for some backup dancer-type. She has before. In any case, Jennifer’s rep denied the Rodrigo story to Gossip Cop.

Oh, and In Touch must not have gotten the memo about Rodrigo, because they have her trying to get with Gabriel Aubry. ZOMG! Halle Berry will try to eat J.Lo’s face if that ever happened. Now I really want Gabriel and Jennifer to happen. It would be so amazing!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Jennifer Lopez covers the new issue of Us Weekly this week, in what I’m assuming is yet another “exclusive but not really” piece, where Jennifer lets her people spread all kinds of information and pro-J.Lo agit-prop in the hopes that we will all see her as an innocent victim of the cruel Marc Anthony. I’m not saying Marc was not and is not cruel – he very well could be. But I’m already starting to get tired of this “victimized” Jennifer. I want her to start dating. I know it’s soon, but you know she’s already weighing her options – hell, she managed to get the cover of Vanity Fair two seconds after her split. Trust me, she’s already got a new guy lined up. Roll him out, Jennifer!

Anyway, the Us Weekly story – Jennifer is allegedly going to fight for full custody of Max and Emme. And Marc hasn’t even seen the kids since the split!

Reportedly, Marc hasn’t seen 3-year-old Max and Emme since he and J.Lo announced their split on July 15! It sounds like there might be a bitter custody battle brewing between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.

According to a new report, J.Lo, 42, is seeking full custody of their 3-year-old twins Max and Emme and is determined to make sure she is their primary caretaker. Wow, too harsh?

Marc hasn’t been seen with the twins since the mid-July split, probably because they’ve been traveling with J.Lo — first in New York, then in Miami and now in Atlanta where she’s filming What To Expect When You’re Expecting.

Max and Emme were seen at a playground with their mom on July 31 and then were spotted multiple times at the pool in their Atlanta hotel.

“They are always with their mom,” a source tells Us Weekly. “Jennifer lights up around her kids. She’s incredible, balancing work and being a good mom.”

[From Holly Baby]

I think there might be something to this report, just because Jennifer was putting herself out there like a Sarah Jessica Parker in her Vanity Fair piece. Jennifer told Vanity Fair that she can’t stand to be away from her kids for more than 24 hours, and that she could never leave the twins at home with nannies. Instead, Jennifer uses family members to look after the kids, like her mom, her cousin Tiana Rios and her best friend, Arlene Rodriguez. In the Vanity Fair piece, she also claims that she’s planning on moving back to NYC, which I have a hard time believing. She says: “I liked my upbringing there and it gave me incentive. Just the street smarts and the savvy.” Bullsh-t. She has to be in LA for Idol, and beyond that, she likes LA better, I think.

By the way, there are rumors about Jennifer and Puffy/Diddy. Gross. I want her to get into some drama with Ben Affleck. Or somebody else truly scandalous, not Diddy.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

For those of us who reside outside the Hollywood bubble, it’s been a rather transparent exercise to witness Jennifer Lopez negotiate her way into a much higher salary for a second season of judging duties on “American Idol.” As far as Lopez’s strategy goes, Kaiser initially called it; and sure enough, Lopez issued some statements to the BBC merely one week later. In the interview, Lopez used a number of catchphrases, including “on the fence” and “waiting and seeing” to express her (faux-)ambivalence to returning to “Idol.” All the while, I’ve been rather flummoxed that FOX studio heads would fall for this tactic because, honestly, it seems rather unlikely that most “Idol” fans have been tuning into the show for many seasons, and the fact that Lopez is a relatively new judge hasn’t helped ratings at all. True, the ratings have remained level and steady since Simon Cowell’s departure, but I think this has more to do with the show’s content than whomever happens to be judging. Still, FOX has inexplicably rewarded Lopez with a new $20 million salary to perform the same exact duties for a second season of “Idol.” Boy, I bet Steven Tyler is pissed that he made the mistake of signing a multi-year deal, right?

Fear not, Jennifer Lopez fans: the singer is returning to “American Idol” to judge for at least another year, TheWrap has learned through two individuals familiar with the deal.

The pop star will be returning to the singing competition with a contract with the Fox Broadcasting Network that’s “a smidge over” $20 million, according to one of the individuals.

Both insiders said the deal is complete but has not yet been signed.

Another insider close to the show denied that a deal was in place.

Others disagreed. The $20 million was apparently the base minimum for Lopez, and after tough negotations with Fox, ended up just above that number.

