“Violet felt like she was used as a pawn so to speak during her dad’s split from JLo,” a source told the Daily Mail, adding that Jennifer Garner, 52, didn’t mind Violet hanging out with JLo as she “always puts her children first.” The insider claimed that as JLo and Ben headed for divorce, Violet’s closeness with the star did become “odd” for her family, and said that JLo’s sister Lynda Lopez even visited the teen at college.
Alongside Violet, however, their blended family included Ben and Jennifer’s younger kids Fin, 16, and Samuel, 12, alongside JLo’s twins Max and Emme, 16, shared with former husband Marc Anthony.
Jennifer reportedly chose not to argue against her daughter’s bond with the Lopez family “because she wants Violet to be happy and respects that,” but the source suggested that the actress didn’t “necessarily agree” with Violet’s choice of pals.
Things supposedly changed when “Violet started to see how upset her father was that their split was at the center of everything,” despite Ben not saying a bad word about JLo during the process.
Violet’s decision to stick by her dad after the split comes after JLo and Ben’s divorce was finalised.
