Jennifer Lopez is honest about her relationship with Ben Affleck: “We are older, wiser”
The artist affirms that the media pressure and her "innocence" of her were some of the reasons for her first break with the actor and that she now feels "happy and lucky", as well as "proud" of her couple
In less than 10 days, Jennifer Lopez will premiere a new film in the United States, Marry Me (which translates as "Marry Me"), a project that brings her back to the big screen three years after the success of her role as Ramona in Wall Street swindlers, the one who got to place her in the betting for the Oscar. This time she returns to her origins with a romantic comedy with Owen Wilson and Colombian singer Maluma, who plays her partner.
The point is that this, after the 2019 tape and her brilliant time at the Super Bowl with Shakira in February 2020, is her first great post-pandemic job. And that is why he is granting long interviews in which he opens up about his personal life, something that has changed a lot since his last days of promotion: he is no longer organizing an eternally postponed wedding with Alex Rodriguez, but that is old news and he has given a second chance to his hypermedia romance with Ben Affleck.
Lopez, 52, has spoken openly about it for the first time in a lengthy interview with People magazine, the leading American newspaper on matters of the heart. And in it she has said that she is very happy, she feels "lucky" and that she believes that this story is good for her, for her children and everyone around them.
"I've never been better," says the artist. "We are all in a very beautiful moment." And she acknowledges that Affleck's return to her life does indeed make her feel that way. "I feel happy, lucky and proud to be with him," she says in an interview in her own home. "It's a beautiful love story that we got a second chance."
And this second opportunity has also made them realize how they have evolved, and the mistakes they made in the first one. They were a couple between 2002 and 2004 and even got engaged, but when they were about to get married they broke up due to, they said at the time, excessive media pressure. "Before [in reference to that first time] we exposed ourselves a lot, we were innocent and everything fell apart," she acknowledges in the talk, and that is why they were "a little afraid" before making this new stage of their relationship public. The two were first seen in public together in May 2021, a few weeks after she broke up with Alex Rodriguez, whom she had gotten engaged to in March 2019. But the relationship became apparent with a public kiss in June. .
Lopez does not avoid talking about the past and how he has also been present in this new stage. "We were both like, 'Wow, we're really happy and we don't want any of that to come into play again. Now we are older, wiser, more experienced, we are at different points in our lives, we have children, and we have to be very aware of those things. We are so protective because it is a really beautiful moment for everyone ”, reflects the interpreter of Let’s Get Loud or Jenny from the Block. Therefore, she assures her, she will do "everything possible" to protect her relationship and take care of her. "He deserves it, he really deserves it... It's sacred." She questions: “Find someone you love, you really love and on top of that have a second chance? That's something rare, precious, beautiful and we don't take it for granted." Hence, they live a moment of "appreciation and celebration" of her love.
For the singer and actress Affleck, 49, she has become someone not only to love, but also to admire. He has been through a divorce and also through a complex recovery from his addiction to alcohol. “I am so proud of him, of the man she has become that I have watched from afar,” she says, and she believes the two are at a relatively similar point in their lives. "I feel like he's at a point where, like me, he's followed a path of learning about himself, of discovery, of getting to a place where you feel really good about yourself and who you are, so that's why you can be in a happy and healthy relationship.
That is why he himself also believes that his courtship benefits his children. Lopez has two, Max and Emme, twins from her relationship with Marc Anthony, who are about to turn 13. For her part, Affleck is the father of three children with her ex-wife, actress Jennifer Garner: Violet, 16; Seraphina, 13; and Samuel, about to turn 10. Lopez admits that sometimes it is not easy to start a relationship when the couple already has children, but in this case she again puts love above all else.
For singer and actress Affleck, 49, he has become someone not only to love, but also to admire. He has been through a divorce and also through a complex recovery from his alcohol addiction. “I am so proud of him, of the man she has become that I have watched from afar,” she says, and she believes the two are at a relatively similar point in their lives. "I feel like he's at a point where, like me, he's followed a path of learning about himself, of discovery, of getting to a place where you feel really good about yourself and who you are, so that's why you can be in a happy and healthy relationship.
That is why he himself also believes that his courtship benefits his children. Lopez has two, Max and Emme, twins from his relationship with Marc Anthony, who are about to turn 13. For his part, Affleck is the father of three children with his ex-wife, actress Jennifer Garner: Violet, 16; Seraphina, 13; and Samuel, about to turn 10. Lopez admits that sometimes it is not easy to start a relationship when the couple already has children, but in this case she again puts love above all else. “I honestly believe that love rules. Love conquers all: relationships, children, work, work relationships. It's all based on how much love you can give, how open you are, and how accepting you are. Not having an ego and embracing the good, looking at the positive”, she says, assuring that “when you are in a good and healthy relationship, everyone benefits from it, everyone”.
