Ben Affleck hides his ring finger amid Jennifer Lopez’s marital problems

Ben Affleck caused a stir among the paparazzi by hiding his ring finger from their view amid reports that his marriage to Jennifer Lopez is on the rocks.

Shutterbugs caught up with the 51-year-old actor on Wednesday in Los Angeles as he picked up his son Samuel, whom he shares with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, from school.

As Affleck and the 12-year-old walked down the sidewalk to their car, the director slung a blue sweater over his left shoulder, with the arm bent and thus completely covered.

Affleck knew he was being watched but did not interact with the photographers. However, his son decided to make the pulp himself.

With a professional camera in his hands, Samuel raised the lens and took photos of photographers in the distance.

At one point, the teenager – dressed in a basketball jersey, shorts and sneakers – even ran to a tree and pretended to hide behind it to take even more sneaky photos.

Affleck – wearing a blue T-shirt and gray pants and carrying his son’s wheeled backpack – stopped and laughed at his son’s cheeky antics.

Samuel then gave his father a thumbs-up at a breakneck pace, and the two of them loaded their belongings into the “Argo” star’s BMW and got inside.

After Affleck failed to attend the 2024 Met Gala with his wife earlier this month, rumors began to swirl that there might be trouble in paradise.

After further investigation, internet sleuths realized that the “Gigli” stars had not been photographed together in over a month.

Additionally, Lopez, 54, “liked” an Instagram post about unhealthy relationships.

The singer was then spotted house-hunting in Los Angeles, and sources told Page Six that Affleck was doing the same.

According to reports, the couple had been living apart for most of May.

While they have yet to confirm or deny potential relationship woes, the two were spotted together last week as Affleck drove his SUV to pick up Lopez and one of her 16-year-old twin daughters, Emme, outside the Los Angeles school where Affleck is 15-15 years old. year-old Seraphina performed in the play.

The “Gone Girl” star made sure his wedding ring was visible; however, he abandoned it during follow-up a few days later.

Affleck and the actress were then photographed at a film event and visit to Soho House. Although the former looked nervous during the outing, he made sure to wear his wedding ring.

Earlier this week, he was also spotted wearing jewelry as he left Los Angeles hotspot Giorgio Baldi.

Meanwhile, Lopez is going solo, attending various premieres of his film “Atlas.” Despite the visible problems, the musician continues to decorate the wedding ring.

While promoting her upcoming film, Lopez shut up a Mexican reporter who asked in Spanish if the “divorce” speculation was “true.”

Leaning forward, she said into the microphone, “You know better.”

A source recently told Page Six that Affleck has “come to his senses” and “understands there’s no way he’s going to [the marriage] goes to work.”

“If there was a way to divorce him on the grounds of temporary insanity, he would do it,” our insider explained. “He feels like the last two years have been just a fever dream.”

The stars – who were previously engaged before announcing their split in 2004 – reunited in 2021 and married in July 2022.

Affleck and Garner are also parents to 18-year-old daughter Violet, and Lopez shares Emme and Max with her ex-husband Marc Anthony.