More than 17 years after their breakup,Ben AffleckandJennifer Lopezremain connected.
TheGone Girlactor wore a T-shirt, jeans and was photographed holding a military green backpack as he exited the car. In other photos, Lopez is seen sitting in the car, wearing sunglasses, hoop earrings and her signature nude lip.
“They have spent time together in L.A. over the past week,” a source tells PEOPLE of the pair, who were in a relationship from 2002 to 2004. “They have a lot of love for each other. They have always admired each other.”
The new photos of Lopez, 51, and Affleck, 48 come weeks after the “Jenny From the Block” singer split from her fiancéAlex Rodriguez.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck on April 29.BACKGRID (2)
The former couple released a joint statement on April 15announcing the end of their engagementafter four years together. Multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE at the time that it was the singer who ultimately broke up with the retired baseball player.
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Despite going their separate ways, the two have remained friendly.
“They are friends,” another sourcetold PEOPLEon Friday. “They have always been friends and they have seen each other through the years.”
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in 2002.getty
In January, Affleck reflected on his prior romance with theHustlersstar, saying onThe Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatterpodcast that much of the media attention on their relationship was negative toward Lopez.
“People were so f—ing mean about her — sexist, racist. Ugly, vicious s— was written about her in ways that if you wrote it now you would literally be fired for saying those things you said,” he said during the podcast. “Now it’s like, she’s lionized and respected for the work she did, where she came from, what she accomplished — as well she f—ing should be!”
“I would say you have a better shot, coming from the Bronx, of ending up as like [Justice Sonia] Sotomayor on the Supreme Court than you do of havingJennifer Lopez’s career and being who she is at 50 years old today,” Affleck added.
source: people.com
