Actor-director Ben Affleck spoke about his relationship with ex-wife Jennifer Lopez in a new interview and shed some light on why they ultimately got divorced.
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The Bennifer 2.0 breakup was “no soap opera.”
Despite their split in 2024, Ben Affleck continues to praise ex-wife Jennifer Lopez. The actor-director addressed their divorce for the first time in his April GQ cover story, and he shared that he has “nothing but respect” for J.Lo. He also shed some light on what led to the Bennifer 2.0 breakup, saying there was “no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue.”
Affleck knows the public is very interested in why his rebooted relationship with Lopez didn’t last — and he gets it. At the same time, he doesn’t think there’s anything extraordinary there to hold people’s attention.
“I guess there’s a tendency to look at breakups and want to identify root causes or something,” he told GQ. However, he added, “The truth is much more quotidian than probably people would believe or would be interesting.”
He shied away from giving specifics about the divorce and instead lumped theirs in with so many others.
