At one time, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appeared to be building a loving, blended family together. Unfortunately, according to a new report, those days seem to be over.

After Lopez married Garner's ex-husband Affleck in 2022/7, the alias star reportedly became an unexpected "ally" for the "getting married" singer. However, sources claim that Garner is distancing himself from the Atlas Star unless he needs to communicate about his children.

といえば----------DailyMail.com The source claimed,"Jen[Garner] no longer wants to communicate with J. Lo unless it is done with the children."

The source continued,"Her friend told J. to help her fix her marriage to Ben.I feel I shouldn't have been so involved in helping Lo.

Sources also suggested that Garner and Lopez's shared history with Affleck may have contributed to the decision. "Especially given [Garner], sometimes during their own marriage J.I felt I was pitted against Lo," the source claimed. "[Garner] was too great and really wanted to help, so she tried.

Affleck and Garner's daughter, Violet, have since split from J.She continues to be in contact with Lo and her sister, Linda Lopez. Linda even raised some eyebrows when she visited Violet at Yale this fall.

"It felt strange for J.Lo to approach Violet [Garner] and then Linda showed up at Violet's school."と情報筋は語ったDailyMail.com "[Garner]'s loyalty is to Ben and his children, the father of her children.Because I love Lo.

Despite her own feelings about the matter, Garner Will reportedly kept her mouth shut around her children and "[Garner] will never speak ill of [Lopez] or talk negatively about her," the source claimed.

In the end, Garner clearly has a veto over whether her children can see Lopez. "J.Everyone knows that if Lo wants to spend time with children other than Violet, it has to go through [Garner]," the source claimed.

Earlier this year it was reported that Garner played the "mediator" between Lopez and Affleck, but this was not easy. According to another source (経由DailyMail.com "Jen [Garner] feels slightly used as a pawn in J.Lo's bid to repair her marriage," the source continued, "and she does not believe it was intentional."