when Mindy Kaling She took to the stage at the Democratic National Convention Ben Affleck.
Kaling, 45, Affleck’s estranged wife addressed delegates from her home state of Massachusetts at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday, August 21. Jennifer Lopez, Filed for divorce Two years after getting married.
“Massachusetts, we love you!” the actress and producer said, to thunderous applause. “Everybody hates on us all the time, but they just don’t understand. Go Sox! … Go Ben Affleck! Go Dunkin’ Donuts, you’re the best coffee in the world.”
Kaling and Affleck, 52, have a long history together. Earlier in her career, Kaling co-starred in the off-Broadway hit “The Great Gatsby.” Matt and Benwas written in collaboration with a friend from college. Brenda WithersThe 2002 film features Affleck and Matt Damon Wrote the screenplay for Good Will Hunting(The co-creators won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1998.)
Kaling’s call came after Lopez, 55, He filed for divorce himselfShe filed for divorce without a lawyer in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, August 20. She listed her separation date from Affleck as April 26, three months before their two-year wedding anniversary.
News of the couple’s divorce comes after months of reports that their marriage was in crisis. The two had not been seen together for several weeks. We In May, Affleck confirmed that he had moved out of their Beverly Hills home, and in July, neither Lopez nor Affleck publicly acknowledged their second wedding anniversary.

Ben Affleck in Los Angeles on Tuesday (August 20).
Daily Stardust / BackgridA source exclusively told the outlet: We That month, the couple “They were living separate lives.” The couple has weathered ups and downs together. “Jennifer suggested they take some time to work it out,” the source said. “Jen and Ben are having problems in their marriage. The issues began to arise several months ago as Jen increased her work load and began preparing for her tour.”
The source said Lopez was “very focused on work,” adding that “they have very different ideas most of the time.”
Before their split, Affleck and Lopez’s romance was This Is Me…Now: A Love StoryA highly conceptual portrayal of Lopez’s life. It’s on her latest albumexplored their rekindled relationship. He later revealed that without Affleck’s encouragement, the project would never have come to fruition.
“I was like, ‘I don’t write, I’m not doing this,'” Lopez recalled at a press conference in February, their final public appearance together that month. “He was like, ‘You do it. You write it, you direct it, you produce it, you choreograph it, you do it all. Go out there and embrace that part of yourself.'”
Lopez previously I was impressed by Affleck’s enthusiasm for films where music is the main focus.“We work really well together,” she said. Tonight’s Entertainment It’s scheduled for release in December 2023. “So I was able to sit down and really work on it in a way that I wouldn’t have been able to with other writers.”
Neither Lopez nor Affleck have spoken about the breakup, but Affleck Go to the office building He was spotted out in Los Angeles without his wedding ring on the day she filed for divorce.