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After less than two years of marriage, Ben Affleck<\/strong><\/a> and Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a> are headed for a split, as \u201cthey just couldn\u2019t make it work,\u201d a source told In Touch<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe writing is on the wall \u2013 it\u2019s over,\u201d the insider shared in an interview published on Wednesday, May 15. \u201cThey\u2019re headed for a divorce \u2013 and for once, [Ben\u2019s] not to blame!\u201d<\/p>\n The Argo<\/em> star has already moved out of the couple\u2019s $60 million home. Jennifer, 54, was photographed house hunting<\/a> in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, May 14, while Ben, 51, was nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s focusing on his work and his kids now,\u201d the insider added. \u201cBen already moved out and they\u2019ll likely have to sell the dream house they spent two years searching for. They\u2019ll never stop loving each other, but she can\u2019t control him<\/a>, and he can\u2019t change her. There\u2019s no way it could have lasted.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans have noticed that the pair have been spending less and less time together<\/a>, while they used to be photographed together on a regular basis.<\/p>\n Onlookers were stunned when Ben didn\u2019t attend the Met Gala<\/a> on May 6, even though Jennifer was a co-chair of the event. It would have marked their debut as a couple at the glitzy A-list ball. The Hustlers<\/em> star posed up a storm on the red carpet while solo, hardly able to crack a smile at times.<\/p>\n Ben\u2019s excuse was that he was working on The Accountant 2<\/em>, but In Touch<\/em>\u2019s source said he \u201cdecided to call it quits\u201d on his marriage to J. Lo.<\/p>\n \u201cEven the red carpet fashion commentators were confused, thinking Ben would be right behind Jen, but nope, she went solo, which shocked a lot of people<\/a>,\u201d a source dished exclusively after the gala.<\/p>\n Tensions seemed to arise when Jen released her Amazon Prime Video documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told<\/em> in February, which looked at her past and present love life with Ben.<\/p>\n The Oscar winner confessed, \u201cGetting back together, I said, \u2018Listen, one of the things I don\u2019t want is a relationship on social media.<\/a>\u2019 Then I sort of realized it\u2019s not a fair thing to ask. It\u2019s sort of, like, you\u2019re going to marry a boat captain and you go, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t want the water.\u2019 We\u2019re trying to learn to compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n Jennifer added, \u201cI don\u2019t think [Ben] is very comfortable with me doing this, [but] he doesn\u2019t want to stop me.\u201d The source said, \u201cBen would never try to stifle [Jennifer]\u2019s dreams or tell her she can\u2019t do something that advances her career, even though she can be quite controlling of him.\u201d<\/p>\n The Gone Girl<\/em> star made it known in the documentary how the intense scrutiny about their romance in the early aughts is what \u200bcaused the couple to call of their September 2003 wedding just days before their nuptials. Ben blamed it on \u201cthe massive amount of scrutiny around our private life.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair went on to break up in January 2004 before rekindling their relationship in the spring of 2021. Ben and Jennifer married in a Las Vegas ceremony<\/a> in July 2022, followed by a lavish formal wedding at his Georgia estate on August 20, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n