\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \tRelated story \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tJennifer Lopez Is Reportedly Back in Contact With an Ex Who \u2018Never Got Over\u2019 Her\t\t<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n \t \n\tAccording to the insider, Lopez\u2019s heartbreak is pushing her to lean into the speculation about her relationship with her Office Romance<\/em> co-star, Brett Goldstein<\/a>. \u201cJ.Lo is smart enough to know that playing things up for the cameras is only going to benefit the movie, so that\u2019s her primary reason for this flirt-fest with Brett,\u201d said the source. \u201cBut more than that, it does boost her ego and so it has that additional bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt\u2019s safer for her to have a fake romance at this point than actually put herself out there for real with a partner,\u201d the source said. \u201cThat\u2019s another element that\u2019s driven her to, along with the hype.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLopez and Goldstein have skirted around dating rumors throughout their press tour for the upcoming rom-com, which Goldstein wrote specifically with the \u201cGet Loud\u201d singer in mind.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: Jennifer Lopez\u2019s Twins Max & Emme Are All Grown Up in Rare\u00a0Photos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIt turns out that fans (and Gayle King<\/a>) aren\u2019t the only ones urging Lopez and Goldstein to date offscreen: Affleck allegedly supports his ex-wife\u2019s rumored romance<\/a> too.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHe genuinely does want to see her happy. He wouldn\u2019t be encouraging this if he thought that Brett wasn\u2019t a good choice. He doesn\u2019t know him personally, but he has some friends who know Brett, and they\u2019ve had nothing but good things to say,\u201d a source told Closer UK<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s enough for Ben to root for him because he knows Jen is happier when she has a partner.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tLopez and Affleck finalized their divorce in January 2025, four months after she filed to end their marriage. The pair married in 2022, a year after they got back together almost two decades following their 2004 breakup.<\/p>\n
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