It’s a considerable raise from the $12 million she reportedly raked in for handling judge duties last season.

The only hurdle left to be cleared in the deal, according to one of the individuals, is scheduling. Lopez will be working on two major productions — the romantic comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” which is slated for a May 2012 release, and the thriller “Parker,” currently in pre-production — which will most likely necessitate a shift in audition dates for the upcoming season.

[From Thw Wrap]

Of course, FOX has made the very grave (repeat) mistake of only signing Lopez for one more season, which means that she’ll pull the same stunt next season too. And she’ll keep doing it until she ultimately reaches Simon Cowell’s former salary of $35 million per season. In addition, one cannot help but notice that this substantial salary increase follows weeks of headlines dealing with Lopez and Marc Anthony’s joint divorce announcement. In addition, FOX’s decision arrives immediately upon the heels of that strategically-scheduled Vanity Fair cover. You gotta hand it to JLo — she played this one quite well.

Photos courtesy of Fame

As we talked about yesterday, Jennifer Lopez managed to score the September cover of Vanity Fair. There were rumors that it was going to Linnocent, so I don’t know what happened there. As for Jennifer and this “exclusive”… keep in mind that Jennifer and Marc just announced their split on July 15! Yes, Us Weekly and People Magazine reportedly got the heads up on their split days before the official announcement, and yes, Jennifer already gave a back-handed “exclusive” to Us Weekly when she let her people talk freely about the problems in her marriage. Still, what immediately comes to mind is how quickly Jennifer acted to give away her “exclusive first interview” to VF. Vanity Fair had to shoot their cover and get their cover story written all by last week. Which means that Jennifer and VF basically negotiated this cover within a matter of days (if not hours) after the split announcement. E! News claims that Jennifer actually did the interview before the split announcement… which means that it’s possible that Jennifer was going to dump Marc via Vanity Fair. Anyway, I had high hopes that Jennifer would really be telling all, but she’s not really:

“This was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to face,” Lopez says in the new issue of Vanity Fair (on newstands this week). “I really wanted this family to work. That was my biggest dream, and I worked hard at it. We both did. Sometimes it doesn’t work—and that’s sad. But I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love…It’s still my biggest dream. It’s still my biggest dream. I am positive—determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person. I now look forward to new challenges. I feel strong.”

Lopez opens up to contributing editor Lisa Robinson about her life with Anthony and the example she hopes to set for her children; she talks about her relationship with P. Diddy and breaking off her engagement to Ben Affleck; she’s honest about the diva rumors that surround her, and shares her attitudes toward money, fame, and especially love.

“I’m a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love,” Lopez explains, describing the passage that has brought her to her current state of mind. “It’s not that I didn’t love myself before. Sometimes we don’t realize that we are compromising ourselves. To understand that a person is not good for you, or that that person is not treating you in the right way, or that he is not doing the right thing for himself—if I stay, then I am not doing the right thing for me. I love myself enough to walk away from that now.”

“I will always respect Marc as a singer and performer,” Lopez tells Vanity Fair. “We actually work great together, and he was always very supportive. Together we could make magic—and we did. He will always be in our lives. He will always hold a special place in my heart as the father of my children.”

“We try, we try,” she said when asked about balancing their work life, their children and their marriage. “[But] it’s getting increasingly harder. When we were [first] married, most of the time, and even before the babies were born, we were able to go everywhere together. I wasn’t working as much. So we kind of had that. I went on tour with him a few times in the first few years of our marriage, and we did a film [El Cantante] together. It’s hard, and we’re figuring it out. It’s tough. And… everything is ramping up in a way. Like I said, we had the first three years of our marriage just for us. I wasn’t working, it was mainly about him. Then we got pregnant. Then it became about the kids. And then I started working again.”

She said she and Marc fought about everything. “Marriage is tough,” she said. “It’s not going to be perfect…It’s definitely challenging.”

Love aside, Lopez also reveals she tried using nannies for twins Max and Emme, but “it wasn’t for me.” Instead, family and friends help with the kids.

The American Idol judge (official word of her return is coming any day now) insists she didn’t have fertility treatments (“Twins run in my family,” she said). She also said hasn’t had any plastic surgery. “But I don’t know how I’ll feel about it when I’m 50,” she admitted.

She also admits that she knows she’s not the best of singers. “I think I’m a really great performer,” Lopez said. “I think I’m a really great actress. I feel confident in those things—that’s a better way to say it. I’m not as gifted a vocalist as some of the girls that are out there, but I know I communicate.”

