Affleck has a darkness inside him THAT NO ONE AND NOTHING CAN REMOVE. Jennifer WENT AGAINST EVERYONE for him, but such love is not in his DNA”: Close friends of J.Lo reveal.

No one was surprised when earlier this week, after months of speculation, Jennifer Lopez officially filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The media has been flooded with various claims from sources close to the couple about the collapse of their relationship—some blame the Latina diva, others the Hollywood actor, but it seems that a lack of love was not what ultimately separated the spouses.

Jennifer Lopez had also made significant efforts to make the marriage work, according to what her close friends told ‘Page Six.’ The Latina diva reportedly dreamed of salvaging the relationship, even though the couple had been living apart for months.

“She loves him, and she will always love him; that’s the problem,” said an insider.

Friends of J.Lo desperately hoped that Ben Affleck would attend her 55th birthday celebration in the Hamptons last month, but the Oscar winner did not show up. Instead, the actor was spotted in several popular Hollywood spots in recent months, including the Polo Lounge, where he was seen with Kik Kennedy, the 36-year-old daughter of politician Robert F. Kennedy.

In the end, the attempts of the acclaimed singer to save her marriage were unsuccessful, and she filed for divorce on the second anniversary of their lavish ceremony. Jennifer also requested that her maiden name be restored by removing the added ‘Affleck.’

“Ben Affleck carries a darkness inside him that no one and nothing can remove,” said an unnamed source. “She truly believed this was the greatest love story she had ever heard and finally had the chance to be part of a fairy tale. She simply didn’t stop to think about who the real man in this fairy tale was,” the source explained. They added that “the kind of great love Jennifer believes in is not in Ben’s DNA.”

“Ben has a darkness that no other person can fix. His ex-wife Jennifer Garner couldn’t fix it, and no amount of success in the world could fix it. Lopez gave everything she had to this story; her whole heart. She wanted to do everything she could to make it work. She was willing to endure criticism, mockery, and countless objections from those who told her it was a bad idea, that it was doomed to fail, that there was a reason it didn’t work the first time… But she didn’t want to believe it; she truly believed that love would conquer all,” the unnamed source shared.

To recall, Affleck’s ex-wife Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children and maintains a good relationship, publicly admitted in a 2018 interview that the actor has a dark side.

“He’s just a complicated guy. I always say, ‘When his sun shines on you, you really feel it.’ But when the sun shines elsewhere, it’s cold. He can cast quite a shadow on your life,” she told ‘Vanity Fair.’

A Hollywood source has now confirmed Garner’s words to ‘Page Six.’ “The thing is, Ben doesn’t like this side of himself—the side that needs solitude, that doesn’t believe anyone could ever truly understand him, that is convinced he’s his only ally and the only person he can count on,” the source said.

“He takes pride in the fact that he has always been able to and will always be able to take care of himself. He’s proud of being able to protect and provide for his children. But he has never, and it seems he never will, fully given himself to another person. The kind of great love Jennifer believes in, that kind of all-encompassing devotion? Ben played with that idea for a while and wanted to be part of it, but it’s just not who he is,” the source added.