We’ve heard plenty of stories that Jennifer Lopez’s estranged husband Marc Anthony doesn’t want her 24 year-old boyfriend, Casper Smart, around their nearly four year-old twins. There were photos of Casper horsing around with the twins while on vacation in Hawaii that were said to particularly enrage Marc. We’ve also heard that Marc refuses to let Casper, who Was convicted of drag racing, drive with his kids in the car. Well if this latest story is true it obviously bugs Marc more than all of that. The twins supposedly call Casper “Daddy Casper” even when he’s not around. You would think that “hermano” would be a more natural name for him.

Marc Anthony exploded in a fit of rage after his kids called Jennifer Lopez’s much-younger new boyfriend “Daddy”!

While staying with their famous father recently, Marc and Jennifer’s 3-year-old twins, Emme and Max, referred to J.Lo’s 24-year-old backup dancer beau, Casper Smart, as “Daddy Casper,” say sources. An enraged Marc immediately called Jennifer and blasted her, telling her that if she didn’t fix the situation pronto, he was going to let the kids call his new girlfriend, 24-year-old Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima, “Mommy Shannon”!…

“Marc mockingly told Jennifer that if Casper wants to be called ‘Daddy,’ he needs to start acting like it and pay some of their children’s expenses instead of just sponging off of her!

“Jennifer freaked out and told Marc he was childish, but she promised to correct the situation.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 23, 2012]

Isn’t that ripe that they’re both dating 24 year-olds? Casper is paying expenses now, he’s paying them out of the $10,000 a week allowance J.Lo gives him.

Kids that age often get names confused. This probably pisses off Marc immensely, but that doesn’t mean the kids actually think of Casper as their dad. My son sometimes accidentally calls me “grandma” right after he’s been hanging out with her. When he was around Lopez’s twins’ age, he called an older man who was babysitting him “opa” (grandpa in German) because he didn’t know what else to call him. I explained it to him later. The thing that makes the difference, though, is that Casper and Jennifer encourage the kids to call him “Daddy Casper.” Jennifer has only been going out with that man child a few weeks. She shouldn’t have even introduced him to her kids yet, and having them call him “daddy” is just ridiculous. Marc has every right to be upset, but he’s as much of an ass as J.Lo if he retaliates by having them call his latest girlfriend “mommy.”

Jennifer Lopez is shown out with Max on 1-8-12. She’s shown with Casper on 12-18-11. Credit: Fame. Marc is shown performing in Miami on 9-16-11. Credit: Johnny Louis/WENN.com

The last we heard about Marc Anthony, he was dating a young model type and posting photos of them together on Facebook. It was just as obvious a move as all the paparazzi photo ops that J.Lo has been staging with her much younger, facially challenged boyfriend, backup dancer Casper Smart, only J.Lo started it first. Well Marc and Jennifer aren’t getting along at this point, and they’re fighting over custody of their nearly four year-old twins. Radar has the news that Marc sniped at Jennifer that she needed to see a psychiatrist because she’s incapable of being alone.

The former couple had yet another fight over the weekend, with Marc complaining that he wanted to see their toddler twins more frequently.

“As always with things between Jen and Marc recently, the conversation quickly turned heated,” a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. “Jen said Marc wasn’t being attentive enough as their father, and Marc scoffed at that remark and said she was always changing her travel plans with the children at the last minute.

“The real source of Marc’s anger is Jen’s relationship with back-up dancer, Casper Smart. Jen is VERY serious about him, and it makes Marc extremely jealous. Marc told Jen that she [should] see a psychiatrist to deal with her issues to figure out why she always needs a man in her life. Remember, Jen and Ben [Affleck] had just broken up when she got hot and heavy with Marc. Jen’s relationship with Marc was the longest relationship she ever had with anyone, about seven and a half years.”

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Marc is now dating sexy Venezuelan model Shannon de Lima and the two have been Tweeting up a love storm to each other. Marc wrote in Spanish to Shannon “To my @Shadelima my statue of liberty. Kisses, baby.”

The Latin crooner has told JLo though that her boyfriend, who has been arrested for drag racing and had warrants out for his arrest, is banned from driving their toddler twins, anywhere.

