Is there a brand new superstar energy couple taking up in 2026?
In response to RadarOnline, newly divorced Keith City has reportedly been rising near Jennifer Lopez. The 2 have allegedly been “in contact so much” since their respective divorces from Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Ben Affleck.
“It says so much that they’ve confided in each other as a result of they’re so non-public and guarded round different folks,” a supply stated. “They appear to belief one another and really feel snug opening up about their non-public conditions and even their insecurities.”
The insider claimed that City and Lopez have even “met up in secret – which isn’t exhausting to rearrange given their huge assets and the actual fact they’re usually in the identical metropolis.”
Lopez and City have been associates for years, growing an in depth bond whereas serving as judges on American Idol in 2014. On the time, they had been in relationships: City was married to Kidman, and Lopez was relationship her backup dancer, Casper Good.
Regardless of the pair having “all the time gotten on like two peas in a pod,” their chemistry was a significant speaking level on American Idol. “Again once they filmed Idol, it was all the time being talked about, how they had been so in sync and clearly drawn to one another.”
“It was open information and plainly apparent to folks on set,” the supply defined. “In the end, they by no means acted on something. They had been in dedicated relationships.”
However now, they’re each single, and “there’s numerous speak that Keith is pondering of taking issues up a notch” as a result of “there’s nothing to cease them from exploring their very apparent connection.”
Lopez is reportedly in search of somebody who’s “simply as keen about music” as she is, and City checks that field. “That’s an actual shared language and it’s one thing that she has instructed folks she actually missed when she was with Ben,” the insider shared.
She’s additionally hoping to discover a companion “who can sustain along with her degree of fame and ambition, and Keith is likely one of the only a few males who genuinely can.”
“He’s a megastar in his personal proper… so it’s not as if he’d ever be intimidated by Jennifer’s success or count on her to tone herself down.”
The supply identified that Lopez has “nearly all the time gone for these very alpha male, dominant varieties and none of these relationships have ever labored out.” If she had been to discover issues with City, it may very well be very completely different since he’s “rather more laid-back and very happy to let the lady he’s with have her personal highlight with out ever feeling threatened.”
This newest replace on City and Lopez’s alleged budding romance comes after different insiders claimed that Kidman was unsettled by their connection on American Idol. “Keith’s all the time adored Jen – cherished working along with her, loves her expertise and thinks she’s ridiculously attractive,” one supply instructed Girl’s Day in September 2026. “She was the one one who acquired Nicole’s hackles up as a result of their chemistry was off the charts.”
On the time, the insider went on to allege that City reportedly hoped a possible romance with Lopez would “annoy” his ex-wife.
“The great factor is that they’ve been associates and colleagues first so that they belief one another. Neither of them really feel able to dive into one other romance, however testing the waters with somebody they belief may work,” they revealed. “He’s all the time had a gentle spot for Jen, and on the very least it’d be a ton of enjoyable to wine and dine somebody much more well-known than his ex – and if it annoys Nicole within the course of, so be it!”
