Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, 56, is welcoming the new year from a perspective of independence and self-care, according to a source close to the artist who spoke to People magazine.

After finalizing her divorce from Ben Affleck, 53, in January 2025, Lopez She is not currently in a romantic relationship and has focused her energies on her work and raising her children. “For her, work and children are what's important,” the source revealed, noting that the artist looks “happy and content.” Lopez is the mother of 17-year-old twins, Maximilian “Max” David and Emme Maribel, from her previous marriage to singer Marc Anthony.

A Closed Chapter

The divorce between Lopez and Affleck was finalized in January 2025, approximately 20 weeks after the Hustlers star filed for divorce on August 20, 2024.

The petition marked the end of a marriage that had began with great romance: the couple married in an intimate ceremony in Las Vegas in July 2022, followed by a larger celebration a month later in Georgia, surrounded by family and friends.

This union represented the summary of a love story that had captured the public's attention two decades earlier. Lopez and Affleck were engaged between 2002 and 2004, before rekindling their romance in 2021 and marrying in 2022. In an interview with Interview magazine in October 2024, Lopez expressed her enthusiasm for exploring this new solo stage. “Now I get excited when you say you're going to be single,” she confessed. “Yeah, I'm not looking for anyone… What the hell can I do when I'm flying alone…? What if I'm free?” The artist reflected on having gone through “different challenging situations” over the years and shared a valuable lesson learned: “What I learned is not that I'm not worthy of love. It's that they're not capable.” In a conversation with Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show, she added that, although she doesn't plan to use dating apps because she considers herself “old-fashioned,” She's confident she'll have no trouble meeting someone when the time comes.