Even though Marc and Jennifer haven’t formally filed for divorce yet, the Latin superstar told the American Idol judge he would take legal action if she went against his instructions.

“This wasn’t a threat that Marc gave Jen. He will go straight to family court if he needs to get a judge involved to make sure Casper doesn’t get behind the wheel with his kids in the car,” the insider says.

Smart formally pleaded no contest last week to exhibition of speeding, and was sentenced to one year probation, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.

[From Radar]

I agree with Marc that a guy who was convicted of drag racing should not be driving with his kids in the car. Other than that he just sounds jealous. This “you need to see a psychiatrist” dig is the oldest line in the book. When a current or ex partner isn’t behaving in a way the other one wants (or when they want out) they often pull that “something’s wrong with you, you need to get professional help” line. It’s an easy way to place blame on the other person. In J.Lo’s case she may benefit from talking to someone about her need to be in a relationship, but I think she’s just sowing her oats and trying to feel sexy after being committed to one guy for the longest stretch in her life. When men do it, it’s normal, when women do it they’re crazy and need help. Gah I can’t believe I’m defending J.Lo. If she does end up marrying baby douche face, then I’ll concede that I was wrong and that she should have sought some kind of help.

Jennifer and Casper are shown outside a jewelry shop on 12-18-11. Credit: Fame. Marc is shown on 9-9-11 and with Jennifer on 5-23-11. Credit: WENN

Jennifer Lopez and her facially-challenged boyfriend Casper Smart are loved up all over the world. The message is clear: J.Lo, true to form and true to her relationship history, has moved on from Marc Anthony and quickly jumped into a serious relationship… with a 24-year-old backup dancer. As you can imagine, the super-controlling Marc Anthony is NOT pleased. One of the biggest issues seems to be that Jennifer is letting Casper spend time with twins Max and Emme. Marc doesn’t like it, and he’s planning on fighting Jennifer over every little custodial issue, at least according to Us Weekly:

It’s war! After what appeared to be a fairly civilized July split following seven years of marriage, things between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are getting seriously ugly, multiple insiders tell the new Us Weekly, out now.

The catalyst? Lopez’s newfound love with Casper Smart, a 24-year-old backup dancer who’s already getting along swimmingly with Max and Emme, Lopez’s 3-year-old twins with Anthony, 43.

When the Latin crooner spotted photos of Lopez and Smart bonding with his son and daughter during a Thanksgiving vacation in Kauai, Hawaii, he “hit the roof,” one source says. “It caused a huge blowup.”

Anthony’s next move: Although he and Lopez, 42, already hammered out custody arrangements for the twins — ceding primary custody to the singer and American Idol judge — a close source tells Us he’s “going back on his word and saying his wants joint custody.”

His ultimate motive, says the source? “He wants to make Jennifer suffer because she’s having fun with someone new, and he knows this will hurt her on the deepest level.”

But Lopez, says another pal, is “ready to smash him if he tries anything…It’s getting vicious.”

[From Us Weekly]

This wouldn’t surprise me at all, actually. It’s all “amicable” and “look at us, we’re co-parenting!” until one of the parents gets a new partner, and then all hell breaks loose. Marc Anthony is rather douchey, that’s a given, and I believe he would make an issue out of the custody just as a way to “control” Jennifer. But! Jennifer introduced Casper to her kids WAY too soon, and I kind of feel like Marc does have the right to be upset. Also: I appreciate anything that can be done to separate Jennifer and that completely FUBAR backup dancer.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

This story came out on Radar a couple of days ago, but Star has more details and it paints a much better picture of Marc Anthony freaking out over his ex’s new relationship. It also makes it clear that Lopez is using her new romance to make Anthony jealous, and it’s working.

We’ve heard that Marc and J.Lo have been friendly post-split and that they even hooked up just a couple of weeks ago. Well all that seems to have ended when Lopez took up with her 24 year-old backup dancer, Casper Smart, and made sure to pose for plenty of PDA candids with the young “stud.” (That’s probably how she thinks of him, but ew.) The only problem is that Lopez and Anthony are still working together, on a talent search reality show in which they scout for acts in Latin America. Anthony found out that Lopez had brought her boytoy along with her on a trip to Peru where they were supposed to film the show. So Anthony called up their producer and threatened to resign. It doesn’t sound like he went through with it, as there’s a lot of money on the line. This all points to the possibility that their divorce and custody proceedings could get messy.

