Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez haven’t been in our faces in recent weeks. I do think Ben was somewhat disappointed to miss out on an Oscar nomination for The Tender Bar. I also think Jen probably wanted to go to some of the awards shows with Ben too. Maybe they’ll turn up at the Oscars. If you were producing the Oscars, wouldn’t you want them there? Of course. It might not happen though, because Jen is currently filming in Spain. Ben has already visited her, and Spanish paparazzi have already gotten some furtive shots of them sight-seeing and hanging out. So, all is well in Benniferville. It’s going so well that Ben and Jen are finally going to officially cohabitate? This entire time, they’ve maintained separate homes. Now TMZ reports that they’re in escrow on a huge Bel Air estate:
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are taking the next step in their relationship, and it’s a big one … they’re plunking down more than $50 MILLION on a spectacular estate … real estate sources tell TMZ. We’ve learned they’re buying a 20,000 square foot estate in the ritzy Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. The home has 10 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms!!! It has multiple kitchens, a theatre, gym, his and hers bath, and on and on. Oh, of course, a pool. The house is super private … tucked away in a forest of trees. It has an incredible city view.
We’re told they sealed the deal in the mid-$50 million range. Our sources say it’s not a done deal because there are still contingencies that must be satisfied.
It’s a big move, and we’re told the entire brood from both sides will be living there. It certainly seems like a precursor to marriage.
The home is listed for $65 million, so the seller went down in price. And, speaking of the seller, his name is Todd Lemkin, a Texas billionaire.
TMZ has photos of the place and it definitely looks like it’s more Jennifer’s taste than Ben’s, although I have no idea if he even cares about architecture and design. Ben currently lives close to Jen Garner in Brentwood, so it’s easy for them to coparent and he’s right there for school pickups and family dinners and such. I wonder how the Affleck kids feel about this? Maybe they’re fine with it. In a Brady Bunch way, I think the Lopez-Muniz twins get along well with the Garner-Affleck kids. Maybe this really will be a happy-family time.
Meanwhile, the “Marry Me” music video came out more than a week ago. There was a buzz about it initially, but people kind of moved on quickly. I don’t know why, because this video is BONKERS. It has barely anything to do with the actual movie, and that’s Ben’s head and shoulders seen in some of the scenes. It’s basically just glamour shots of J.Lo. The video does not match the song or the lyrics whatsoever.
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I’m just here to find out how many bathrooms it has.
Brentwood and Bel Air are very close to each other – he can still do school stuff etc with no issue.
50 million, damn.
Watched Affleck in Deep Water yesterday, boring movie.
I just came on here to say that I watched Deep Water a couple days ago and was surprised by how good it is. Ben Affleck seemed strangely hot in this movie – and this was pre-glow up by Jlo. The movie doesn’t feature CGI car chases every 3 minutes but I didn’t find it boring at all. Definitely interesting to watch.
I agree except I didn’t like deep water. And the affleck jlo glow up is a myth he was looking good already when he was with Ana. I would say he was even looking better actually.
Who needs a house at 50M? Damn. 17 bathrooms?!
Considering what happened last time, and now there are 5 kids involved, you think they’d try to make it a year together before plunking down $50 million.
Over the weekend I watched that movie he did with Ana. OMG it was so bad. Like, hilariously bad, and felt weirdly dated.
the movie is so bad it’s funny! have you read what lainey wrote about him? it was hilarious
Good point about the movie being dated Deep water was Adrian lyne first movie in 20 years and what a disappointment. The screenplay was weak, the erotism nonexistent, no suspense, an end that wasn’t really one? Such a weird movie
Everything was off. And Ben was too miscast for the role. He looked awkward next to Ana, she is too baby-face. It made him look even older than the alcoholism bloat. He was too old for the role I think. Ana’s acting was so underwhelming too. She still doesn’t stand out in any way except for explicit stuff, definitely not acting range. I don’t see longevity in that approach, very replaceable.
