The ongoing divorce between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez is anything but enjoyable for the now ex-couple, but the separation must be especially difficult for their children: Samuel, Seraphina, and Violet. Nonetheless, an insider tells People that the two “want to stay friendly” as they are “moving forward with the divorce.” The source claims “there’s still a lot of love” between the two as “they want to show the kids that things are amicable” despite the impending separation.
“Happy kids are her [JLo’s] priority,” and there’s no doubt the parents want what’s best as they “continue to focus on the kids.” However, some Redditors of r/popculturechat feel otherwise about this seemingly heartfelt act of Affleck and Lopez’s “focus on the kids.” A top-voted comment reads,
“I feel like this is a PR team battle: Who will come out on top? I don’t know; Jen PR has been pulling at the heart a bit. Did he not sign up for these pap outings, the movie, and the documentary?”
A separating couple’s children often get the short end of the stick when it comes to their parents divorcing, and the situation with JLo and Ben should be no different. Redditors on r/Fauxmoi have voiced their concerns for the kids months prior to the two formally proceeding with their split:
“Jen needs to learn, that it is okay to be single. I feel like this divorce came out of nowhere, they went from shopping a house for what seems forever, now it seems it is over. I hope the kids are doing well.”
In other words, it sometimes doesn’t matter how much “love” is involved between the two, as growing up in a broken is still hard on the kids, regardless of how well they can take it. Of course, Jen and Ben will naturally do their best to show face to the public, a soft PR competition to see who can get the ‘better parent’ points from this divorce.