“Casper was booked on a commercial jet – in economy, no less – back to Los Angeles [from a trip to Morocco with Lopez], but J.Lo had decided that she wanted him to go with her to Peru for ¡Q’Viva!,” an insider tells STar.

“When Marc learned through their mutual colleagues that she intended to bring him, he was furious. So in the conference call, he objected to Casper going to Lima, given that he and Jennifer were supposed to be working together, but Jennifer was indignant and insisted that Casper was coming.”

Fuming, Marc waited until he got confirmation that Jennifer’s private jet had left Casablanca’s… Airport. Then he called Idol cocreator Simon Fuller – whose XIX Entertainment is the force behind ¡Q’Viva! – intending to resign, the insider tells Star. “Marc told Simon the reason was, quite simply, J.Lo. He said, ‘I can’t work with her!’”…

After the blowup over Casper, “Jennifer is threatening Marc with the twins,” another source reveals. “She told him she is going to go for full custody. Jennifer claims he is very controlling and jealous.”

Marc previously exploded after pictures surfaced of Casper playing doting dad to the twins while romping in Hawaii with J.Lo over Thanksgiving. “Marc saw them all looking like one big, happy family and called J.Lo immediately and tore into her,” the source says. “He believes this is just a rebound and that she can’t keep a relationship going.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 19, 2011]

That was a douche move for J.Lo to bring Casper with her on a business trip with Anthony, and of course Anthony hit the roof. I don’t like either of them and assume that Anthony overreacted over having to see the guy, but I understand why he got upset over those photos of Casper with his kids. It was a low blow for Lopez not only to bring Casper around the kids on that Hawaiian vacation, but especially to make sure that so many pictures got out documenting it. She deserves her fun, but she should keep her kids away from her new piece until she’s serious.

Radar notes that these two haven’t officially filed for divorce yet as they’re still negotiating a settlement. It could go into next year before all the complicated financial details are worked out. It looks like divorce is inevitable. Hopefully Lopez won’t immediately marry her rebound fling once she’s legally able to. You can easily imagine her doing that.

Marc is shown performing on 9/9/11 at the Meadowlands. Credit: Janet Mayer/PRPhotos. Jennifer is shown in two different outfits at the AMAs on 11/20/11. Credit: WENN.com and Fame

I haven’t been paying attention to Jennifer Lopez’s little fling with that backup dancer, Casper Smart, mostly because I’m hoping that if I ignore them, that little boy will go away. Yeah, he’s young and maybe (??) he has a good body (he looks ‘roidy), but his face… he is not pretty. Remember when Jennifer Lopez used to like ‘em pretty? There Ojani, who was pretty (and brow-tastic) and crazy, then there was Puff Daddy (that was his name then) who I didn’t find pretty, but J.Lo wasn’t with him for pretty. Then she had two pretty ones in a row – Chris Judd and Ben Affleck. And Affleck got the pretty out of her system, and she moved on to Marc Anthony. Will she ever go back to the pretty? I think she was trying to with Bradley Cooper, but that was such a massive FAIL of a PR gambit. Plus, B-Coop is more “emu” than “pretty”. Just sayin’.

So Jennifer is boning this young boy who doesn’t have a lot going on facially, and I suspect he has nothing going on conversationally either. While it’s flattering for J.Lo to have something new and shiny to look at, it doesn’t really feel like she’s “conquered” anyone, and there’s no sense of achievement. So what does she do? She creates some drama. A little love triangle, just so her ego gets stroked and she can feel a little sense of victory. Yes, Jennifer boned her ex-husband, Marc Anthony, in Puerto Rico a few weeks ago.

Guess Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony aren’t such bitter exes after all. Filming their talent competition Q’Viva! The Chosen in Puerto Rico Nov. 8, the former couple hooked up, an insider tells Us Weekly.

Anthony, 43, was spotted picking up Lopez, 42, at the airport — and “Marc never stayed in his hotel room,” the source says.