And now they say most of her parts in Grey Men have been cut down extremely. Anyway, the movie was terrible because of zero chemistry between them and no real suspense. I get why he ignored it, it was just a paycheck.
No Ben looked great physically in Deep water, he’s better with a few pounds on like in the movie. He’s too skinny now.
Ana is a very good actress I can see her go far, I feel like they were both let down by a very weak script, an outdated director and for sure studio interferences
Just like she and Arod were going to buy a sports team. He couldn’t scrape up the cash. Same here. I don’t think Ben is as flush as people think. When she realizes the buck stops at her door, this relationship will start to go bad. Jlo is a romantic, sure, but a savvy business woman also.
Arod is the one who wanted the sports teams, she backed out of that. It’s not her style or area of interests.
Surprising is they still together. I wish them the best. Especially the children.
I am sure dating Ben Affleck is much different than living with Ben Affleck & dating Jennifer Lopez is much different than living with Jennifer Lopez…
Yes ma’am. You speak the truth.
Isn’t that the truth!!! Truest words ever spoken that we can all agree and have experienced!
They’ve dated and lived together before. Not new territory for them 😉 but we’ll see.
It’s not like an ordinary couple living together. The house is huge and they both travel for work. It’s not like they’ll have fights about the dishwasher or bins.
I assume they will share the same bed just like the rest of us old married folks. They will find plenty of issues to discuss that doesn’t involve taking out the garbage.
I think it’s no a coincidence how Ben had a new movie out this past weekend and what somehow got leaked was escrow on a new house. JLo is determined to get her blended family portrait some day somehow. Forget Deep Water. You’d think after 20 years of not getting projects off the ground Adrian would have found a better script. Ben just did it because he wanted to hook up with Ana in real life in my opinion.
He didn’t seem to wanna hook up with her but it was good image rehabilitation after the rehab stint in late 2019. They had zero chemistry and in the movie he looks like he didn’t wanna be on set.
They were a PR couple as many blind items pointed out. During the whole time they dated Ben did many interviews talking about Jlo publicly and her 2020 Hustlers Oscar campaign.
One of the interviewers even mention that he was always talking about Jlo out of nowhere. So he was definitely setting up or talking to jlo behind the scenes to wait for her and Arod to blow up. He got lucky. Ana was a decent placeholder and he helped promote her name, cuz she was /is unknown. The scheduled pap walks where they would call the paparazzi were pretty funny.
3.5/10 Deep Water
that house is FUGLY. really awful. Clapboard? it looks cheap. way too many bad angles, weird surfaces, blah colors, excessive textures. a Lucite bedframe? Seriously?? Everything fights with everything else in the rooms.
Usually, in this price range you see real quality and good design. I don’t see anything like that here.
I don’t understand it tbh. JLo’s house now is WAY nicer & has 4 times the acreage. Housing prices have been blown up so much in the past two years nothing is worth the money people are asking anymore so why are they doing this? Or I should say JLo as she’s probably putting up all the money for it.
You assume wrong. It’s a house for their new bigger families. The new house is close to all the kids school. So Ben can still do his thing with pickups. And there is room for all the kids. Her old mansion will be for sale. And his old smaller house will be sold too.
Also jlo has been saying she wants more kids since 2019. So I see them having more kids and expanding their family in that NEW house.
Ben pursued her for years on his own. She’s not making him blend families. Ex. 2015 with their incident at the Oscar’s and years later he wore her watch gift in 2018 after his divorce was over.
Ben has been emailing/texting her way before February of 2021. He mentioned her many times in interviews over the years, saying they email each other in 2011. And he knows she expects marriage. He wouldn’t pursue her if he didn’t want to marry her.
She is the one that has put him on the breaks because of his many known issues. CDAN had 2017 blind item reveal about Bennifer- Ben choosing to go to rehab if Jlo would give him a second chance. That was before setup/arrangement with Arod was in place. She kept post-poning the wedding to Arod for a reason. She was never gonna marry him and has been off and on with Ben for years. Timing is everything.