Ben Affleck is continuing to deny rumors that his marriage to Jennifer Lopez is in trouble. The Argo star, 51, was all smiles as he spent time with his 12-year-old son Samuel in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. Affleck – who notably covered his wedding ring finger – pulled the young man’s heavy rolling backpack as they walked down the sidewalk together. He was wearing jeans and a blue sweater, which he later took off to reveal a tight white T-shirt.

Affleck shares Samuel — as well as 15-year-old Fin and 18-year-old Violet — with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, 52.  Affleck is living in a $100k-per-month rental mansion in Brentwood , just two blocks from Garner amid Lopez split speculation. Aerial photos obtained by DailyMail.com on Tuesday show the 10,000-square-foot mansion Affleck has been staying in for the past few weeks. While the temporary home has enough space to comfortably house multiple families, it’s a downgrade for Affleck, who bought a 38,000-square-foot mansion with wife J.Lo last year for price 60.85 million USD.

Fans began to suspect that something was wrong with Affleck and Lopez’s marriage after they weren’t photographed together for nearly two months, although the time apart was said to be due to their busy schedules. singer and Affleck’s work while filming the sequel to The Account. The two appeared to reunite last week for a school performance in which his son Fin took part. Even though they both had big grins on their faces when they came to see the play, they sometimes looked very cold around each other. Ben was recently seen without his wedding ring, but they both did wear rings when they were together over the weekend.

On Monday, a source told PEOPLE that the couple is having a conflict over how much attention they should get. Eyebrows were raised when Lopez wrote about their love in the film This Is Me… Now, in which he appeared, and she was seen melting down with him in the accompanying documentary titled Love Story The greatest ever. In the documentary, Affleck made it clear that he did not like his wife sharing old love letters.

He also addressed their different approaches to fame: ‘Getting back together, I said, “Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a social media relationship.” Then I realized that it was unfair to ask. It’s like being married to a sea captain and you say, “Well, I don’t like the water.”‘ 
PEOPLE’s source affirmed: “They just have very different approaches when attracting media attention.” ‘Ben hates all the attention and it makes him very uncomfortable. Jennifer always has a different approach.”

They added that it was not his “way” to reveal so much about his inner life to the public. Affleck and Lopez married in July 2022 after rekindling their relationship following her split from MLB star Alex Rodriguez in 2021. Previously, the two dated from 2002 to 2004, including an engagement, although they called off the wedding and went their separate ways at that time. On Monday, PageSix announced that Affleck was over his marriage and ready to divorce Lopez — after less than two years of marriage. A source told the outfit that the Oscar winner has ‘come to his senses’ about his ‘fever dream’ marriage to Lopez.

Apparently Affleck was so caught up in his love for the Atlas actress that he couldn’t think straight. But now his head is clear and he ‘knows’ he needs a divorce, despite spending time alone with Lope in recent days. The source added: “If there was a way to get a divorce on the grounds of temporary insanity, he would do so.”  ‘He feels as though the last two years have been just a fever dream, and now he’s come to his senses and understands that this isn’t going to work.’ DailyMail.com has reached out to Lopez and Affleck’s representatives but has not received a response.

PEOPLE has more optimistic news than Page Six because the newspaper also reported on Monday that Affleck and Lopez plan to continue working together. ‘There were always conflicts in their styles, the way they solved problems and their actions, but nothing could stop their love over the years. This is a great love story,’ they affirmed.