And the twosome, who put a fork in their seven-year marriage this past July, are destined to hook up again, pals say. Although Lopez is casually dating backup dancer Casper Smart, one friend predicts she and Anthony (father to her twins Emme and Max, 3) will be intimate again in December while shooting Q’Viva!

“It’s inevitable,” the friend says. Marc has this hold over her.” The split, says the friend has been an “emotional roller coaster” for the superstar.

But another pal cautions that an actual reconciliation is not in the cards. “They may sleep together, but they’re over!”

[From Us Weekly]

Bitch, don’t even start with the “emotional roller coaster” crap. I know exactly why Jennifer had post-breakup sex with Marc – because she wanted to know that she could still have him if she wanted him. Because she doesn’t want HIM to be over HER. Because it’s fun for her to be wanted. Because she’s a total drama queen and everything is about her. What else did you expect?

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Jada is shown here wearing her ring on 8-1-11. Go to X-17 to see the ringless photos, which look staged

Photo agency X-17 and MSNBC’s The Scoop are making a big deal out of the fact that Jada Pinkett Smith stepped out without her massive pear-shaped diamond wedding ring. I did some forensic analysis (ha!) of older photos of Jada, and even when she’s casually dressed and out without Will, she wears that ginormous bauble. For example here she is at the LA Times Festival Of Books in April, wearing jeans and a jean jacket, but still with her ring.

In April with the ring:

I couldn’t find any photos of her without it at any of our agencies (which don’t have recent photos). I did find these photos of her ringless in late August, which could possibly be dismissed since she’s out exercising. Given the fact that she still isn’t wearing her ring, I would say that things are close to over between her and Will. Remember how they were rumored to be planning to sue In Touch for their split article last month? We haven’t heard anything about that since.

So did Jada cheat with Marc Anthony on the set of HawthoRNe? Marc has denied it, but I bet there was at least an inappropriately close “friendship” there. That can happen when one party wants out of a marriage, and it often blows up into an affair. An emotional affair can be just as devastating to a marriage, though, and whatever went on between Jada and Marc may have hastened the end of Marc’s marriage to J.Lo.

Are Jada and Will the next celebrities who are going to announce a split? I wouldn’t count on it. I bet they’ll keep it under wraps for as long as possible. It’s probably the best way to deal with it, given their kids’ ages (10 and 13) and how an announcement could affect them.

Will and Jada in June:

In February:

With the ring on 8/2/11:

Marc Anthony has a new interview that will air on ABC’s Nightline tonight in which he discusses his divorce with Jennifer Lopez. He claims he’s doing it to set the record straight, probably after the cheating rumors and all the tabloids that J.Lo strategically told her side of the story to. Good Morning America had a preview of the interview this morning, and they focus on Anthony saying the split wasn’t “sensationalistic.” Even though I (sort-of) write for a living, I wasn’t sure that “sensationalistic” was an actual word, but it is, it just sounds like it’s made up.

Anthony denies having affairs, particularly with that flight attendant that was mentioned in Lopez’s US Weekly cover story, but he does it in a roundabout way that makes me scrunch up my face and go “hmmm.” He does say “no, absolutely not” about infidelity but he also spends a lot of time going on about how there were a ton of other fake rumors about him and then he complains about the gossip industry.

On the end of his marriage
I’ll tell you it wasn’t some sensationalistic happening.

Interviewer: infidelity?
No, absolutely not. Nothing sensationalistic…

It was a realization on both our parts, so. It wasn’t shocking. These things happen. These things happen.

Interviewer: There was a flight attendant?
There was a flight attendant. There was a pilot I heard. There was this guy sitting next to me in a rehab in Houston. I’ve heard it all.

Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport.

On if he wants this divorce.
It’s a decision that we made jointly, and that’s how I’ll answer that.

Then the interview goes on to promote Marc Anthony’s new album of Spanish love songs, his clothing line with Kohl’s and his talent reality competition with J.Lo.

If celebrity watching and speculation is a sport*, then Anthony’s estranged wife is one of the most enthusiastic and hard working players. She puts this stuff out there for consumption, and she’s pushing her side of the story. Marc was kind of unconvincing with his side. He seemed so lackluster in that interview.

