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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Ben Affleck still has "a lot of respect" for Jennifer Lopez

    The 52-year-old actor and Jennifer, 55, finalised their divorce earlier this year, but Ben has insisted there wasn't "some major fracture" behind their break-up


    The Hollywood star told the April issue of GQ magazine: "There's a tendency to look at break-ups and want to identify root causes or something. But honestly ... the truth is much more quotidian than probably people would believe or would be interesting.

    "There's no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue [about our divorce]. The truth is, when you talk to somebody, 'Hey, what happened?' Well, there is no, 'This is what happened.'"

    Ben starred alongside Jennifer in 'The Greatest Love Story Never Told', her 2024 documentary. But the actor acknowledges that his ex-wife "handled celebrity more adeptly and more adroitly" than himself.

    He explained: "My temperament is to be a little bit more reserved and private than hers."

    Ben was also keen to support Jennifer by appearing in the documentary.

    The Oscar-winning star shared: "As happens in relationships, you don't always have the same attitude towards these things. And so I thought, Oh, this is interesting because how do you reconcile that? Because ... I love and support this person. I believe in them. They're great. I want people to see that."

    Ben insists the documentary didn't have any role their break-up, either.

    The 'Argo' star - who dated Jennifer in the early 2000s, before rekindling their romance in 2021 - said: "I think it's important to say that wasn't the cause of some major fracture. It's not like you can watch that documentary and go, 'Oh, now I understand the issues that these two had.'"

    Ben believes their break-up also is much simpler than many people imagine.

    The actor explained: "It's just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do."

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