\nJennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck aren\u2019t letting their ongoing divorce stop them from celebrating the holiday season together.\n
The exes reunited to exchange Christmas gifts at the members-only social club Soho House in West Hollywood on Sunday, December 22. In photos obtained by the Daily Mail, Lopez, 55, channeled the winter season by sporting a patterned, oversized knit cardigan, wide-leg jeans and hoop earrings for the lunch outing.\n
Affleck \u2014 who donned a blue top with jeans, a black peacoat and sneakers \u2014 was photographed carrying a black tote bag seemingly filled with festive presents.\n
That same day, Lopez shared a sweet Instagram Story video of her 16-year-old child Emme singing along to Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cBeauty and a Beat\u201d in the car with family. \u201cWhen all the Kids Get Together For the Holidays,\u201d she captioned the clip. She tagged her sister Lynda in the video, as well as pals Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Michelle Chiaravalle. (Lopez shares twins Emme and Max, 16, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony.)\n
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Affleck\u2019s reunion with his former spouse comes four months after she filed to end their two-year marriage. In her divorce docs, Lopez listed their date of separation as April 26 and cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split.\n
Lopez filed for divorce on the second anniversary of the pair\u2019s Georgia wedding ceremony. She and Affleck, 52, initially said \u201cI do\u201d in Las Vegas in July 2022 before holding a second celebration with friends and family one month later.\n
In August, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the pair\u2019s split was \u201cplanned\u201d and that they \u201chad gone through all the details\u201d for their separation before Lopez\u2019s filing. \u201cJ.Lo finally pulled the trigger because that was their agreement that she would file, and she was the one who ultimately made the decision,\u201d the insider explained.\n
A second source later told Us that Lopez and Affleck called it quits after it became \u201cmore and more apparent they weren\u2019t a good match,\u201d adding, \u201cIt boiled down to [the fact that] they are two different people.\u201d\n
Lopez and Affleck have been publicly spotted together several times since their split. Earlier this month, Lopez joined Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner at a play put on by their kids. (Affleck and Garner, 52, share kids Violet, 19, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12.)\n
Despite continuing to support their blended family, Lopez and Affleck aren\u2019t planning to get back together. \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of love between them, but the divorce is still going forward,\u201d another source exclusively told Us in September.\n
The insider went on to note: \u201cWhen they\u2019re together as a family and see the kids together, it reminds them of how good they are as a team and what\u2019s important.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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