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(NewsNation) — Violet Affleck went straight from testifying in front of the LA County Board of Supervisors in opposition to mask bans and advocating for “mask availability, air filtration, and far-UVC light in government facilities, including jails and detention centers, and mask mandates in county medical facilities”… to hanging out with her soon-to-be-ex stepmother Jennifer Lopez in the Hamptons.
A friend of Lopez told me: “Violet and Jennifer are really close, very tight. They get along so well. If (the marriage between Lopez and Ben Affleck) were to be saved it would be because of this.”
Violet and a friend spent over a week with Lopez, shopping, dining out and catching up.
Sadly, my sources say the Lopez/Affleck marriage is unsaveable, but hopefully Violet and Lopez will stay in touch.
LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 11: Jennifer Garner and daughter Violet Affleck are seen on May 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) 
PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 23: Violet Affleck, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are seen leaving their hotel on July 23, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/GC Images) 
PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 24: Jennifer Lopez and Violet Affleck are seen at a restaurant near the Louvre Museum on July 24, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu/GC Images) 
FILE – Jennifer Lopez participates in a Netflix “Atlas” photo call at the Four Seasons Hotel on Saturday, May 4, 2024, in New York. Lopez has canceled her 2024 “This Is Me…Live” tour, representatives for Live Nation confirmed to the Associated Press. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck seen during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)