It’s been almost almost a year since Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced their separation, but still neither party has filed for divorce.
During that time, Ben and Jen have attended couples counseling together and been photographed out and about with their kids more often than when they were together.
(Though it’s worth noting that they weren’t of huge interest to the paparazzi until we learned they were having problems.)
All-in-all it’s not hard to see why rumors of Affleck and Garner getting back together persist even as the anniversary of their Splitsville announcement draws near.
But even those of us who have been expecting the former couple to officially reconcile for quite a few months now weren’t expecting this:
According to Radar Online, Jen is pregnant with Ben’s baby.
Yes, even after bearing witness to the cinematic abortion that was Batman v Superman, she said to herself, “This is a guy I should have unprotected sex with.”
We kid! Our congrats to these two if the news is true. (For now, that remains a big “if.”)
“Friends are expecting an announcement very soon that Jen is pregnant,” one insider tells Radar.
“She’s always wanted another child with him. Even since they split, she’s gushed publicly about how he is the love of her life.”
So why kick him to the curb in the first place if she always felt this way about Ben?
Well, apparently it was all part of Jen’s master plan to make Ben realize how much he’d miss her in his life. Kinda like when a little kid runs away from home for ten minutes:
“She was determined to make him ‘walk the plank’ over his wild ways,” says the source. She believed he would come to his senses and they could save their marriage.
“When she gave birth to Samuel in 2012, she hoped things would change, since all Ben talked about was how much he wanted a son. But he fell back into his same old bad habits.”
The insider added, “In many ways, Ben’s been a lousy husband – but Jen still loves him and missed their steamy sex life!”
Why is that only tabloid sources use the word “steamy”?
Anyway, here’s hoping the rumors are true.
Sad Affleck was funny for a while, but it’s starting to get old.
