Ben Affleck spotted without wedding ring as Jennifer Lopez celebrated her birthday

Ben Affleck was spotted out and about in Los Angeles this past weekend without his wedding ring, while his wife Jennifer Lopez celebrated her birthday on the East Coast.

The 51-year-old actor-director was spotted out alone on Sunday, July 21. He was notably not wearing any jewelry on his left hand, instead wearing a red T-shirt and gray pants.

Affleck was also photographed on Monday, July 22, in LA as he entered his office dressed in a suit. While he carried an iced coffee in his right hand, it was unclear whether his wedding ring was visible on his other hand, in which he held his phone and a large bag.

Meanwhile, Lopez is fresh off a celebratory weekend, where she celebrated her upcoming 55th birthday at a Bridgeton-theme party in the Hamptons on Saturday, July 20th.

The This is me… Now: a love story The star has been spending the past few weeks in the summer holiday destination despite news of tensions in her marriage to Affleck.

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Ben Affleck in Los Angeles on July 22, 2024.

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Multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE on Sunday that Affleck did not attend his wife’s birthday party in the Hamptons the day before.

At the event, numerous guests were photographed in royal attire, including Lopez’s mother, Guadalupe Rodríguez, who was seen wearing a blue dress with white lace detailing.

While Affleck hasn’t been spotted in the Hamptons this summer, Lopez has been spending time there with her husband’s eldest child, 18-year-old Violet.

The actress-singer was spotted cycling with Violet in New York earlier this month. Later that same day, they were spotted arm-in-arm in Southampton, New York, accompanied by Violet’s boyfriend.

A source told PEOPLE at the time that Lopez and her stepdaughter, whom Affleck shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, “really enjoy each other’s company.”

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.

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Lopez and Affleck tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas in July 2022 and celebrated with a larger event in Savannah, Georgia the following month. They recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary on opposite coasts.

A source recently told PEOPLE that the couple’s marriage is “not in the best state right now.”

Another insider said their marital problems have nothing to do with Lopez’s superstar status, saying there are “deeper issues” between the two.

“The idea that Ben thinks Jennifer is too famous and that he didn’t know what he was getting into with all the attention on their marriage is not true,” the latter source tells PEOPLE.

In addition to Violet, Affleck and Garner, 52, also have children Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, while Lopez and ex-husband Marc Anthony are parents to 16-year-old twins Emme and Max.