Joann SchefflerAre California stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez planning the Bennifer 3.0 reunion? Recent media reports indicate that it could be a possibility. It seems that despite their 2025 divorce, the two are allegedly spending quite a bit of time together, and it has their fans raising their eyebrows.
Insiders told Globe Magazine exclusively that the former spouses have remained close since their split, but lately they appear to be growing very comfortable together. The sources claim that Ben is concerned for Jennifer. He believes she is pushing herself to extremes, trying to keep up with her rigorous work schedule, and it is beginning to take a toll on the singer.
Ben Affleck Is Reportedly Worried About Jennifer Lopez Overworking Herself
The outlet’s source claims that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have grown close again. Ben feels the need to be on call to support Jennifer anytime she needs him. “They spend a lot more time together these days than anyone realizes,” the source says.
However, this is not a one-way street for the former Bennifer couple. Per Reality Tea, Ben Affleck has also reportedly been leaning on JLo as well. It appears that he has been having a difficult time dealing with his mother’s recent death this past July. But then again, fans who have followed Jen and Ben since the beginning believe that the two of them have always, and remain, drawn to each other.
The Complete Bennifer Relationship Timeline
Fans first began following Affleck and Lopez after they met while working together on the set of Gigli in 2001. The pair, dubbed Bennifer by their fans, began dating in 2002. They dated for two years before splitting in 2004. After 17 years apart, Ben and Jen reconnected in 2021 and married in 2022.
The pair split again, finalizing their divorce in 2025. As noted, since their divorce, they have continued to remain friends, going out and being constantly photographed together. Needless to say, their ongoing closeness has raised many eyebrows among their fans, leaving them to ask if the two are planning a third reconciliation.
Is Bennifer 3.0 Happening?
According to the source, Ben is doing everything he can to help Jen. This includes “a lot of phone calls at all hours,” and that support has materialized into the former couple falling into a familiar routine. The informant adds, “He let down his guard, and he’s been leaning on her, and she’s started leaning on him again, too, because she’s having a hell of a time herself right now. They seem to be back to their same old dynamic where she’s going to him for advice on everything.”
This reportedly leaves many family, friends, and fans saying that a Bennifer 3.0 romance isn’t completely out of the question. In fact, some are rooting for the pair to reunite, while others feel it would be a huge mistake.
“I pray they get back together and stay together,” one commenter writes.
Another fan notes, “I love them together. They are meant to be. Why else would they not be able to stay away from each other? “
“What a joke. He dumped her, the egotistical diva who thinks the world revolves around her,” one more chimes in. “He’s not that stupid, is he?”
So in the end, it looks as if Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s alleged Bennifer 3.0 reunion remains up in the air for now. Time will tell if destiny brings these two back together, or eventually sends them their own way again.
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