<p id=”par-1_63″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/jennifer-lopez”>Jennifer Lopez</a> couldn’t escape the media in 2024. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jennifer-lopezs-friends-family-noticed-major-shift-month-filing-divorce.html/”>She served Ben Affleck with divorce papers</a> in August 2024, and the exes finalized their split in early 2025. Unfortunately, Lopez’s kids, Max and Emme Muñiz, were reportedly close with Ben’s kids. In March 2025, fans finally got a look at Emme, as they stepped out with Lopez for the first time in awhile. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-jennifer-lopez-stepped-out-with-emme-muniz-for-the-opening-night-of-othello-on-broadway”>Jennifer Lopez stepped out with Emme Muñiz for the opening night of ‘Othello’ on Broadway</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jennifer-Lopez-Emme-Muniz-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Jennifer Lopez with her hand on Emme Muñiz’s shoulder at the premiere of ‘Othello.’ They are posing and smiling.” class=”wp-image-3792251″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Actor Jennifer Lopez and Emme Muñiz arrive to the opening of ‘Othello’ on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on March 23, 2025 | James Devaney/GC Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-2_74″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jennifer-lopez-said-hurt-kids-told-thing-seen-public.html/”>Jennifer Lopez and Emme Muñiz</a> stunned at the Broadway opening of <em>Othello</em> on Sunday, March 23, 2025. Lopez hit the show in a black Zuhair Murad two-piece gown. The cropped top featured rhinestones covering the turtleneck and breasts, and the matching maxi skirt had rhinestones down the sides of the hips and across the waist. Lopez paired the look with a black fur coat, a velvet Tyler Ellis Perry Clutch, and diamond hoop earrings.</p>
<p id=”par-3_43″>As for Muñiz, they wore a black and white pinstriped suit paired with a plaid tie that seemed to match their mother’s outfit. They wore a gray fitted shirt beneath the suit. Muñiz paired the look with black loafers, glasses, and plenty of ear jewelry.</p>
<p id=”par-4_50″>Lopez teased her night with Muñiz on <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/jlo/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram Stories</a>. “I have the most amazing date for the black-tie premiere of <em>Othello</em> here in New York tonight,” Lopez says to her phone camera as she pans over to her child. Muñiz happily waves to the camera. “Super excited! Here we go.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_52″>Lopez had twins, Max and Emme Muñiz, with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony. The twins turned 17 in late February 2025. Lopez posted a sweet tribute to her twins on Instagram for their birthday. “Seventeen,” she captioned the <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/p/DGZvs9vRpDq/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>post</a>, which included video clips of her with her kids. “I love you beyond forever.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-emme-muniz-reportedly-developed-a-close-friendship-with-ben-affleck-s-child-fin-affleck”>Emme Muñiz reportedly developed a close friendship with Ben Affleck’s child, Fin Affleck</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jennifer-Lopez-Emme-Muniz-2.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Jennifer Lopez and Emme Muñiz hugging each other at a movie premiere” class=”wp-image-3792253″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jennifer Lopez and Emme Muñiz attend ‘Othello’ opening night at the Barrymore Theater in Midtown on March 23, 2025 | TheStewartofNY/GC Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-6_65″>Jennifer Lopez doesn’t thrust her children into the spotlight often. However, she was proud to have a blended family with Ben Affleck. Ben and Jennifer Garner have three kids: <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/violet-affleck-not-stop-talking-jennifer-lopez-despite-divorce-ben-affleck-source-says.html/”>Violet, 19</a>, Fin, 16, and Samuel Affleck, 13. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/jennifer-lopez-ben-afflecks-kids-refuse-let-divorce-ruin-friendship-source-says.html/”>Fin and Muñiz developed a close friendship</a>. Several insiders alleged that Lopez had trouble accepting the end of her marriage to Ben partially due to kids being involved.</p>
<p id=”par-7_28″>“There are five kids involved in this,” an insider told <a href=”https://pagesix.com/2024/08/05/celebrity-news/jennifer-lopez-humiliated-amid-ben-affleck-split/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Page Six</a>. “She knew they were going to blend families. She has not fully accepted it is over.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_39″>Lopez’s kids also had a rough time when Lopez and Alex Rodriguez called off their engagement. The couple began dating in 2017 and got engaged in 2019 before splitting in 2021. Lopez’s kids became particularly close with Rodriguez’s kids.</p>
<p id=”par-9_39″>“There were many tears,” a source told TMZ, according to <a href=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13764597/jlo-blended-family-ben-affleck-children-divorce.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>DailyMail.com</a>. “The fact is, both families have blended as one, enjoying holidays and vacations together and all the other fun stuff kids do, so there’s a lot at stake.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-do-jennifer-lopez-s-kids-have-a-relationship-with-ben-affleck”>Do Jennifer Lopez’s kids have a relationship with Ben Affleck?</h2>
<p id=”par-10_56″>It’s unclear where Jennifer Lopez’s kids stand with Ben Affleck post-divorce. While Max and Emme Muñiz once seemed close with Ben and the Affleck kids, time may allow them to drift apart. In August 2024, a source told <a href=”https://people.com/ben-affleck-has-not-been-in-touch-with-jennifer-lopez-kids-exclusive-source-8701044″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a> that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/ben-afflecks-lack-contact-jennifer-lopezs-kids-contradicts-open-door-policy-house.html/”>Ben had “not been in touch” with Lopez’s kids</a>, though Lopez remained in contact with his.</p>
<p id=”par-11_51″>“The fact that he has not seen her kids in a long time, it’s like he left, but she is especially close to his kids,” the insider alleged. “But she’s also close to Marc’s kids from [his] previous relationship. She keeps in touch with the children, and she’s a good mom.”<strong> </strong></p>
<p id=”par-12_32″>When it came to Ben and Lopez’s divorce, they wanted to ensure the mental well-being of the kids. “The kids are a top priority, as they always have been,” another source noted.</p>
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