Say it ain’t so!!! Could it be that the supposed happily married Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are on the verge of dunzoness? According to US Weekly magazine, yes … they are. Last week, J. Lo — in all her Diva Latina glory — showed up at the Hollywood premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button sans hubby Marc Anthony which immediately raised red flags and set tongues wagging that there may be trouble in paradise. In a new US Weekly coverstory this week, the mag contends that the couple have reached the “breaking point” and are very near calling off their 4-year marriage:

Rumors swirled that Lopez’s marriage was on the rocks after she showed up to the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week without her 8-carat diamond engagement ring, wedding band – or ever present husband, Marc Anthony (who was spotted in Las Vegas sans wedding band the weekend before). Multiple sources confirm to to Us Weekly their marriage is at a breaking point. “They both didn’t wear their rings on purpose,” a mutual pal of the married couple of four years (who renewed their vows in October) tells Us. “Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose.” While Anthony’s rep insists to Us, “They are doing great,” a source tells Us deep trouble has been brewing. “He’s very, very controlling of her,” a close Anthony pal tells Us. “The skirts aren’t as short. You don’t see so much of that booty anymore.” The new Us Weekly also reports that Anthony also picks out Lopez’s clothes and keeps tabs on her phone calls. But Lopez — who once claimed she “loved getting his opinions” — has become less interested in his approval since the birth of their 10-month-old twins, Max and Emme. “She walks in from work, washes her hands and grabs the babies,” a longtime friend tells Us. “With him, it’s almost like, ‘Ugh, they’re crying again?’” Another problem: Lopez — who once commanded $15 million per film — “blames Marc for her career going down the tubes,” says a mutual pal, adding that she’s bitter about the failure of their 2006 drama, El Cantante, which only grossed $7.5 million. (Her 2002 flick Maid in Manhattan earned over $94 million.) “Jennifer looked around and said, ‘This is my life now? I’m a Long Island housewife?’” a pal says. “She hates that everything she worked for went down the tubes.” … Anthony has also been badmouthing his wife. One night after their tense family Thanksgiving in which the couple “didn’t sit together,” Anthony hit NYC hotspots Bungalow 8 and Marquee, where he was spotted with his hand on a woman’s thigh and overheard complaining about his wife to a group of women, “telling them, ‘She’s making me miserable,’” a source says. His club spree didn’t stop there: The next night, he was photographed by TMZ.com partying sans wedding band with pal Eva Longoria Parker and Russell Crowe in Las Vegas. (A source says, “According to Jennifer, he didn’t cheat.”) The pair, who hadn’t been spotted together since Oct. 23 — and the very public removal of their wedding bands — had dinner Tuesday at Beverly Hills restaurant Luau, which they left holding hands.

I am always suspicious of magazine coverstories with headlines like “The Rings Are OFF!” but, in all honesty, I wouldn’t be that surprised if J. Lo and Marc ended up calling it quits. Something about their pairing never felt right for me … they got together milliseconds after Ben Affleck dumped her and Marc divorced his then-wife Dayanara Torres. I just never truly believed that he was right for her. J. Lo‘s marriage to Marc was her third and it wouldn’t truly shock me if it doesn’t turn out to her her last. As much as I think that Jennifer Lopez might find true happiness with someone else, it’s a shame that things did work out with Marc Anthony considering she finally gave birth to the babies that she’s always wanted. I suppose time will tell what is really going on with these two … refusing to wear wedding rings is really a very telling sign that something’s amiss. Isn’t that how Madonna and Guy Ritchie started showing the world that they weren’t destined to last?

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