Ben Affleck, 51, unveils midlife crisis makeover as he emerges amid Jennifer Lopez divorce drama with faux hawk, rocker tee and NO ring

Ben Affleck unveiled a shocking midlife crisis makeover when he surfaced in Los Angeles over the weekend amid his marital woes with Jennifer Lopez

JLo, 55, and Ben, 51, have not been seen together in two months, and sources tell DailyMail.com they have prepared divorce documents to file at a later date 

Now Ben has revealed his own jaw-dropping new look, complete with a tiny faux-hawk and a Red Hot Chili Peppers t-shirt

The sides of his head were shaved down almost completely, with only the barest bit of scruff left over as he took a stab at a punk rock aesthetic

After his failed early-aughts engagement to JLo, Ben went on to marry Jennifer Garner in 2005, and they had three children together, before splitting in 2015 and finalizing their divorce three years later

He was spotted strolling through a parking lot before he hopped aboard his electric motorcycle, placed his helmet safely on his head and drove off

Ben's latest makeover comes after a friend close to him told Dailymail.com that JLo's alcohol venture was 'one of the things that broke the camel's back'

Indeed, they go so far as to say it contributed to Ben, not Jen, being the one to pull the plug on their union amid speculation that their marriage is finally at an end

During his separation from his first wife Jennifer Garner - the mother of his three children - Ben acquired a massive back tattoo of a phoenix (pictured 2018)

JLo and Ben are pictured reuniting in mid-May amid the already gathering suspicion that their marriage of just two years was on the rocks

Friends say that, as a recovering alcoholic, he felt his wife selling vodka and tequila tipples was insulting to him

His hurt was only heightened by his belief that her motivation for launching her drinks' brand was purely financial — for cold, hard cash

First seeking help for his alcoholism in 2001, Ben has since been in rehab multiple times

To make matters worse, J-Lo then went on a very public promo campaign where she told the Press how much she loves to drink to 'relax and let loose'

'Knowing how he lost everything including the love of his family, knowing that he could possibly relapse, Jen decided to start her own spritzer line for more money, as if she did not have enough,' said a source

'This was one of the things that broke the camel's back,' said an insider: 'But Ben saved his sobriety'

Last week, the Mail revealed how Jen and Ben have prepared their divorce paperwork and will file at the end of the summer

In May 2023, Ben moved out of their sprawling Beverly Hills mansion, which they bought shortly after they married in July, 2022

After a final attempt at reconciliation in recent weeks failed, the couple's divorce documents 'are finalized, but not yet turned in', multiple sources have claimed

'At that time, they will release a joint statement that will say how they have much love for each other and how they fought to make it work, but couldn't,' it is claimed

'Honestly, in the end, they could not come to a compromise,' the insider shared: 'What they had before is gone and they have both accepted it'

The pair got together in 2002, became engaged, but split in 2004 before they got married

Between her relationships with Ben, Jo-Lo went on to marry singer/songwriter Marc Anthony, with whom she had 16-year-old twins 

The 'Bennifer' reconciliation wound up delighting fans and fascinating the world's Press by equal measure

The year after they got back together, Ben and JLo tied the knot in Las Vegas

They then held a second lavish ceremony at Ben's $9 million (£7) plantation property in Georgia

However, the couple have not been seen together for weeks, with Ben staying away from J-Lo's Bridgerton-themed 55th birthday party last month

Instead, he bought a $20 (£16) million bachelor pad in Los Angeles after the couple put their $68 million (£53) million house in Beverly Hills up for sale

His desire for a private life, and hers for a no-hold's barred, access-all-areas kind of exposure, then came to a head this year

While he made efforts to accommodate her need for publicity, their different attitudes to their careers shook the foundations of their marriage

'He doesn't like the celebrity red carpet thing, but he did it because she loved it,' the insider said of Ben

'Her obsession with fame became too much for him,' an insider asserted

'It wasn't just a job, but a way of life for her and she could not give this act up in the end,' said the source: 'She chose fame over him, just as she did with her previous three marriages'

Some go so far as to say that he was fuming that her new album centered around him — and that he was entirely opposed to her TV documentary, This Is Me... Now: A Love Story

This documentary told the story of Jen's journey to love through her own eyes, and was relentlessly mocked, flopping among audiences and losing millions

''In the end, he was glad it flopped,' said an insider: 'It too destroyed their marriage'

'Ben seeing her spread their love letters on a table for others to read [as she did onscreen] infuriated him,' the insider stated: 'This is when he knew that she put fame above love'

A friend of Ben's said: 'He asked her to not do the documentary because he wanted to keep this stuff private — and because it cost too much money — but she did it anyway'

'He asked her to pull back from doing red carpets and events so much and she wouldn't listen,' a source added

Certainly, back in May, the pair looked tense at the premiere of J-Lo's Netflix film The Mother

Then there was their house — that £53 million whopper in Beverly Hills ,which Ben, it seems, simply thought was too expensive

'Buying that massive house was another huge red flag,' said one close to Ben: 'He didn't want that house because it cost a ridiculous amount of money

'She wanted a massive structure that cost more than anyone else's home to flaunt her wealth and her marriage in,' the source alleged: 'They fought relentlessly about this'

A slide in her career, which she fought so relentlessly to succeed in, after the failure of the documentary also apparently caused tensions, according to a source

'She started to realize her star was fading and he told her it was her own fault because she was overexposed,' said a source

Sources say that their five children are keen to stay in touch, despite the fraught emotions that surrounded the very public demise of their parents' romance

Ben, apparently, is giving his estranged wife 'time to rebrand'