Lopez is mom to 16-year-old twins with ex Marc Anthony, while Affleck and Garner share three kids
Family comes first for and .
Prior to reports that the couple’s , Lopez has opened up about the process of blending her family with her husband’s.
Lopez, 54, and ex-husband share 16-year-old twins . Meanwhile, Affleck, 51, and his ex-wife , 52, have three kids together: , 18, , 15, and , 12.
“The transition is a process that needs to be handled with so much care,” Lopez said in the December 2022 issue of about blending their families.
She also noted that Garner is “an amazing co-parent,” and that the actress and Affleck “work really well together.”
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Lopez also expressed her hope for her and Affleck’s blended family as they discovered their new normal: “What I hope to cultivate with our family is that his kids have a new ally in me and my kids have a new ally in him.”
The Atlas star continued, “Someone who really loves and cares about them but can have a different perspective and help me see things that I can’t see with my kids because I’m so emotionally tied up.”
In 2022, the couple celebrated as husband and wife enjoying the expanded household. In her newsletter, Lopez reflected on the holiday.
“We have blended families, doubled the people, doubled the fun, doubled the love, doubled the presents and tripled the chaos!!” Lopez wrote about their celebration.
In February 2020, Affleck told PEOPLE of Garner, “When you have children with somebody you’re connected to them forever, and I’m very .”
All five of Lopez and Affleck’s kids at their wedding celebration in Savannah, Georgia, which took place in August 2022.
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Affleck and Lopez rekindled their romance in 2021 after splitting up in 2004. They in July 2022, then celebrated at a separate event with friends and family the following month in Savannah.
However, in recent weeks, Lopez and Affleck’s marriage was rumored to have hit a rough patch after they hadn’t been for over a month and a half.
The two at the moment, though the couple as of late on multiple occasions .
A source told PEOPLE that Lopez and Affleck’s marriage “is not in the .” One source said, “She likes to open her heart to her fans and to the world. He is more introspective and private. This has been difficult day to day.”
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