Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Photo: Gotham/GC Images
Jennifer LopezandBen Affleckaren’t going to let distance come between them.
Though the couple has spent more time apart in recent weeks as they’ve tended to their respective careers, they’ve accepted that “this is their life together now,” a source close to Lopez tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. “They will see each other when they can.”
On Sept. 25 Affleck, 49, flew into New York City from Austin, Texas — where he’s been shooting the upcoming thrillerHypnotic— so he could be in the crowd at Lopez’s Global Citizen Live performance that night in Central Park.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.Gotham/GC Images
The next day, Affleck and Lopez, 52, held hands and kissed during a stroll through Manhattan before the actor had to return to Austin for work.
Since all of their kids (Lopez shares twins Max and Emme, 13, with exMarc Anthony; Affleck and exJennifer Garnerco-parent Violet, 15, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9) attend school in Los Angeles, that “is where they will spend time when they can,” the source adds. “They are making it work.”
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Even while apart, Lopez — who will next appear in the romantic comedyMarry Meset for release on Feb. 11 — and Affleck “both gush about each other,” says the source. “Jennifer is as protective of Ben as he is of her. She is the happiest that she has been in along time.”
The stars rekindled theirromance in April before going Instagram official in Julyfor the singer’s birthday. Affleck and Lopez made theirred carpet returnat the Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
For all the details on what’s next forBen AffleckandJennifer Lopez, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.
source: people.com
