While this “hasn’t been the easiest summer” for Ben Affleck, the Oscar winner is reportedly “trying to stay focused” and keep himself busy with work as rumors swirl that he and wife Jennifer Lopez aren’t speaking amid their rumored divorce . The “Gone Girl” star, 51, “thrives when he’s busy and he’s been working nonstop ,” a source told People late Friday, adding that Affleck is just trying to “make every day as good as possible.” Earlier in the week, the “Good Will Hunting” star was photographed without his wedding ring as he left his production company’s office in Los Angeles — the same day TMZ reported that Affleck and Lopez aren’t even speaking to one another .
According to the outlet, the lack of communication has made it “difficult to hammer out a divorce agreement,” which is reportedly being handled by the pair’s respective business managers. The sighting came just days before an insider told Us Weekly that Affleck “knows the marriage is done” — a realization solidified by the purchase of his new Pacific Palisades abode . Meanwhile, Lopez — who spent most of the month of July in New York City and at her luxury estate in the Hamptons — was back in Los Angeles this week .
She was seen wearing her wedding band on Friday while out to lunch in Beverly Hills, after previously swapping her engagement ring to her right hand . When asked by TMZ how she and Affleck are doing amid the public speculation, the “Love Don’t Co.