A new report indicates that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck held off on their in-person reunions until she had ended her engagement to Alex Rodriguez.
‘She didn’t see Ben until it was over with Alex,’ a source close to Lopez, 51, told People on Tuesday.
Despite taking their time before more romantic meetups, it was previously reported that Affleck, 48, had been emailing his ex going back to February, when she was in the Dominican Republic filming her movie Shotgun Wedding.
According to the insider, ‘Jennifer was in contact with Ben before she split from Alex.’
However, ‘it was friendly conversations and they didn’t make a plan behind Alex’s back that they would date.’
It appears as if the two were taking their time and seeing how their relationship might progress.
The news comes after the Oscar winner was seen being picked up in what was reportedly Lopez’s SUV and taken to her home, after dropping his car off at the Bel-Air Hotel, presumably in hopes that their rendezvous would go unnoticed.
TMZ previously reported that Affleck had been sending Lopez emails dating back to February, when she filming her upcoming comedy film in the Dominican Republic.
The emails weren’t merely friendly, though, but apparently were filled with longing for the Hustlers star.
He reportedly wrote about wishing her could join her and complimented her beauty, though he was busy himself in Boston where he was filming The Tender Bar with his friend George Clooney.
