Ben Affleck is feeling “hopeful” now that he has his own place away from Jennifer Lopez! As Perezcious readers know, last week, the Air director purchased a $20.5 million home in Los Angeles amid divorce rumors and an estrangement from his wife.
On Friday, an insider told ET that he’s breathing a sigh of relief after closing on the home, sharing: Jennifer lives in Brentwood, where he’d been renting a home for the past few months.
He’s now just around a 15-minute drive from her home — which is about twice as close as his previous house was in Beverly Hills with J.Lo.
Not bad. That’ll make it easier to split time with the exes’ children, Violent, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12. Related: J.Lo Ignites TikTok Debate Over ‘Ridiculous’ Cost Of Her Hermès Bag! Per property records, Ben acquired the five-bedroom residence from David Calvert-Jones, the nephew of Rupert Murdoch.
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