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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck: How air-tight prenups will simplify a divorce

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(NewsNation) — Nothing says “I love you, baby” more than taking a solo vacation during marital strife.


While Ben Affleck tries to stay on the straight and narrow in Los Angeles, his (soon-to-be-ex) wife Jennifer Lopez has parked herself on a yacht in Italy for a solo, come-to-Jesus-on-her-own vacation. 

According to sources, Lopez has finally come to her senses and the realization that her two-year marriage to Affleck is over.

“She’s had one of the worst years of her life,” a source said, “and he didn’t support her. At all.”

Affleck seemingly turned off the light on his marriage when Lopez’s album and subsequent companion movies flopped. She hit the Met Gala carpet on her own in May and he moved out of their $60 million Los Angeles mansion

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Lopez tried hard to save the crumbling marriage: Canceling her tour (using her personal life as an excuse although poor sales were cited) and appearing in (Affleck-approved) sweats and low-key outfits for the past month.

But now, she’s done.

The good news is they both had airtight prenups drawn up by lawyers, so the divorce will be relatively easy and painless.

“They won’t appear in court, they just have to sign papers and it will be over. By the time they announce it to the press the divorce will be done,” my source added. “Very easy.”

Now, about that broken heart and humiliation…

Lopez’s rep didn’t return emails.  

So far this year alone, Lopez has had to endure (alone):