US Weekly has a big article in the print edition about the “alleged” cheating between Marc and Jada Pinkett Smith on set. They suggest that there was at least an inappropriately close friendship between them along with some suspicious behavior. What’s more is that Jada supposedly tried to help broker Jennifer and Marc’s split! It doesn’t make sense that she would have done that if she was sleeping with Marc as it would have involved some massive chutzpah. Here’s more from US:

Lopez may have picked up on what another insider considers an “inappropriately close” off-camera relationship. “They were a little too touching and like they were in their own little world,” says a set source, who recalls that Anthony once fed her a piece of cake with his fingers – and the pair often hung out alone in his trailer. The insider says they just got friendly quickly: “They talked and texted all the time…

“The more distant Marc and Jennifer became, the closer he got to Jada,” reveals the insider. The family friend says Pinkett Smith actually attempted to help mediate the acrimonious split – and her efforts backfired. “Jennifer didn’t like that,” says the pal. “Jada overstepped her bounds a bit and Will chastised her for getting too involved.” She may have been meddling, but the family insider insists Anthony and Pinkett Smith’s friendship never crossed the line to a full-blown affair. “Marc may be attracted to her, but Jada isn’t – period… she’s not jacking up her life for Marc Anthony…

[Jada and Will's] kids and their marriage are too important to them. They will fight tooth and nail to preserve that.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, September 12, 2011]

It sounds like Jada and Marc at least had an emotional affair. That’s funny how Marc sort-of denied having an affair with a stewardess but never mentioned anything on this huge story of an affair with Jada. At least he didn’t talk about it in the preview of the interview that was aired this morning.

*On the “celebrity watching as a sport” angle – whenever a guy tries to tell me that celebrity gossip is frivolous I just ask them if they watch Sportscenter. Usually a look of realization dawns on their face.

These photos are from 5/23. You can tell that J.Lo is pissed off. Credit: WENN.com

Last week, everybody became enchanted with the idea that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett had quietly separated and that their marriage was totally over. The report came from In Touch Weekly, and the claim was that Will had “caught” Jada doing some dirty with Marc Anthony, when he was still married to Jennifer Lopez. Anyway, Will and Jada denied the report, telling the world that their marriage was still “intact” and there are some mutterings that the Smiths with sue In Touch. I guess Life & Style isn’t afraid of the Smiths’ lawyers, because they’ve got a new story about Jada and Marc getting “close”.

According to Life & Style, Marc and Jada’s chemistry on the hit show is so steamy that it’s hard to believe it isn’t carried off-screen — and could be the reason he and Jennifer split!

Did Marc Anthony & Jada Pinkett Smith‘s relationship on the set of HawthoRNe cause the end of his marriage to Jennifer Lopez?

“[Marc] and Jada got extremely close on the set of HawthoRNe,” an insider told Life & Style. “He said Jada was so sexy because she was in great shape and had this tough attitude, which he loves. And she loved his style — his acting, his mojo. She even brought Marc back as a series regular and made him the show’s music producer. Jennifer couldn’t have liked that.”

“It’s hard for some people to see how Marc would leave behind a gorgeous woman like Jennifer, but the truth is she’s driven. It’s always about her, her career, her image, her needs. Jada gave Marc attention,” the insider added.

Meanwhile, Jada insists her marriage to Will Smith is still “intact,” but we can’t say the same for J.Lo and Marc!

[From Hollywood Life]

Maybe I just don’t want to even imagine Marc and Jada together doing anything. How can people watch HawthoRNe?!? They’re just both so… unappealing, from a physical standpoint. But I guess it could have happened. Even if it did, though, it probably didn’t hurt Will and Jada’s marriage too badly. Hollywood Life has another piece in which they’re dissecting old quotes from Will and Jada, all to prove that they have an open marriage. I’ll believe that before I believe Jada and Marc were humping on each other.

By the way, Jada was recently photographed without her wedding ring - go here to see the photos.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Star Magazine had this recent story about how Cameron Diaz is getting catty about Jennifer Lopez’s on set behavior. They’re co-starring in that sure-to-be crapfest What to Expect When You’re Expecting and allegedly have a mutual disdain for each other. Cameron is said to be more vocal about how much she dislikes Lopez while Lopez just totally ignores Cameron. I could see this happening, although it’s in Star so it’s possibly fiction.

