Jennifer Lopez breaks silence in first move since divorce filing
It's business as usual for Jennifer Lopez it seems, after shocking the world by announcing the end of the second coming of Bennifer
It has now been four days since she filed for divorce from her husband Ben Affleck, and she has now broken her silence.
The actress and singer has made a candid post on her Instagram stories, sharing an old picture of herself from a fan account.
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It's business as usual for JLo. Instagram/@jlo
The picture shows her posing to take a selfie while wearing a pink dressing gown. A Christmas tree can be seen in the corner.
Before this, her last Instagram post was from seven days ago, hopping on the "very demure, very mindful" TikTok trend.
Variety and People confirmed Lopez filed on Tuesday August 20 in L.A. County Superior Court with the official separation date listed as April 26.
Lopez brought about the end of her marriage herself, filing the divorce application without the help of a lawyer.
The divorce filing also has a number of stipulations, including one eyebrow-raising move.
As part of her divorce filing obtained by CNN, the singer and actress is requesting to have her name restored to "Jennifer Lynn Lopez" from "Jennifer Lynn Affleck."
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It's the end of the second coming of Bennifer Mario Anzuoni/Reuters via CNN Newsource
The date of the filling it also meaningful, coinciding with the second anniversary of their Riceboro, Georgia-set wedding ceremony in 2022.
Their second separation has been met with frenzy, as the internet pokes fun at the couple having once called theirs the "greatest love story never told".
Australian Psychological Society President Dr Catriona Davis-McCabe explained the reasoning behinf the reaction to 9honey.
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Social media has gone into a frenzy over the end of the second-chance relationship. Ben-Ari Finegold/Getty Images
"For example, with Ben Affleck, if they are favouring Jennifer, they see him as having done something to her, and they take her side," she says.
Meanwhile, those who identify with Affleck take aim at Lopez.
"Because we can now access anything related to celebrities immediately, straight away, and I think that that fosters this deep sense of connection, this feeling like we know them, we can relate to them," she said.
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