Mindy Kaling Tells Ben Affleck to 'Hang in There' at 2024 DNC Following Jennifer Lopez's Divorce Filing

Mar. 15, 2025

Mindy Kaling in New York City on May 15, 2024; Ben Affleck in Los Angeles on March 27, 2023.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Mindy Kalingis sending words of encouragement toBen Affleck!

“I love you, Massachusetts!” Kaling, 45, said ina clip of her speechshared on X (formerly known as Twitter). “Everyone is always hating on us, but they just don’t get it!”

“Go [Red] Sox! GoJayson Tatum! Ben Affleck, hang in there!” she continued, going on to quip in reference to 52-year-old Affleck’scommercials with Dunkin', “Dunkin’ Donuts is the best coffee in the world!”

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Lopez, 55, filed for divorce from Affleck after more than two years ofmarriageon Tuesday, Aug. 20.

The“Love Don’t Cost A Thing”singer filed without a lawyer in Los Angeles County Superior Court, and listed April 26, 2024 as the date of separation.

“I think that she most likely just wanted to get this done, [that] there was a lot of hesitation and hemming and hawing back and forth, and it’s a statement, ‘I’m moving forward, I’m filing and I’m doing it on my own,’ " Marilyn Chinitz, matrimonial partner at Blank Rome LLP, told PEOPLE when explaining Lopez’s unusual decision to file without the help of a counsel.

The date of Lopez’s filing also coincided with the second anniversary of the couple’s weddingceremony in Georgia. The latter event came just over a month after she and Afflecktied the knot in Las Vegason July 17, 2022.

“She was done waiting and the date she [filed on] speaks a ton,” a source told PEOPLE.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 10, 2021.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Affleck was also seenwithout his wedding ringon Tuesday, as he headed into a building in Los Angeles. The actor and director wore a gray T-shirt and black-tinted sunglasses.

A source told PEOPLE following the divorce filing that Lopez is “very disappointed and sad, but Ben hasn’t given her any signs that he wants to continue their marriage.”

“Hehasn’t shown any commitment and interestin making their marriage work. It’s gotten to the point that she just needs to look out for herself,” the insider added.

As the pair move to end their marriage, their kids — Lopez’s twinsMax and Emme, 16, and Affleck’s childrenViolet, 18,Seraphina, 15, andSamuel, 12 — remain “a top priority,” a source told PEOPLE.

“Thekids are a top priority, as they always have been,” the insider elaborated.

source: people.com