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Not to be outdone, US weekly says they know why the wedding is off.
From mtv.com
After People reported that Ben and Jen were over, Us Weekly is coming around to tell us why.
In its relentless (and often triumphant) quest to trump the competition, Us Weekly's next issue cites Affleck's penchant for gambling, the overwhelming hoopla over the massive planned wedding, and his mother as some of the reasons why the 31-year-old actor said no-no to J. Lo. The six-page cover story arrives at newsstands Friday. ( Click for photos from the magazine.)
An argument on Monday prompted Wednesday's postponement of the wedding, scheduled for this past Sunday, the article claims. Although it's uncertain what Affleck and Lopez were fighting about, sources say that the spat served as the last straw in their 21-month relationship (see "Ben and J. Lo Broken Up?").
The magazine also claims Affleck spent Friday at the Hustler Casino in Gardena, California, an establishment owned by pornographer Larry Flynt. Witnesses told Us that he spent the night playing poker at a $10,000-minimum table, where he eventually left a loser.
All-night gambling episodes such as this and the one on September 1 at another Los Angeles-area casino, Us sources said, upset Lopez and may have caused an insurmountable rift in their romance.
Other instances that may have played a part in their breakup include Lopez's consultations with a psychic and Affleck's mother, Chris, urging him to call off the wedding so that he wouldn't forever live under constant media scrutiny. Already the fantastic circumstances surrounding the wedding (i.e. constant paparazzi surveillance and the need for decoy brides to throw them off), may have been too much to deal with.
The widely reported stripper incident that took place in Vancouver in July, which found Affleck partying all night and performing sex acts with strippers at a private party, was not a direct factor in the split. The magazine dismissed it as "speed bump," but one that may have all been part of Affleck's master plan. As Us points out, Affleck told Playboy in 1999 that he's prone to creating some incident in order to get out of a bad relationship.
While Affleck was up to his old tricks at the casino on Friday, all accounts put Lopez in Miami, where she was spotted by an Us spy the next day without her 6.1 carat pink diamond ring. She was out hitting the hotspots when the sun went down, but the apparent fun she was having only served to mask her broken heart.
"She wants to sit on the couch and cry," Lopez's friend told the magazine. "If she goes out, it's only because her girlfriends want to get her mind off the heartache."
The magazine does note that the breakup may not be permanent, but if it turns out that Lopez is in need of a shoulder to cry on, a familiar one is already available.
"She has my number if she wants to call me," Lopez's second ex-husband, Cris Judd, told Us.
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