And sells a ton of records. Her eight albums and numerous hit singles have a sold a combined total of—ready for this?—55 millions copies. She will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. “It’s like all that hard work and now something permanent is going to be there,” Lopez said. “I made my mark.”

[From Vanity Fair & E! News]

Hm… very interesting. In some passages, it does sound like the interview came before she announced the split, and she’s trying to communicate how their marriage has problems. I suspect that there were two interviews, one before the split announcement, and one after. Even though I think Jennifer is trying not to have her name attached to publicly bashing Marc, you can tell that she no longer gives a crap, before or after their split. She’s been over it for a long time. And I have my fingers crossed that she moves on in spectacular fashion.

Photos courtesy of Vanity Fair.

More than a month ago, there was a terrible story about Linnocent possibly being the cover girl for the September issue of Vanity Fair. Allegedly, it was going to be all about her crackie trials and tribulations, probably with a healthy dose of crack denial and the same-old BS quotes as always (“I’m sober! I just want to work!”). Thank God it didn’t happen! Jennifer Lopez is the cover girl for the September issue. YAY! It’s her first “post-split” interview. This is the only tiny, tiny little cover that’s been released:

This is Jennifer’s second solo VF cover – her first was in 2001. A decade later, and still relevant enough for a cover story? That’s a “win” for J. Lo. Also a win? I was watching Selena yesterday (it was on TV), and I had the realization that if Jennifer wanted to refocus her energy into a film career, specifically in drama, I would be all over it. She’s a talented dramatic actress, y’all! I’ve always wanted her to find another project like Out of Sight. She was so, so good in that. She’s great when she gets to play “tough”.

Anyway, I can’t wait for the VF interview. Either it’s going to be total DIVA and she’s going to call Marc out and throw herself a big pity party, or she’s going to be classy and keep her on the record quotes low-key. Well… they gave her a cover. Which makes me think that she’s going to be saying some junk that Marc won’t like. It’s going to be good.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

As Kaiser recently mentioned, Bennifer 1.0 were hilarious together and such good gossip. They starred in a God-awful movie, they hit every red carpet, they did interviews, dumbass music videos and canceled a huge Hollywood wedding at the very last minute. So now that Lopez is divorcing the guy she married a hot minute after splitting with Ben, the gossip press is trying to create a new triangle. Affleck is married with a family but his wife is also high profile and it would be some very good gossip if he went back to Lopez. We’ve already heard that Lopez’s mom e-mailed Affleck for “marriage advice” about her daughter’s crumbling relationship. The next step is to wonder when Affleck is going to go crawling back to Lopez, or if she’ll crook his finger and he’ll come running, married or not. Affleck isn’t about to go there again, he’s learned his lesson. I doubt OK!’s story that he’s even spoken to Lopez recently. Still, it’s fun to consider. Here’s some of OK!’s report:

“They’re talking,” OK! can exclusively reveal. A Lopez colleague confirms that “they’ve spoken more than once.”

There will definitely be a rekindling if J.Lo’s mom, Guadalipe, has anything to say about it. As one pal tells OK!, “She was devastated when the engagement was called off…

“She is already trying to plant the seed in Jennifer’s brain that she should reach out to Ben as a friend,” adds another insider. “Guadalupe knows he’s married, and it’s not like she’s telling her daughter to have an affair. But she’s hoping that Ben and J.Lo, who have stayed in touch occasionally over the years, can be there for each other to help ease the pain of divorce. Then, when that period passes, maybe they’ll be back together if he’s available again. And truth be told, I don’t think J.Lo hates the idea either…”

Is Ben ready to take the leap again? At the very least, he seems to have opened the door.

“He did reach out to Jennifer as soon as she announced the split, basically offering her a shoulder to cry on,” an insider tells OK!. “It was a real comfort to Jennifer that he was thinking of her.”

[From OK! Magazine, August 8, 2011]

Even if it’s accurate that Ben talked to J.Lo after the news of her divorce broke (although I doubt it), it’s not like he’s going to get romantic with her again. He went through all that already. Plus the guy is married, no matter the state of his relationship. He doesn’t want another longterm girlfriend, he probably just wants some strange without strings. I’m not saying he would go there, just that it doesn’t make sense for him to want to go back to the woman he was with before his wife.