“Jennifer and Cameron don’t like each other,” an insider tells Star. “They don’t interact much, but when they do, the tension is thick.”

The A-listers’ frosty relationship is particularly glaring because J.Lo, 42, has bonded with… other cast members [including] Brooklyn Decker [and] has also been linked to her on-screen mate, Rodrigo Santoro. “Cam sees all that stuff and hoopla around J.Lo’s divorce from Marc Anthony and whether she’s dating Rodrigo as a distraction from work,” says the insider. “She’s also annoyed by Jennifer’s huge entourage, which includes her mom, three assistants, makeup and hair people and her manager. She made a snide comment to the effect of, ‘How many people does it take for one woman to film a simple scene?’”

Cameron, 38, has even taken a shot at the acting skills of [J.Lo]… “She said Jennifer has a lot to learn and made a dig about how she’d be better off sticking to her day jobs – meaning singing and judging Idol…”

[J.Lo] “doesn’t seem to care,” says the insider. “She doesn’t talk about Cam or ask about her. She just acts as if Cam doesn’t exist.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, August 29, 2011]

I hope that’s true since it’s so awesomely bitchy.

There are tons more stories on J.Lo in this week’s tabloids. There’s yet another piece in Star, about how Marc allegedly wants his estranged wife back and is making headway in that department. They quote an insider who says “Jennifer is open to not going through a messy divorce. She is actually listening to Marc, and Marc has been trying to mend the relationship… Marc has been calling her a lot, saying he is sorry for the way he treated her and that he will change. And he says he has changed already.”

Meanwhile US Weekly has a completely different take on Marc’s phone calls to Jennifer. “He calls her nonstop, especially when he’s drinking, and they had a huge argument in early August. Marc is constantly harassing her and doesn’t think she’ll go through with the divorce… she has no interest in reconciling.” That sounds straight from Jennifer’s camp while the Star take is from Marc’s.

And In Touch has Jennifer trying to protect her assets from her Marc’s skeletal grubby paws. They quote an insider who says “Marc doesn’t want this divorce, and Jennifer thinks he might get his revenge by hitting her where it hurts – her bank account… She won’t give Marc one cent of her earnings.” But of course they live in California, with Lopez’s lawyer telling In Touch “By California law, Marc has a right to half of her earnings made during their marriage.” You know she’s going to fight like hell. This is about to get interesting.

Much like Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez seems to have been flirting with the Church of Scientology for years now. Back in 2007 and 2008, she was giving interviews praising Scientology and using some of the language associated with CoS (“audit” and “tin can” I guess?). Considering that Jennifer is also supposed to be heavily into Santeria, no one really thought much of it, probably because no one really wanted to imagine Jennifer covered in hen’s blood, praising the almighty Xenu. However, The Mail has a source who claims that Jennifer’s Scientology connections might have been one of the major factors in her split with Marc Anthony:

While singer Marc Anthony has been described as a control freak following the breakdown of his marriage to Jennifer Lopez, I’m told there is another factor in their split.

J-Lo’s commitment to Scientology was a bone of contention between the Hollywood star and her husband, and the couple, both 42, rowed over her wish to send their three-year-old twins, Max and Emme, to a Scientology school.

Jennifer is close friends with Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes – also staunch Scientologists.

She said in a recent interview she ‘wouldn’t mind’ having her twins educated by the church, adding: ‘I just wish that people wouldn’t judge it without knowing what it is.’

A source close to the couple said: ‘Jennifer and Marc couldn’t see eye-to-eye on the subject. She’s always been more into the church than him. He wasn’t a huge fan and it caused problems.’

[From The Mail]

What is Marc? Catholic? Something similar happened with Nicole Kidman, right? She was and is Catholic and some said that her family’s faith is what always kept her at arm’s length from CoS. Jennifer Lopez, meanwhile, seems to have only kept faith with Santeria and just added some Xenu on the side. I think Jennifer’s… dad?… is a Scientologist too. That probably adds to the pressure that J.Lo feels to embrace Xenu.

Photos courtesy of WENN.