Ben Affleck Addresses Jennifer Lopez Divorce, What Did He Say?

Ben Affleck is lastly talking out about his cut up from Jennifer Lopez, and in keeping with him, there’s far much less drama behind the scenes than followers would possibly count on.

Affleck and Lopez’s romance has lengthy captured public consideration. First engaged from 2002 to 2004, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez famously referred to as it off earlier than reconciling in 2021 and marrying in a whirlwind Vegas ceremony in 2022, adopted by a bigger celebration at Affleck’s Georgia property.

Nonetheless, on August 20, 2024, J. Lo filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, ending their whirlwind relationship as soon as and for all.

Months later, in his GQ April 2025 cowl story, printed Tuesday, the Oscar-winning actor and director downplays the general public fascination together with his private life, notably his high-profile relationship and divorce from Lopez.

“In case you sat down and talked to me about my life, your eyes would glaze over with boredom,” he stated of how sensationalized the headlines have turn out to be in comparison with the truth. “There isn’t a scandal, no cleaning soap opera [and] no intrigue.”

Affleck addressed the swirling hypothesis surrounding Lopez’s 2024 Amazon Prime documentary “This Is Me… Now: A Love Story” and its behind-the-scenes counterpart “The Biggest Love Story By no means Advised,” which many believed revealed the cracks of their marriage. Nonetheless, Affleck shot down the narrative that the mission triggered a breakdown.

“You’ve bought to personal what you knew going into any relationship,” he defined. “It’s not like you may watch that documentary and go, ‘Oh, now I perceive the problems that these two had.’”

The “Argo” star acknowledged their contrasting public personas, noting, “I’m somewhat bit extra reserved and personal than some individuals. I don’t love a whole lot of consideration.” That distinction in how they approached fame was one thing the couple needed to navigate.

Nonetheless, Affleck stated he took half in Lopez’s movie “to like and help” her.

Even with their romance now behind them, Affleck was filled with admiration for the 55-year-old singer and actress.

“I’ve nothing however respect [for her],” he stated. “I suppose there’s a bent to take a look at breakups and need to determine root causes or one thing. However truthfully, like I stated, the reality is rather more quotidian than in all probability individuals would consider or could be fascinating.”

He went on to clarify the cut up with a way of grounded honesty. “The reality is, once you speak to any person, ‘Hey, what occurred?’ Nicely, there is no such thing as a ‘That is what occurred,'” he stated. “It’s only a story about individuals attempting to determine their lives and relationships in ways in which all of us form of usually do.”

“There isn’t a ‘So-and-so did this’ or ‘This was the large occasion,’” he added. “It sounds extra like a pair’s remedy session. […] You begin going, ‘OK, clearly this individual has bought these points. Clearly they’ve these points.’”

Affleck didn’t delve into particular particulars, noting that doing so felt “form of embarrassing” and “susceptible.” However he made clear the breakup was something however dramatic.

“We used to have a factor, my ex-wife and I, after they would see one thing on a grocery store stand, we’d say, effectively, ‘You understand this isn’t all the time true as a result of if it have been, you’ll have 15 brothers or sisters or regardless of the variety of tales is the place they stated that your mother was pregnant,’” he continued, referencing his kids with Garner (Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13.)

“And I’m actually fortunate that I’ve a very good co-parent and associate in Jennifer Garner, the youngsters’ mother, who’s fantastic and nice and we work collectively effectively,” the actor stated earlier than he described that coping with the fixed rumors about his life is a “headache greater than anything.”

Lopez, then again, appeared to embrace her independence following the cut up. In an Interview journal characteristic printed in October 2024, she mirrored on navigating life as a single girl once more.

“Every thing that I’ve performed over the previous 25, 30 years, being in these completely different difficult conditions, what can I f-cking do when it’s simply me flying alone?” she stated.

Whereas the romance could also be over, each Affleck and Lopez seem like targeted on self-reflection, not scandal.