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Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck don’t let their ongoing separation keep them from celebrating the holidays together.
The exes reunited on Sunday, December 22, to exchange Christmas gifts at the members-only social club Soho House in West Hollywood. In photos obtained by the Daily mailLopez, 55, led the winter season by wearing an oversized patterned knit cardigan, wide-leg jeans and hoop earrings for the lunch outing.
Affleck – who wore a blue top with jeans, a black peacoat and sneakers – was photographed carrying a black tote bag apparently filled with festive gifts.
That same day, Lopez shared a sweet Instagram Story video with her 16-year-old child Emme singing along Justin Bieber‘Beauty and a Beat’ in the car with family. “When all the kids get together for the holidays,” she captioned the clip. She tagged her sister Lynda in the video, as well as friends Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas And Michelle Chiaravalle. (Lopez shares twins Emme and Max, 16, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony.)
Affleck’s reunion with his ex-husband comes four months after she filed to end their two-year marriage. In her divorce documents, Lopez listed their separation date as April 26 and cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their separation.
Lopez filed for divorce on the second anniversary of the couple’s wedding ceremony in Georgia. She and Affleck, 52, initially said “I do” in Las Vegas in July 2022, before holding a second party with friends and family a month later.
A source said this exclusively in August We weekly that the couple’s split was “planned” and that they had “worked through all the details” for their divorce before Lopez’s filing. “J.Lo ultimately pulled the trigger because that was their agreement that she was going to submit, and she was the one who ultimately made the decision,” the insider explained.
A second source said this later Us that Lopez and Affleck called it quits after it became “increasingly clear that they were not a good match,” adding, “It came down to [the fact that] they are two different people.”
Lopez and Affleck have been spotted together publicly several times since their split. Earlier this month, Lopez linked up with Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner at their children’s play. (Affleck and Garner, 52, share children Violet, 19, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12.)
Despite continuing to support their blended family, Lopez and Affleck have no plans to get back together. “There is still a lot of love between them, but the divorce is still ongoing,” another source exclusively shared Us in September.
The insider further noted, “When they are together as a family and see the kids together, it reminds them of how good they are as a team and what is important.”