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Ben Affleck and ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, continue to team up for the sake of their children as the actor faces ongoing marriage woes with estranged wife Jennifer Lopez.
“They’re best friend exes and the epitome of good co-parenting,” a source close to Affleck tells Fox News Digital. The source shared that the former couple recently enjoyed a trip to Japan with their children: Violet, 18; Seraphina, 15; and Samuel, 12.
Representatives for Garner, Affleck and Lopez did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
On Thursday, Garner — who recently opened up about their eldest daughter, Violet, graduating high school and attending Yale this fall — shared some snaps from the vacation on her Instagram, showcasing some of the sights and experiences.
That same day, which was coincidentally Affleck’s 52nd birthday, both Garner and Lopez paid visits to the “Argo” actor-director at his Los Angeles home, according to photos obtained by Fox News Digital.
Later that night, Lopez — who notably didn’t post a tribute to her estranged husband on social media — was seen dancing to Bruno Mars’ “Marry Me” at his Inglewood, California, concert at the newly-opened Intuit Dome.
For months, the couple have been at the center of split rumors as they spent much of their summer on opposite sides of the country. Lopez enjoyed her time in the Hamptons, while Affleck remained in Los Angeles.
Garner, who divorced Affleck in 2018, has offered a supporting hand to the actor throughout the years as he’s faced struggles with addiction as well as ups and downs in his relationship with Lopez.
In June, the actress shared a positive message on social media referencing how the hard times will eventually get better.
On her Instagram story, Garner shared a poem titled “it gets better” by Cleo Wade. The poem opens with the line “you will not have the blues forever.”
Shortly after sharing the poem, she shared a video of Whitney Houston singing the song “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” which features lyrics like “Where do broken hearts go? Can they find their way home / Back to the open arms / Of a love that’s waiting there?”
Whispers about the state of Affleck and Lopez’s marriage took a drastic turn when Affleck didn’t attend Lopez’s luxurious “Bridgerton”-themed 55th birthday party on July 2.
“Ben didn’t come to celebrate Jennifer’s birthday because they are done,” a source told Fox News Digital last month. “Totally done. They are not getting back together.”
Instead, the Academy Award-winning actor-director closed escrow on his new $20.5 million home in Los Angeles, according to People magazine. That same day, the Grammy Award-winning Lopez reportedly finalized the sale of her New York City condo.
“They are not communicating right now,” the source added. “If she wants to talk to his kids, she goes straight to the kids. Same with him.”
Earlier this year, in the documentary, “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” Affleck was shown reluctantly dealing with the public scrutiny that followed the couple when they first got together in the early 2000s.
The doc follows Lopez as she works on not only her new album, “This is Me…Now,” but also the high-concept music film, “This is Me…Now: A Love Story.”
