Jennifer Garner trying to save ex-husband Ben Affleck’s marriage to Jennifer Lopez – wants to ‘keep them together,’ says source

Amid ongoing rumors of marital difficulties between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, Affleck’s ex-wife and mother of his children, Jennifer Garner, is reportedly encouraging him to work on his marriage to Lopez. A source told Us Weekly, “[Garner] fully supports their relationship and wants nothing more than for him to be happy.” Despite their own marriage not working out, Garner considers Affleck “a complicated guy,” but they have always cooperated well when it comes to their children: Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12.

According to some media outlets, Lopez herself sought Garner’s help, believing Garner is “one of the only people in the world who would understand what she is going through.” A source told the Daily Mail, “[Garner] has been through it with the same man herself, and although the circumstances were quite different… they both dealt with some of the same issues.”

Garner and Affleck divorced in 2018, and the 52-year-old actress has since been dating businessman John Miller. While she has moved on romantically, Garner sees Lopez as a stabilizing influence in Affleck’s life and wants to help preserve their marriage. “Jen does not want Ben to pull the plug on this marriage because she really does care about JLo,” an insider told the Daily Mail. Garner even visited Affleck to discuss the situation and try to keep them together.

The source added, “JLo was told several times by Jen how valued she is in all their lives. She is one of the only women who can get through to Ben and keep him from jumping off the deep end with his addiction.”

In a 2020 interview with the New York Times, Affleck admitted his drinking had exacerbated his marital problems with Garner. “People with compulsive behavior, and I am one, have this kind of basic discomfort all the time that they’re trying to make go away,” he said. “You’re trying to make yourself feel better with eating or drinking or sex or gambling or shopping or whatever. But that ends up making your life worse. Then you do more of it to make that discomfort go away. Then the real pain starts. It becomes a vicious cycle you can’t break. That’s at least what happened to me.”

Earlier this week, Affleck was notably absent from the premiere of his wife’s new movie, Atlas.