Ben Affleck’s relative Jennifer Affleck calls herself the ‘new Jenny from the block’ amid J.Lo divorce
There’s a new Jenny on the block.
Jennifer Affleck — not Ben Affleck’s estranged wife, but the one that is distantly related to Ben, and is on the new reality show “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” — poked fun at the former couple’s divorce on TikTok over the weekend.
The 25-year-old influencer, whose husband, Zac Affleck, is cousins with Ben, 52, shared a video of herself getting her hair done at co-star Jessi Ngatikaura’s salon, played to Jennifer Lopez’s hit song “Jenny From the Block.”
Jen mouthed the words to the song and danced in the salon as she showed off her new hairdo to her 1.1 million followers.
“The new Jenny from the block
,” Jen wrote in her caption, with the hashtags for Affleck and J.Lo, 55.
Jen is a cast member on the new Hulu reality series premiering Friday about a group of TikTok moms from Utah.
Her husband, Zac, will also appear on the show. Zac’s dad is a first cousin of Ben and his brother Casey Affleck, 49.
Jen and Zac have two children, a son and a daughter.
The influencer made her connection to Ben and J.Lo known in a 2022 TikTok, where she danced in front of her toddler while the words “When you thought you were going to become the next JLo” flashed across the screen.
“But instead,” the text continued as kids’ music played in the background, “she stole your name and you’re busting it down with Ms. Rachel.”
Jen captioned the video, “Can’t forget that Ben Affleck is my husband’s second cousin.”
After two years of marriage, J.Lo filed for divorce from Ben on Aug. 20, which just so happened to be the pair’s second anniversary of their Georgia ceremony.
In her divorce petition, the singer requested to have her maiden name restored.
She legally changed her name to Jennifer Lynne Affleck after the exes tied the knot in a simple Las Vegas ceremony in 2022.
The “Atlas” star was assailed by the style section of the New York Times for becoming Mrs. Affleck rather than asking Ben to become “Mr. Lopez” — a possibility she laughed off.
“No! It’s not traditional,” she said in an interview with Vogue in November 2022. “It doesn’t have any romance to it.”
She added, “People are still going to call me Jennifer Lopez. But my legal name will be Mrs. Affleck because we’re joined together. We’re husband and wife. I’m proud of that. I don’t think that’s a problem.”
“I can understand that people have their feelings about it, and that’s OK, too,” J.Lo went on. “But if you want to know how I feel about it, I just feel like it’s romantic. It still carries tradition and romance to me, and maybe I’m just that kind of girl.”
In her divorce filing, J.Lo listed her and Ben’s date of separation as April 26, shortly before the divorce rumors about the pair started when J.Lo walked the Met Gala red carpet solo.
She waived the right to spousal support and asked the judge to deny Ben support.
The exes reportedly did not have a prenup — meaning all the earnings, profits and assets they made during their union could be considered community property.
