Ben Affleck flashes scarce smile as he bonds with son, 12, amid Jennifer Lopez divorce rumors (and keeps his marriage ceremony ring finger protected)

Ben Affleck is continuing to shake off rumors that his relationship with Jennifer Lopez is on the rocks.

The Argo star, 51, was all smiles as he expended time with his 12-yr-outdated son Samuel in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon.

Affleck – who noticeably had his wedding ceremony ring finger covered – pulled the younger boy’s hefty roller backpack as they walked down the sidewalk together.

He was clad in jeans and a blue sweater that he afterwards eradicated to expose a limited white T-shirt.

Affleck shares Samuel — as nicely as 15-year-aged Fin and 18-yr-previous Violet — with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, 52. 

Affleck has been residing in a $100K-for each-month rental mansion in Brentwood located just two blocks away from Garner amid the Lopez split speculation.

Aerial shots received by DailyMail.com on Tuesday showed off the 10,000-square-foot mansion that Affleck has been hunkered down in over the earlier number of months.

While the non permanent property boasts more than enough place to residence various households comfortably, it truly is a downgrade for Affleck, who obtained a 38,000-sq.-foot mansion with his spouse J.Lo last 12 months for an eye-popping $60.85 million.

Fans began to suspect that anything was amiss with Affleck and Lopez’s marriage just after they went almost two months with no becoming photographed jointly, although the time aside was reportedly due to the singer’s busy agenda and Affleck’s get the job done filming a sequel to The Accountant.

The two seemed to reunite previous week for a university general performance that his boy or girl Fin was highlighted in. However they both displayed grins while arriving at the participate in, the too looked notably frosty all over each individual other at other periods.

Ben has been spotted on new events with no his wedding day ring, but both wore their rings when they have been jointly above the weekend.

On Monday, a source advised PEOPLE that the married couple are at odds when it will come to how considerably attention they court docket.

Eyebrows ended up elevated when Lopez wrote about their adore in her motion picture This Is Me… Now, in which he appeared, and she was noticed melting down together with him in the accompanying documentary titled The Best Appreciate Story Under no circumstances Informed.

In the documentary Affleck built it obvious he did not like his wife sharing his old like letters.

He also resolved their distinctive approached to fame: ‘Getting back again jointly, I reported, “Hear, just one of the items I really don’t want is a romantic relationship on social media.” Then I type of recognized it’s not a fair thing to request. It is sort of like, you are gonna marry a boat captain and you go, “Perfectly, I do not like the h2o.”‘ 

‘They just have quite distinct techniques when it arrives to media awareness,’ PEOPLE’s source claimed. ‘Ben hates all interest and it helps make him incredibly awkward. Jennifer has always experienced a diverse technique.’

They added that it was just not ‘his way’ to reveal so considerably of his inner life to the general public.

Affleck and Lopez married in July 2022 immediately after rekindling their romance in the wake of her split from MLB star Alex Rodriguez in 2021.

The two experienced formerly dated from 2002 to 2004, which included an engagement, however they termed off the marriage and went their individual methods at the time.

On Monday, PageSix claimed that Affleck is in excess of the union and all set to divorce Lopez – right after much less than two many years of marriage.

A resource told the outfit that the Oscar-winner has ‘come to his senses’ about his ‘fever dream’ Lopez relationship.

Seemingly Affleck was so caught up in his adore for the Atlas actress that he could not believe straight. But now his head is very clear and he ‘knows’ he needs to divorce, irrespective of expending excellent by itself time with Lope in modern days.

‘If there was a way to divorce on grounds of short term insanity, he would,’ the resource added. 

‘He feels like the last two several years was just a fever desire, and he is occur to his senses now and understands there is just no way this is heading to get the job done.’

DailyMail.com has reached out to a rep for Lopez and Affleck, but has not heard again.

Persons experienced a more optimistic source than Web page 6 as the outlet also documented Monday that Affleck and Lopez program to stick it out.

‘There have normally been clashes in their kinds, how they handle problems, and their actions, but very little has stopped their love in excess of the years. This is a excellent really like tale,’ they claimed.