Ben
Affleck
and
actress
Jennifer
Garner
who
announced
their
decision
to
get
divorced
after
being
married
for
10
years
reportedly
parted
ways
due
to
his
closeness
to
former
fiancee,
Jennifer
Lopez.
The
actor
was
reportedly
getting
closer
to
JLo
which
has
been
slated
as
one
of
the
reasons
behind
his
divorce
with
Garner.
The
duo
announced
their
divorce
on
Tuesday,
just
a
day
after
their
tenth
wedding
anniversary,
and
according
to
friends,
one
of
the
reasons
for
the
break-up
was
the
42-year-old's
continued
friendship
with
his
former
fiancee
Lopez.
According
to
The
Sun,
Ben
and
JLo
have
been
in
regular
contact
since
reconnecting
at
the
Oscars
this
year.
The
couple
who
were
tagged
'Bennifer'
dated
for
18
months
before
calling
off
their
engagement
in
January
2004.
"Everyone
is
talking
about
J-Lo
and
Ben
and
saying
it's
inevitable
they
will
get
together
again
at
some
point.
We
call
them
the
Richard
Burton
and
Liz
Taylor
of
Hollywood," The
Sun
newspaper
quoted
one
of
their
friends
as
saying.
"They
were
pretty
flirty
at
the
Oscars
and
have
stayed
in
touch
over
email.
Jennifer
Garner
never
liked
it,"
the
friend
added.
Another
reason
for
the
collapse
of
the
couple's
marriage
was
said
to
be
that
Affleck,
who
quit
drinking
after
a
spell
in
rehab
in
2001,
started
drinking
again
to
get
into
character
for
his
role
in
"Gone
Girl",
and
missed
Garner's
birthday
in
April
and
America's
Mother's
Day
in
May,
despite
having
three
children
-
Violet
(9),
Seraphina
(6),
and
Samuel
(3)
-
together.
The
friend
explained:
"This
has
been
on
the
cards
for
some
time
--
it's
a
miracle
Jen
hung
on
so
long."
"She
has
really
tried
but
recently
Ben
has
been
back
to
his
old
self.
He
was
drinking
again
while
filming
'Gone
Girl' and
has
been
gambling
loads
too."