Jennifer Lopez Brings Up Ben Affleck Amid Split Rumors
While split rumors about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have yet to be publicly addressed by either partner, J-Lo has finally talked about her husband publically.
In a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night (May 20), the Atlas star recalled the time she met Barbra Streisand. Lopez, 54, said the Funny Girl star, 82, was very kind and even commented on the engagement ring she received from Affleck, 51, during the first time the couple was engaged.
“‘So that’s a big diamond,'” the singer and actress remembered Barbra telling her. “I was like, ‘Yes, it is.'” Lopez said Streisand also gave her acting advice and asked her how she dealt with all the fame, all while thinking, “You’re the most famous person ever.” The mom of two added that meeting Streisand was “so surreal” and that she was “just so taken by her.”
Lopez has long been a fan of Streisand. In her companion film, This Is Me…Now: A Love Story, she said her and Affleck love Streisand’s 1973 film, The Way We Were. In the documentary, she said she and Ben watched the romance drama 20 years ago and it was the last thing they watched together before they broke up.
Lopez told EW that it is one of their favorite movies of all time. “It was special to me,” Lopez said of the film. “Plus, I’m a huge Barbra Streisand fan. My mother really imparted [this movie] to me. That was her favorite romantic movie growing up. So it has a lot of significance for me.”
This wasn’t the only time Lopez brought up Ben during her Monday appearance. While discussing her upcoming tour, she was asked if her teenage twins Max and Emme would be joining her on the road. And while Lopez noted they’ll be there for “some of it,” she admitted “they don’t want to be with mom all the time” now that they’re 16.
“It’s awkward for them,” she explained. “I also do sexy things on stage. They’re like, ‘Who are you right now?’ ‘Cause they see me at home with a bun and no makeup and barefoot.” When host Kimmel asked if she does sexy things at home, she replied, “I do do sexy things at home sometimes, but they don’t know that.”
What Are The Split Rumors Between Ben And Jen?
Though neither partner has publicly shut down or confirmed the split rumors, it has been noticed that they have not attended red carpet events recently, nor have they been spotted out together in a month until recently. Jen was just in Hollywood attending the premiere for Atlas solo. Multiple outlets report that the two are also not living together anymore. Ben was caught by gossip site TMZ for not wearing his wedding ring over the weekend. But he and Lopez were hanging out as recently as two days ago and both were wearing their rings.
Regardless of how the couple is going to work through any issues in their marriage, J-Lo spent a lot of time and energy on her new album and documentary surrounding her romance with Ben. As one person perfectly said it on X (formerly Twitter), “A divorce after that album and documentary and film is CRAZY. And all her friends said don’t make this film cus what if you breakup shshdhdhdhhdhd.”