Where Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini stand today — and what really led to their friendship fallout

Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini appeared inseparable for years, but down nan scenes, their longtime friendship had softly started to shift.

“Jennifer yet deed a constituent wherever she felt for illustration she needed much abstraction from nan friendship, and Leah’s feelings were decidedly wounded by that because she really weighted really adjacent they erstwhile were,” a root exclusively told Page Six.

According to our insider, immoderate of nan hostility began astir nan clip Lopez, 56, and Remini, 55, worked together connected nan 2018 rom-com “Second Act.”

“Around nan clip they filmed and promoted nan movie together, Jennifer started emotion for illustration nan relationship had go a small excessively aggravated for her,” nan root said. “There was truthful overmuch changeless clip together during filming and nan property circuit that Jennifer yet felt overwhelmed by nan move and started pulling back.”

Fans notably speculated location whitethorn person been hostility betwixt nan longtime pals erstwhile Remini did not be Lopez and Affleck’s 2022 Georgia wedding ceremony. Instead, nan root revealed nan “King of Queens” prima dined pinch her girl astatine The Front Yard successful North Hollywood, California.

“Leah and Ben ne'er really clicked, and that decidedly created a spot of a wedge betwixt Jennifer and Leah for a play of time,” nan root said. “It wasn’t immoderate immense melodramatic falling retired aliases thing for illustration that, but complete clip Jennifer conscionable took a measurement backmost from nan friendship.”

Still, nan root insisted there’s nary bad humor betwixt nan women today.

“Jennifer still has emotion for Leah and there’s nary immense play aliases thing for illustration that, but nan relationship conscionable isn’t what it utilized to be,” nan insider said. “They’re not perpetually texting and hanging retired anymore. Over nan past fewer years Jennifer took a spot of a measurement backmost and their lives aren’t arsenic intertwined arsenic they erstwhile were.”

“Leah decidedly misses nan closeness they had and would ever beryllium unfastened to being ace adjacent again, but Jennifer’s conscionable successful a different spot correct now. They still attraction astir each other, it’s conscionable much of a distant relationship these days alternatively than that tight enslaved group saw before.”

Reps for Lopez, Remini and Affleck did not instantly respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.

As antecedently reported, nan comedian shared that she and nan “Hustlers” character started communicating again erstwhile they some filed for divorce from their respective spouses successful August 2024.

“We’d matter each different loving messages of support,” Remini told Us Weekly in an question and reply published successful June 2025.

The “Kevin Can Wait” character besides insisted she was ne'er feuding pinch Lopez, explaining, “Sometimes you don’t talk to group each time for illustration you utilized to, but that doesn’t mean nan emotion is lost.”

She added, ”Friendships ebb and flow. That doesn’t mean we’re astatine odds.”

Remini, 54, filed for divorce from Angelo Pagán connected Aug. 29, 2024, aft 21 years of marriage.