Jennifer Lopez is Single Again!!!
Oladunjoye Opeyemi
American actress and singer, Jennifer Lopez and her backup dancer-turned-choreographer beau, Casper Smart have split after two and a half years of dating.
According to american celebrity gossip magazine, Us Weekly, a source close to Lopez says the singer is “doing fine and is focused on promoting the album.”
“It has actually been an amicable process that started a few months ago,It wasn’t an easy decision, but they decided to stay friends…Their relationship couldn’t work with the distance. He started trying to establish his own life and career, and she is so focused on hers, and they just couldn’t be all about each other anymore.”
Lopez, 44, and Smart, 27, were first linked as a couple back in November 2011, just four months after the American Idol judge split from her third ex-husband, Marc Anthony, with whom she shares twins Max and Emme, 6.
Smart has since then, been a constant at the star’s side, accompanying her to tapings and red carpets all over the world, and on family vacations with her kids.
Speaking about their relationship in an interview in January 2013, Lopez had said her much younger partner was her best friend. “I can tell him everything, when I’m feeling down, when I’m feeling good,” she shared. “He gives moral support, endless love and support.”
In recent weeks, however, the duo faced rumours that Smart had cheated on Lopez with a transgender model he reportedly met online. A Gossip site claimed to have evidence that he had been exchanging photos and messages with the model via Instagram. A Source close to the couple, however, debunked the story, saying it was “100 percent not true.”
“The scandal had nothing to do with it, He insists none of that is true and she believes him.”
The 44-year-old isn’t however likely to stay single for long. In an interview earlier this year, she admitted she does not like to be alone, and that despite the problems she’s faced in her romantic life, she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of walking down the aisle a fourth time. (Prior to Anthony, she has been married to Ojani Noa and Cris Judd; she was also engaged to Ben Affleck.)
“I always believed in that institution,” she explained during a panel for American Idol. “My parents were married for a very long time, for 35 years. I believe in it…I’ve had my challenges, but at the same time, I believe in love. That’s the main thing.”
