Pair rowing over who should quit reality show for which they are BOTH signed up
The shock announcement of his split from wife Jennifer Lopez on Friday insisted it was an amicable decision.
But Marc Anthony has fuelled speculation that the breakdown of his marriage isn't quite as it seems.
The singer made a cryptic reference to his personal life during a concert in Bogota, Colombia last night. He told the crowd: 'They say I am a single man.'
'They say I am a single man': Marc Anthony wore his heart on his sleeve at his concert in Bogota last night
Difficult time: It was an emotional concert at the Parque Simon Bolivar stadium
It was the 42-year-old's only comment on the subject at the event, but his remark attracted great applause and cheers from the audience, Colombia's Caracol television network reported.
His bitter-sounding statement comes amid reports that he and his estranged wife are fighting over who should feature in new reality TV show Q'Viva! The Chosen.
Media mogul Simon Fuller wanted both of them to front the new programmes - but now it appears Lopez is most likely to pull out as the pair can barely speak to each other except about their children.
Meanwhile, Colombian TV network Caracol also reported that Anthony's management went to great lengths to shield the singer from the press at the Parque Simon Bolivar stadium last night, and that the security measures around him were 'extreme' to prevent him having to answer questions.
Anthony sang 15 of his hits including Contra la Corriente (Against the Current), Valio la Pena (It Was Worth It), and Tu Amor Me Hace Bien (Your Love Does Me Good).
Showman: Marc Anthony kicked off the concert with Aguanile, the song he performed with Lopez on the American Idol finale in May
Split: The couple announced on Friday that they have ended their marriage after seven years together
He kicked off the concert with Aguanile, the single he performed with Lopez on the American Idol finale in May.
The couple announced their split on Friday after seven years of marriage.
In a statement on their website, they said: 'We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision.
'We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time.'
No signs: All seemed well between the couple when they attended Simon Fuller's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in May
It has emerged that Lopez told Anthony it was over just hours before attending the Bafta Brits to Watch event in Los Angeles last weekend where she met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
While the news came as a surprise to many, friends of the couple have told the Mail on Sunday that it has been a long time coming.
‘This is not a surprise,’ Lopez's stylist Phillip Bloch said in an exclusive interview last night.
‘Marc is very controlling. In the beginning she liked that because he stood up to her, and in the early days he was very much in love with her and she was with him.’
Family: Anthony and Lopez have two children, twins Max and Emme, born in 2008
But the couple are said to have begun to squabble soon after 41-year-old Lopez’s mother moved into their Long Island mansion in 2008 to help look after their newborn twins, Max and Emme.
Film-maker Ed Meyer, an associate of Lopez's first husband, Cuban-born club-owner Ojani Noa, said: 'They also clashed when she learned he owed millions in unpaid taxes on the Long Island estate.'
‘The other problem was that they couldn’t agree where to live, he said.
'J-Lo’s career is in Hollywood and she wanted to live in their Malibu mansion and Marc loved New York. She was going to move to New York in a last-ditch effort to save the marriage. But last Monday I heard it was all over.’
Passionate: The couple kiss on stage after performing together on the American Idol grand finale
In a VH1 documentary Behind The Music recorded last year, Lopez revealed she had briefly dated Anthony in her youth, ending it because neither was ready to settle down.
When they met up again to record a track together for Lopez's movie Shall We Dance, they reignited the flame.
'We reconnected like we had never been apart,' she recalled.
'It was really the same chemistry and connection we had at the very beginning.'
High security: According to Colombian news reports, Anthony's people went to great lengths to prevent the press asking him questions about the split
Anthony added: 'That's when we knew - we'd matured enough, seen enough and lived enough to know that we were wasting our time not being together.
'I couldn't be more in love. I say it every day - I'm the luckiest man on earth.'
The pair renewed their wedding vows in 2008 and again last year as they celebrated their sixth anniversary.
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