Romance rumors surrounding Jennifer Lopez recently surfaced after she posted a picture with her Kiss Of The Spider Woman co-star, Tonatiuh, following her separation from Ben Affleck.
The 55-year-old actress uploaded an image of herself with 30-year-old Tonatiuh on her Instagram Stories, accompanied by a “heart” emoji, sparking speculation among fans about a potential romantic involvement.
Despite the speculation, a source close to Lopez clarified that there is no romantic relationship between the two. The source debunked the romance rumors and confirmed to Us Weekly on March 28 that Lopez and Tonatiuh are just friends.
“There’s nothing going on here. They’re just friends,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly.
Lopez filed for a dissolution of marriage from Affleck, 52, on August 20, 2024. The former couple finalized the divorce in January this year, according to documents obtained by Us Weekly at the time.
Lopez and Affleck were linked for more than 20 years. The actors met on the set of Gigli in 2001, before becoming engaged in November 2002. They were initially scheduled to get married in September 2003, but they called off their wedding days before the planned ceremony. They confirmed their split in January 2004.
Decades later, Lopez and Affleck found their way back to one another in May 2021 and became engaged for the second time in April 2022. They married in Las Vegas in July 2022 and also had a second ceremony in Georgia the following month.
Affleck recently broke his silence on his split with Lopez in an interview with GQ magazine that was published on Tuesday, March 25.
During the interview, the Hypnotic actor referenced The Greatest Love Story Never Told, the documentary he filmed with Lopez during their marriage that shed light on their relationship. Affleck said it was “important to say” that there wasn’t “some major fracture” in his and Lopez’s marriage that exists in the documentary.
“It’s not like you can watch that documentary and go, ‘Oh, now I understand the issues that these two had,’” he said.
Affleck added that he was full of respect for his ex-wife and claimed that there was no single cause that led to the demise of their marriage.
“There’s a tendency to look at breakups and want to identify root causes or something. But honestly … the truth is much more quotidian than probably people would believe or would be interesting,” he continued. “There’s no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue [about our divorce]. The truth is, when you talk to somebody, ‘Hey, what happened?’ Well, there is no, ‘This is what happened.’”
