Jennifer Garner was reportedly left feeling like a “pawn” during the breakup of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's marriage. Months of speculation came to an end on Tuesday night when the world- famous singer, 55, officially filed for divorce from the Hollywood A-list actor, 52, right around the time of the couple’s second wedding anniversary. In the days leading up to the divorce Affleck had been reportedly spending an increased amount of time with his ex-wife actress Jennifer Garner who had in the past played ‘marriage counsellor’ to the couple.
Friends of Garner, 52, reportedly said she was forced to ‘play mediator’ in an attempt to smooth the couple’s issues and preserve Affleck’s sobriety. “Jen feels slightly used as a pawn in J-Lo's bid to repair her marriage,” the source said. “She doesn't believe it was intentional.
” “But when Jen realized her ex-husband's marriage was past the point of salvation, her only concern was Ben's well-being and sobriety,” they told the Mail . The source told the paper that friends of actress Garner were “extremely unimpressed” by how J-Lo leaned on Affleck throughout their divorce, despite how complicated things were for the trio. “She was put in the middle and her friends think - no matter how you look at it - a man's ex-wife should never have to play mediator in a divorce from his new wife,' they said.
“Especially when said wife was a big love who Jen was compared to throughout their 13-year marriage. S.