Jen Affleck and Zac’s Split Sours as Postpartum Criticism Resurfaces

WHO:

NY Post - Jen Affleck criticized her husband, Zac Affleck, in a social-media post.

Us Magazine - Jen, 27, and Zac, 30, are estranged spouses.

E! News - Zac and Jen share children Nora, 5; Luca, 3; and Penelope, 16 months. Jen is pregnant with their fourth child.

E! News - Zac is a star of *The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives*.

WHAT:

NY Post - Jen posted a video of Zac criticizing her postpartum body as “sagging” and captioned it, “He was never my biggest supporter.”

Us Magazine - Jen responded to Zac’s public claim that he remains her “biggest fan,” indicating she was not convinced he supported her.

E! News - Zac discussed the end of his and Jen’s seven-year marriage in a TikTok, saying he had “begged” her to stay when she first raised divorce.

E! News - Zac said he learned that Jen had officially filed for divorce from a TMZ reporter. He said he wanted to “shut down any narratives” about the split and added, “I don’t want anyone speaking bad about Jen.”

E! News - Zac said, “I’ll be the first to say I’ve made plenty of mistakes in our marriage,” and that it was time for them to go their own ways. He said they married young and that he had felt they had “something pretty special.”

WHEN:

E! News - Zac said Jen first told him she was unhappy and wanted a divorce about a year earlier, after *Dancing With the Stars*.

E! News - Zac said he was surprised to learn Jen had filed divorce paperwork on Nov. 3.

Us Magazine - Zac shared his account of the split on TikTok on Thursday, November 5; Jen then posted her response.

E! News - Zac’s TikTok was posted on Nov. 5.

WHY:

E! News - Zac said Jen had told him she was unhappy and wanted a divorce; he said they had discussed the divorce for a long time.

HOW:

Us Magazine - Zac shared his account of the split on TikTok, and Jen responded on her own social-media account.

E! News - Zac said he found out about the divorce filing through a TMZ reporter.

(UPDATED November 6, 2026 16:04 UTC)

Jen Affleck criticized estranged husband Zac in a video, recalling his postpartum-body insult. Zac said he learned of her divorce filing from a reporter and accepted their separation. Jen responded that Zac was never her biggest supporter; she’s pregnant with their fourth child.