Before filing for divorce, Jen Affleck revealed how much of their money Zac Affleck lost due to gambling.
Jen, 27, broke down on camera while filming season 1 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, saying, “Someone came to Zac’s parents’ house yesterday and was trying to serve him papers. They were looking for him and he was like, ‘Remember we lived in that home in Arizona? I guess I didn’t pay all the extra charges for us to move out.'”
The reality star was surprised to learn Zac, 30, didn’t handle the payment.
“Zac and I have moved a lot in the past couple of years. We rented a house in Arizona for a year and we ended up moving back to Utah. We literally moved out of that house in Arizona two years ago. So I thought everything was taken care of,” she explained. “Zac was handling the finances during that time. But finding this out has made me question everything.”
Jen went on to describe Zac’s behavior as “really weird,” adding, “It seemed like he just wasn’t being honest.”
“So I went to check our bank and the money is gone. There was over $100,000 in there. He’s done this before multiple times — whether it was through online poker or it was through investing crypto,” she continued. “I said, ‘You’re not allowed to do that anymore.’ Because he’s done this multiple times. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve gone through this in our marriage. Whether it was poker or sports betting, now I’m seeing that he invested a ton of money in Bitcoin without telling me and lost it.”
Jen originally made claims about Zac having issues with gambling when The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives premiered on Hulu in 2024. Zac, for his part, claimed most of the conversations about his finances were misconstrued.
“My medical school tuition — that never happened. I hadn’t even been accepted to medical school when that season was filmed. There wasn’t even a deposit to pay for school because I hadn’t been accepted into a school yet,” he said on “The Viall Files” in 2025. “So a lot of those things that were said by the girls were hurtful and untrue and has led to a lot of backlash on social media, which has been really sad.”
Jen, however, disagreed with Zac’s comment about her not paying for his medical school. The pair didn’t agree while filming the episode and according to Jen on the OC spinoff, Zac only “admitted” to not handling their money well when cameras weren’t rolling.
“He’s like, ‘I f***ed up and you wanted to separate so I didn’t tell you this because I knew if you found out, you would divorce me,'” Jen added in the new Hulu show. “I said, ‘Yeah. I’m done. I’m divorcing you.'”
Jen ultimately filed for divorce days before the spinoff’s Thursday, November 11, premiere. She hinted at plans to end their marriage while filming season 1 of Mormon Wives: OC.
“Luckily, I have my job and I’m making more than enough,” she continued about their alleged money problems.” I said, ‘I want a divorce. I don’t want a separation. I want to move forward this week. I’m filing this week. I’ve given you every chance. I bailed you out so many times. I’ve defended you. I’ve wanted to keep our family together.’ After everything that I’ve tried to do for our family, why?”
Jen, who shares three kids with Zac, told Us that being pregnant with baby No. 4 made her reconsider her situation.
“I had to ask myself very hard questions like, ‘Is this the type of relationship I want this child to look up to?'” she shared earlier this month. “When I realized it was a no, that’s when I realized that I needed to make a change. You’ll see a lot of that unfold in season [1 of the spinoff].”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County premieres Thursday, November 12, on Hulu.
