Ben Affleck, 51, stays active in LA amid ongoing marital strife with Jennifer Lopez, 54, as he goes buying with son and movies The Accountant sequel

Ben Affleck is holding busy via the chaos.

The Air actor-director, 51, whose marriage woes with wife Jennifer Lopez, 54, have manufactured headlines this month, was pictured at multiple destinations in the increased Los Angeles region in recent times amid speculation about the fate of the A-record union.

The two-time Oscar-winner – who is father to daughters Violet, 18, and Seraphina, 15, and son Samuel, 12, with ex-spouse Jennifer Garner, 52 – was pictured with his son Monday browsing for vintage apparel.

On the outing, the Excellent Will Looking actor donned a button-up mint green shirt with khaki slacks and mild brown suede sneakers. Affleck had a pair of sunglasses dangling from his shirt and donned a observe on the sunny working day in Southern California.

Affleck, who has been noticed sans marriage ceremony ring this thirty day period, was pictured purchasing Monday though his spouse was pictured at a pal’s household in Beverly Hills, California.

Lopez – who is mom to twins Emme and Maximilian, 16, with ex-partner Marc Anthony, 55 – is ‘still dwelling separately’ from Affleck, a resource instructed Men and women Tuesday, noting that ‘she’s quite targeted on get the job done.’

Affleck appeared concentrated on operate as properly on Tuesday, as he was witnessed on the set of his impending thriller The Accountant 2 at a studio in Los Angeles.

Affleck, who reprises his purpose of math genius Christian Wolff in the sequel to the 2016 film, was pictured donning a light-weight blue button-down shirt and khaki slacks with white sneakers.

He was pictured smoking cigarettes a cigarette during a crack from filming. 

Affleck seems in the forthcoming film for Amazon MGM Studios opposite Jon Bernthal, who was also pictured on established Tuesday, as properly as J.K. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson. All 4 actors appeared in the initial movie.

The primary film’s respective director and screenwriter, Gavin O’Connor and Invoice Dubuque, are also doing work on the sequel.

Lopez’s film job stays flourishing as her most up-to-date launch, the sci-fi motion movie Atlas, was Netflix’s leading movie in its debut weekend, racking up 28.2 million sights, the streaming company said Tuesday.

Lopez is also continuing with her songs profession as she gears up for a North American summer season tour slated to start up coming thirty day period in Orlando, Florida.

 An insider shut to Lopez advised Individuals May 22 that the marriage ‘is not in the very best area at the instant.’

A separate supply (in the new music business) noted that the rift involving the spouse and wife ‘has been challenging working day-to-day’ amid basic philosophical discrepancies.

‘She likes to open her coronary heart to her admirers and to the world,’ the source reported. ‘He is extra introspective and private.’

Affleck and Lopez are fewer than two yrs taken out from their August 20, 2022 marriage at Affleck’s estate exterior of Savannah, Georgia, which arrived much more than a month just after they exchanged vows in Las Vegas on July 16, 2002.