Ben Affleck, willing to accept multi-million dollar losses to finally get rid of Jennifer Lopez

BarcelonaBen Affleck and Jennifer Lopez had a romance that captured the world's tabloids in the early 2000s. They were the youngest and most successful couple of the moment, and their plans to get married were a cherry on top that no media outlet could resist. The same thing happened with their breakup and the cancellation of their wedding plans. Their extremely complicated schedules and pressure from the press ruined a potential Hollywood wedding that had become a Western fairy tale. That relationship collapsed.took shape again in their twenties, when those young people were no longer so young, but their fame was just as great, if not greater. In 2021, the two stars fell in love again, and in April 2022, they announced that they were engaged to finally carry out what capricious fate had so cruelly prevented them from doing when they were young.

The story was perfect, and in July of that same year, they starred in a very evocative Las Vegas wedding that seemed to call to the four winds that they were closing that stage that had been left open for them twenty years earlier. In August, they held another, much more formal wedding ceremony with their family and friends (much more credible than the first, considering their status as stars of thestar system international). However, all that loving display melted like a sugar cube in a cup of coffee in the summer of 2024, when on their second wedding anniversary JLo filed for divorce from the actor.

That second attempt, which was a true love Dragon Khan and also a media Dragon Khan, is still not completely over, despite the fact that its two protagonists have been leading separate lives for some time now and have more than overcome this screen. The main obstacle preventing them from being 100% free from each other is the house they bought. Well, it's not exactly a house, it's more like a giant mansion in Beverly Hills. Almost as gigantic as the problem they have getting rid of it.

Luxury in the cradle of luxury

The house is located atop one of the famous hills in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood of Beverly Hills, where a square meter fetches 15,000 euros. But despite the high prices in the area, Lopez and Affleck weren't caught short and ended up with one of the largest houses available. The home, known as Crestview Manor, is a proper mansion that they bought for $55 million and had to renovate to suit their tastes (supposedly) and theirs. The property has 12 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms (you can spend almost a month going to a different one every day...), a 500-square-meter guest penthouse (imagine having a guest in each house), an attached concierge's house, a small house for security guards, a garage for 12 cars, a parking lot, and other luxuries that make those described so far mere anecdotes. For example, a basketball court, a pickleball court, a gym, a boxing ring, a spa, and a bar.

In fact, the mansion is so luxurious that even in the cradle of opulence, they are struggling to find a buyer, as the price they paid and the cost of the renovations they made are so high that there are few candidates who want and can afford it. This, according to some real estate experts, causes the few who can afford it to ask for substantial discounts, which are not easy for the sellers to accept after having to shell out so much money. But what they may not take into account in order to achieve a sale without a loss is the financial burden involved in owning this house while they wait for a good buyer. It turns out that this home costs more than €250,000 a month to maintain even if you don't live there. But that's not the only burdensome expense the mansion carries, as it is also estimated that the house's fire insurance bill could reach €450,000 a year when it comes time for renovations. On top of that, when they do sell it, they could have to pay an extra $2.8 million in taxes due to the mansion tax levied on these properties in Beverly Hills.

Opposing paths

That's why the sale of this house, which should have been their love nest, is currently a terrible headache for the ex-couple, who have also taken very different escape routes from the problem. While JLo is resisting selling it quickly and thus preventing the bleeding from stopping, Ben Affleck is prepared to assume all the losses that the sale may entail if it means getting rid of it—the house...—and thus finally closing that chapter of his life. "Ben is willing to take the hit. For him, losing a couple of million is a small price to pay to close this chapter," a source explained to the Daily Mail, who also added that the Bronx diva, on the other hand, is in a very different place. "She feels he owes her something, and that's why she insists on not selling below value," explains the source. In other words, she believes the breakup wasn't exactly her fault but Affleck's, and for that reason, she believes she has the right to ask the actor not to rush and wait to find someone who falls in love with the house, just as they did with that property when they were in love.

Whatever the outcome, they both already have new mansions. smaller In which they've rebuilt their lives. In other words, their financial problems only impress us, since they only have to endure some struggle and posthumous emotional revenge. Honestly, if you have an estimated net worth of $450 million like Jennifer Lopez, why should you deprive yourself of kicking your ex if it helps you get over the breakup? Millionaires have their own therapy. But our poor brains just don't understand!