Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are ‘doing everything they can to prioritize their relationship’

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez have reportedly been on the rocks.

But the engaged couple is doing everything they can to stay together by making it a top priority, according to a Wednesday report from People.

However, the two have to deal with being apart as Jennifer continues to shoot Shotgun Wedding in the Dominican Republic while Alex is in Miami to serve as commentator for the kick off of baseball season.

‘They are doing everything they can to prioritize their relationship,’ a source told the site on Wednesday.

That means Alex, 45, has been flying to the Dominican Republic to see his lady love, 51, who is working of Shotgun Wedding with Josh Duhamel for the next few weeks.

‘He flew back to spend a few more days with Jennifer,’ said the source of his recent stop to see the Grammy winner.

He  is expected to return to their Miami home before Major League Baseball kicks off the 2021 season on April 1.

‘He is making a big effort, and he wants Jennifer to be happy,’ added the insider.

One of Jennifer’s team members recently said on Instagram that she had four more weeks to shoot the movie Shotgun Wedding. That means she may be able to join Alex in Miami in mid to late April. 

PageSix reported earlier this month that the couple was done after months of fighting.

But soon after Jennifer took to social media to say the report was ‘stupid.’

And last week the two were spotted kissing as he visited her in the Dominican Republic making it seem as if they were back on solid ground.

Then came a report that they are working through any differences they might have. In a joint statement, they told People magazine: ‘We are working through some things.’

And a source has claimed they just ‘hit a rough patch’ but were never fully broken up.

The insider added of the couple’s relationship: ‘They never officially broke up and talked about it but are still together. They hit a rough patch. But they were not broken up.

‘She’s working in the Dominican Republic and he’s in Miami so it’s tough seeing each other especially with quarantining and COVID but they want to try to stay together,’ said a source. 

Jennifer and Alex have had to postpone their wedding twice due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and even as late as January this year, Alex admitted he can’t wait to marry Jennifer as he quipped ‘third time’s the charm’.

He said: ‘We tried twice in 2020. We got bit twice by COVID-19. You know, they say in baseball, ‘Third time’s the charm,’ so let’s hope … It’s been such a crazy year for her. So amazing. So many blessings. But to think, in the span of 12 months, she’s done the Super Bowl, New Year’s, now the inaugural.’

However, Jennifer admitted she wasn’t feeling the same sense of urgency as she’s worried they won’t manage to ‘re-create’ their dream wedding.

She explained: ‘We postponed the wedding twice. We had planned what we really, really wanted to do. I don’t know if we’ll be able to re-create that. We cancelled it; since then we haven’t really talked about it. There’s no rush. We want to do it right when we can do it. We just have to wait to see where the world lands.