Jennifer Lopez Reveals How She Guided Teenage Twins Max & Emme Through Divorce From Ben Affleck
Divorces are not just hard on the former couple. They can take a toll on their loved ones — especially if kids are involved. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have an even more difficult situation to navigate, what with the media scrutiny, and the fact that their t(w)eens — who they each share with previous partners — came together to form a blended family in 2022.
For the past several years, Lopez’s 17-year-old twins Max and Emme — whom she shares with ex Marc Anthony — reportedly built quite a bond with Affleck’s kids. The Oscar winner shares kids Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, and the conversations the A-listers had to have with their kids when they decided to split were undoubtedly difficult.
Lopez recently opened up with Spain’s El País about how she guided her teens through the past year.
“Everybody goes through hard times in their life,” she told them, per Marie Claire. “And it’s what you do in those moments that really does define you. Not the relationship, not the man: what defines you is what you’re doing with the experiences that you’re faced with.”
The singer then vulnerably shared the promise she made to Max and Emme.
“I said, ‘I promise you, this is a difficult time, but you’re going to see that I’ll come out the other side stronger and better.’ I promised them that and I did it,” she said. “And they feel it now. That gives me a great sense of peace in my life.”
And that’s really so nice to hear that everyone is feeling better in the end. Despite the seemingly tumultuous end to the whirlwind romance, if Lopez feels better and that that in turn, makes her teens feel better, then that’s a beautiful thing. And we hope the same can be said for Affleck and his kids.
“I’m happier that I’m a step further along than I was a year ago, two years ago, three years ago,” Lopez said. “I’m proud of myself for that, and I’m proud that I was able to navigate my children through difficult times, that they’re stronger and better because of it.”
These celebrity parents are on double duty!