Jennifer Lopez Feels ‘Cursed’ by Beverly Hills Mansion Debacle: ‘Embodiment of a Money Pit’

Jennifer Lopez lives an extremely lavish lifestyle, even by A-list standards, a source tells Star. “Every month, she’ll drop hundreds of thousands on private jet trips, designer duds, spa days, you name it.” The 56-year-old also has a large entourage, including private chefs, who all earn good salaries, adds the source, and “she is extremely generous with everyone in her life.” The way J.Lo sees it, “she’s worked hard for the right to live this way,” continues the source, “so it would be doing herself a disservice if she didn’t enjoy all the fruits of her labor.”

However, living large means what comes in has to surpass what goes out, moneywise. And J.Lo has had some disappointments recently. She endured a “major financial setback” in 2024, the source says, after her album, This Is Me… Now, and her $20 million self-financed documentary film flopped, leading her to cancel its accompanying tour. (A subsequent Las Vegas residency was considered a success.) Not to mention, she’s still trying to sell the over-the-top Beverly Hills estate she once shared with ex-husband Ben Affleck. “Jennifer is still an extremely wealthy individual who’s worth hundreds of millions on paper,” notes the source. “But as far as cash flow and recent earnings go, it’s been a struggle.”

Reel Money

No wonder the four-times-divorced star is banking on a little showmance to get fans into theaters. Rom-coms have long been Jennifer’s bread and butter, from The Wedding Planner to Maid in Manhattan and Monster-in-Law — and her upcoming film, Office Romance, is already generating a lot of buzz, as is her flirty behavior with costar Brett Goldstein. “J.Lo is smart enough to know that playing things up for the cameras is only going to benefit the movie, so that’s her primary reason for this flirt-fest with Brett,” shares the source. “But more than that, it does boost her ego and make her feel desirable, so it has that additional bonus.” After her headline-making split from Ben in 2024, “it’s safer for her to have a fake romance at this point than actually put herself out there for real with a partner,” the source admits. “That’s another element that’s driven her to go along with the hype.”

With three failed marriages, to Ojani Noa, Cris Judd and Marc Anthony, under her belt, Jennifer thought she’d found her “happily ever after” in Ben, says the source, only to file for divorce from the Oscar-winning actor-director, 53, just two years after they tied the knot. “It still cuts deep for J.Lo that she and Ben couldn’t make things work,” the source admits. “She genuinely loved him, and as cliché as it may sound, no other guy has ever come even close in her eyes.” It doesn’t help that “he dumped her” or that “he seems so much happier without her,” notes the source, calling it the “ultimate blow” to Jennifer’s ego.

Costly Keepsake

To make matters worse, J.Lo and Ben have spent the past two years trying and failing to sell their former marital home, which they originally purchased in 2023 for $60.9 million and which reportedly costs $284,000 a month to maintain. It’s a staggering sum, and one that Jennifer is now on the hook for after the Good Will Hunting star handed over his stake in the property to her in April, according to court documents. “The Beverly Hills place has become a monumental pain for J.Lo,” spills the source. “It started out as the house of her dreams but is now a metaphorical noose around her neck and the embodiment of a money pit.”

While the mom of two “loves the property itself,” the source says, “the outgoings make it a real burden, and it’s reached the point that she’s feeling totally cursed.” On May 6, the “Get Right” singer, who purchased a new $17.5 million home for herself in L.A. after her divorce from Ben was finalized, put the Beverly Hills mansion back on the market for the umpteenth time, this time slashing nearly $20 million off the original $68 million asking price. “There’s also the emotional pain she has to contend with since it serves as this constant reminder of what she and Ben once had and couldn’t hold onto,” adds the source. “She’s tried to build new memories there, but it proved impossible.”