{"id":2437174,"date":"2026-05-29T16:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2437174"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:42:27","slug":"marc-anthony-skips-emmes-graduation-as-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-son-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/marc-anthony-skips-emmes-graduation-as-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-son-attend\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Anthony skips Emme&#8217;s graduation as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck&#8217;s son attend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Marc Anthony appeared to be a no-show at his child Emme\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/15\/celebrity-news\/celebrity-kids-who-graduated-in-2026-kate-hudson-reese-witherspoon-and-more\/\">high school graduation<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the singer seemingly skipping, Emme\u2019s mom, Jennifer Lopez, showed up to support, as well as grandma Guadalupe Rodr\u00edguez and former step-sibling Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>Emme, 18, and Ben Affleck\u2019s 14-year-old son were pictured chatting in photos obtained by Page Six on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Marc Anthony (pictured above in 2009) was seemingly absent from his and Jennifer Lopez\u2019s child Emme\u2019s high school graduation on Thursday. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress was in attendance with mom Guadalupe Rodr\u00edguez (pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Emme\u2019s twin brother, Max, was also present at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The guest of honor was all smiles at the Los Angeles event in a tan suit, while Max rocked an all-black ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Anthony and Lopez did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment regarding his absence.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the twins, Anthony has five other children, most recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/19\/marc-anthony-nadia-ferreira-welcome-first-baby-together\/\">welcoming son Marco<\/a>, 2, with wife Nadia Ferreira.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ben Affleck\u2019s 14-year-old son, Samuel, also showed up to support his former step-sibling (as pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>At one point, the pair huddled together to seemingly check out something on a phone. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple announced in January that they are\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/28\/parents\/marc-anthony-is-expecting-baby-no-8-his-second-with-pregnant-wife-nadia-ferreira\/\">expecting baby No. 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony also shares daughter Arianna, 32, and son Chase, 35, with ex Debbie Rosado Rosado, as well as sons Cristian, 25, and Ryan, 22, with Dayanara Torres.<\/p>\n<p>Emme and Max, meanwhile, are Lopez\u2019s only two children. The teens were born in 2008, three years before their parents called it quits. <\/p>\n<p>Lopez went on to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/07\/17\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-get-married-in-las-vegas\/\">marry Affleck<\/a> in 2022 \u2014 and since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/20\/entertainment\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-divorcing-after-2-years-of-marriage\/\">splitting in 2024<\/a>, the exes have kept in contact with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-kids-meet-their-5-children\/\">each other\u2019s children<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Emme\u2019s twin, Max (pictured here), was also in attendance. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Despite Lopez and Affleck splitting after two years of marriage in 2024, the pair have remained close to one another\u2019s kids. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cArgo\u201d actor, notably, shares Samuel, Violet, 20, and Seraphina, 17, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/06\/30\/ben-affleck-and-jennifer-garner-to-divorce\/\">ex-wife Jennifer Garner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Lopez was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/06\/parents\/jennifer-lopez-takes-ben-afflecks-son-samuel-shopping\/\">spotted shopping with Sam<\/a> in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAir\u201d actor, for his part, brought Emme and Max to the premiere of his action\/thriller \u201cThe Accountant\u201d last year.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Affleck gushed to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/ben-affleck-praises-jennifer-lopez-for-continued-relationship-with-his-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a>, \u201cThe kids are here, Jen\u2019s kids are here. I\u2019m very, very excited. I love when all the kids come out.\u201d\u2060<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Lopez, meanwhile, recently opened up about Emme and Max jetting off to college. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cOn the Floor\u201d hitmaker (pictured here on Friday) admitted she has been \u201ccrying for two months\u201d anticipating their departure. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He called Lopez \u201cspectacular\u201d at the April 2025 red carpet \u2014 and praised her for being \u201cgreat\u201d to his children.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner raved about the twins at the time, calling them \u201cwonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The evening before Emme\u2019s graduation, Lopez <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/parents\/jennifer-lopez-tears-up-over-twins-graduating-high-school-moving-out-in-emotional-interview\/\">got emotional talking about the next steps<\/a> during a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hod-28wQL2M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOffice Romance\u201d star confessed she has been \u201ccrying for two months.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>However, the \u201cOffice Romance\u201d star (pictured here with her kids in 2025), just wants to see them \u201chappy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThey have big dreams,\u201d the Grammy nominee (pictured here with Emme in 2025) gushed. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the hitmaker\u2019s main mission is to see the twins \u201cbe happy and go where they want to go and do what they want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did joke, \u201cThey\u2019re going to realize that their dorms are too small and they\u2019re going to miss home. I hope they\u2019ll want to come back real soon. That\u2019s my plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lopez explained that while people have asked whether the kids leaving will be \u201cterrible,\u201d she thinks it will be \u201cgreat\u201d since \u201cthey have big dreams.\u201d<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/parents\/jennifer-lopez-tears-up-over-twins-graduating-high-school-moving-out-in-emotional-interview\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Anthony appeared to be a no-show at his child Emme\u2019s high school graduation on Thursday. Despite the singer seemingly skipping, Emme\u2019s mom, Jennifer Lopez, showed up to support, as well as grandma Guadalupe Rodr\u00edguez and former step-sibling Samuel. Emme, 18, and Ben Affleck\u2019s 14-year-old son were pictured chatting in photos obtained by Page Six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2437175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[29466,30058,30992,49106,40151,32366,24003,470814,22265,366177,21800,22507,29901,358421],"class_list":["post-2437174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-dads","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-graduation","tag-jennifer-lopez","tag-marc-anthony","tag-music","tag-parents","tag-singers","tag-teens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Marc-Anthony-skips-Emmes-graduation-as-Jennifer-Lopez-and-Ben.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437176,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437174\/revisions\/2437176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}