Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have grown accustomed to the public and the media speculating about their relationship. After decades of being in the spotlight, the duo knew they were in for a media firestorm when they rekindled their relationship nearly 20 years after calling off their initial wedding in 2002. However, before fully committing to JLo again, the Good Will Hunting star had a huge request from his now-wife, but that request hasn’t been fully honored.
According to OK! Magazine, Affleck and Lopez appeared in the singer’s documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told, where he opened up about reconnecting with JLo. The actor admitted that he asked Lopez not to post about their relationship on social media upon getting back together in 2021. However, he later realized that the request wasn’t entirely fair to the global superstar.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Get Candid About Their Love Story
“Getting back together, I said, ‘Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media,’” Ben Affleck said in the film. “Then I sort of realized it’s not a fair thing to ask. It’s sort of like, you’re gonna marry a boat captain, and you go, ‘Well, I don’t like the water,’” he continued. “We’re just two people with different kinds of approaches trying to learn to compromise,” Affleck continued of his relationship with Jennifer Lopez.
For her part, JLo went on to reveal that Affleck has been very supportive of her creativity and career. However, she admitted that while the actor is happy to see his wife succeed, he’s not always “comfortable being the muse.”
It appears that both Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez know that there is a delicate give and take to their marriage. They may be different in their public personas. Still, they seem to be in tune with each other’s needs.