Kaiser reminded me of this blind item that seems to be about Ben and his marriage to Jennifer Garner. It reads, in part, “This celebrity couple is pregnant… But he is just not that into being a husband and father, and was looking for a way out of the marriage. In fact, he already had one foot out the door. Why? Because an ex of his is going to be back on the market soon, and he was excited about giving that relationship another shot.” I think this is definitely about Affleck, Garner and Lopez, but that doesn’t mean it’s true. I’m pretty sure Garner is not pregnant and was just wearing a loose top recently, and again it’s not like Affleck is clamoring to get back with that diva.

Oh and I just have to mention that Affleck’s very ugly new wiglet/flat iron hair is for a role. It’s not a proactive measure to keep Lopez away. We all know that she isn’t easily deterred anyway, considering that her estranged husband looks like a cadaver.

These photos are from 2003.

Photo credit: Fame, PRPhotos and WENN

Here are some new photos of Jennifer Lopez in Miami over the weekend. Reportedly, she was celebrating her 42nd birthday with friends, and the dude who seems like he’s escorting her out of the resturant is her on-again manager Benny Medina. She’s fired Benny a few times in the past, and she was without his Svengali talents for most of the years she was married to Marc, but J.Lo hired Benny back… I think it was last year? And now Marc is out and Benny is back to shaping everything about J.Lo.

I read her demeanor as genuinely sad, but like she also wants to be seen as seeming “sad”. Team J.Lo was all over the place last week, blaming Marc for basically everything that went wrong in their marriage. It would be naïve to think that Jennifer isn’t organized, and that she has a very specific plan for her post-divorce life. Quite honestly, I can’t wait to see what she’s got up her sleeve. New boyfriend? New career? New house? New baby? It will be interesting.

By the way, there are reports that while in Miami, Jennifer is spending time with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. That must be seriously depressing. Can you imagine spending time with them when you’re fresh from a breakup? And that’s just when Scientologists strike too – when you’re vulnerable and looking for a new life path. J.Lo and Xenu? No! She would never give up Santeria.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Ugh, there are still a million stories about Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. For a quick recap of our previous stories: Marc was crazy, controlling and jealous of Jennifer’s fame; Marc wanted Jennifer to be a more conservative wife-type, and he hated when she wore sexy clothes; and Jennifer was such an insecure wreck that her mom emailed Ben Affleck to get HIS advice on what Jennifer should do. Now for the eleventy billion other stories:

*Jennifer went to the Ukraine on Tuesday to perform at a private wedding. She got paid $1 million and she arrived with a gigantic entourage and stayed at the best penthouse suite. Sources say she was in a good mood, she was nice to everyone, she signed autographs and “smiled a lot.” When she performed at the wedding, she said, “Are you happy? I am happy, because I am here with you today!”

*Jennifer wanted to dump Marc as far back as Christmas 2010. They also stopped having sex, because Marc is obsessed with his fancy trainsets, and he would lock himself in his gigantic train room. Oh, and Marc was jealous of Jennifer’s relationship with Steven Tyler.

*Marc cheated on Jennifer with a stewardess he met on a private plane. A source tells Us Weekly, “Marc and Jennifer almost split up over it. Jennifer was going to leave him then, but Marc begged her to stay. They went to marriage counseling and she decided to give it another shot. He was someone she truly loved.” Sources also claim that “Marc go out without his wedding ring and flirt with women in clubs in NYC and Las Vegas.”

*Also, Marc was a horrible businessman and he made terrible decisions acting on behalf of Jennifer. Marc was responsible for Jennifer firing Benny Medina (the man who developed Jennifer’s career), and Marc was pissed when Jennifer hired Benny back. A source says: “Marc has always been a dominating husband. He wants to control everything Jennifer does, including her career. Jennifer feels like she hit her lowest point careerwise because of Marc’s decisions. Marc was the king of bad decisions, but you couldn’t say no to him or it would cause a big fight.”

*He was a crappy father, a source says: “She’s a really hands on mom — so loving and nurturing while he seemed to feel bothered by [their twins].”

*Marc is “aloof and visibly sad” in the wake of the split. Sources say that behind-the-scenes of his concert in Colombia, “He didn’t allow anyone to talk to him or anyone to come to his dressing room. The people who worked with him said he was a little bit upset, so because of that, they tried to keep everybody from him.” When he wasn’t performing, he just stayed in his hotel room and ordered room service.

Do you think this is the end? It’s not. This is going to go on for a while, especially when Jennifer gets a new boyfriend. Which should be happening any minute.

Photos courtesy of WENN.