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TV Talk Discussion Group
The new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands tomorrow, reveals the behind-the-scenes crisis going on in Jennifer Lopez's third marriage to Marc Anthony.
Rumors swirled that Lopez's marriage was on the rocks after she showed up to the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week without her 8-carat diamond engagement ring, wedding band - or ever present husband, Marc Anthony (who was spotted in Las Vegas sans wedding band the weekend before).
Multiple sources confirm to to Us Weekly their marriage is at a breaking point.
"They both didn't wear their rings on purpose," a mutual pal of the married couple of four years (who renewed their vows in October) tells Us. "Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose."
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While Anthony's rep insists to Us, "They are doing great," a source tells Us deep trouble has been brewing.
"He's very, very controlling of her," a close Anthony pal tells Us. "The skirts aren't as short. You don't see so much of that booty anymore." The new Us Weekly also reports that Anthony also picks out Lopez’s clothes and keeps tabs on her phone calls.
But Lopez -- who once claimed she "loved getting his opinions" -- has become less interested in his approval since the birth of their 10-month-old twins, Max and Emme.
"She walks in from work, washes her hands and grabs the babies," a longtime friend tells Us. "With him, it's almost like, 'Ugh, they're crying again?'"
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Another problem: Lopez -- who once commanded $15 million per film -- "blames Marc for her career going down the tubes," says a mutual pal, adding that she's bitter about the failure of their 2006 drama, El Cantante, which only grossed $7.5 million. (Her 2002 flick Maid in Manhattan earned over $94 million.)
"Jennifer looked around and said, 'This is my life now? I'm a Long Island housewife?'" a pal says. "She hates that everything she worked for went down the tubes."
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Lopez isn't the only one with growing resentment toward her husband. Her best friend, Leah Remini, also can't stand him.
"It if was up to her, Leah would just break them up today," a pal says.
Anthony has also been badmouthing his wife. One night after their tense family Thanksgiving in which the couple "didn't sit together," Anthony hit NYC hotspots Bungalow 8 and Marquee, where he was spotted with his hand on a woman's thigh and overheard complaining about his wife to a group of women, "telling them, 'She's making me miserable,'" a source says.
His club spree didn't stop there: The next night, he was photographed by TMZ.com partying sans wedding band with pal Eva Longoria Parker and Russell Crowe in Las Vegas. (A source says, "According to Jennifer, he didn't cheat.")
Speaking without proof but simply based on how it looked .... Jennifer married El Ratoncito Mojado on the rebound. Ben Affleck broke up with her and moved on, and so she rebounded with a comfortable old friend/ old flame and settled for Marc Anthony. But he was not her number one choice.
Also, his sexual interest in her probably waned for good, if not sooner, when she got pregnant. Again, I have no proff, but I nase this strictly on cultural and genderal experience.
Y el luce como un raton mojado. If you speak Spanish you know it's true baby. ;-)
This is awful if it's true, and my guess is that it's the usual "she no longer gives me the most attention" once their babies were born. Which J-Lo should have figured out by what happened in his earlier marriage - some men love to hook up with gorgeous women, but as soon as the family unit involves kids (who take away some or most of the mother's attention from the dad), he gets "bored" and starts looking to other women again.
But, as usual, I shouldn't be speculating on a celebrity's marriage. There's no way for us to know what all goes on in their relationship.
I remember two separate blind items reported six months ago that people guessed was them. One was from Entertainment Lawyer - June 17, 2008:
''Apparently if I wish and wish and wish, then sometimes they do come true. This is an A list couple with an A list lifestyle. If I give you their description it would give it a way. Does A+ name recognition help? Anyway they haven't been doing much lately. Oh, they make noise and it appears as if they are doing something, but in reality. Nothing. No money is coming in but lots and lots is flooding out. It has got so bad that the couple only have one employee. One. I take that back. They do have a gardener at one of their houses, but not for long. They are trying to sell that property and just about everything else they own. I don't know if anyone has said it out loud, but the bankruptcy word has been whispered. She wants to call some famous friends for a loan but his pride won't let her do it.''
While the second was from Billy Masters, June 9, 2009:
''Could it be that a certain celebrity couple is enjoying a relationship in name only? So say folks close to the duo who say the sweet music they make is only when in public. Sure, they live together and appear to be lovey-dovey, but it's a big house. Behind closed doors, they allegedly live completely separate lives and fulfill their parental duties in shifts. The only thing they work very hard at is never seeing each other - except for those photo-ops, naturally.''