Jennifer Lopez‘s friends are increasingly concerned about her growing reliance on alcohol following her divorce from Ben Affleck.
According to an anonymous source cited by Radar, singer has turned to drinking to cope with the emotional toll of the separation.
Her close circle is reportedly alarmed by her use of alcohol to manage stress especially after learning that Lopez had been drinking before a recent meeting with Affleck, which sparked rumors of a potential reunion.
“The fact that she needed to drink before seeing Ben says a lot. It seems like she’s using alcohol as a way to self-medicate, struggling to face the reality of the divorce without it. What used to be casual social drinking has now become a daily habit, with her mixing incredibly strong cocktails,” source claimed.
Our source said: “The marriage was incredibly overwhelming – J Lo lives a very glam lifestyle, and he was often faced with temptation.”
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But J Lo, 55, quickly shot back that after years of avoiding alcohol she’d taken up social drinking (2023).
She explained: “I know that a lot of people have been talking about like, ‘Oh, she doesn’t even drink. What’s she doing with a cocktail line? That was true for a long time. I didn’t drink. A few years back, as you will see from several photos of me out over the past ten, maybe 15 years, I have been having the occasional cocktail. I do enjoy the occasional cocktail.”
On August 20, news broke that Lopez had officially filed for divorce, listing the separation date as April 26, 2024. Sources say the couple’s split was due to “irreconcilable differences.”
