OFF THE BLOCK Ben Affleck breaks silence on ’embarrassing’ Jennifer Lopez divorce & discusses their differing views on fame
BEN Affleck has dramatically spoken out on his ’embarrassing’ divorce from Jennifer Lopez in a rare remark.
The Argo director and actor cited the couple’s differing views on fame as he discussed their highly publicised split.
Ben, 52, first dated superstar Jennifer, 55, from 2002 to 2004 before he called off their first engagement.
After encountering each other at industry parties, they became pals when they worked together on the set of Gigli in 2001.
Less than a year later, they were engaged before calling off the wedding and their relationship in 2004.
After remaining in contact, they started dating again in April 2021, twenty years after their first romance.
In July 2022, they tied the knot in Vegas before hosting a larger reception for their friends and family later in the summer at Affleck’s home in Georgia.
However, less than two years later the pair announced they had split again before their divorce was finalised in February of this year.
The Good Will Hunting star has remained tight-lipped about their second short-lived romance, until now in a candid chat with British GQ.
He insisted that there was “no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue” when it came to their separation.
The Hollywood star explained: “The truth is, when you talk to somebody, ‘Hey, what happened?’ Well, there is no: ‘This is what happened.’ It’s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do.
“And as you get older, this is true for me, I assume it’s true for most people, there is no ‘So-and-so did this’ or ‘This was the big event.’
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“It’s really, it sounds more like a couple’s therapy session, which – you would tune out of someone else’s couple’s therapy after a while.
“For one thing, you start going, ‘OK, clearly this person has got these issues. Clearly they have these issues’.”
He also explains the reason behind his silence, as he admitted: “And the reason I don’t want to share that is just sort of embarrassing, it feels vulnerable.”
Jennifer previously released a documentary titled, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, which focused on her journey to self-love.
“And so I thought, ‘Oh, this is interesting because how do you reconcile that?’ Because exactly what you said is true.
“I love and support this person. I believe in them. They’re great. I want people to see that.”
He added: “You’ve got to own what you knew going into any relationship.
“And I think it’s important to say that wasn’t the cause of some major fracture.”
