Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will celebrate their second Christmas as a couple. After almost two decades apart, the actors resumed their relationship in 2021 and got married the following year. Since then, the press has followed every detail of the relationship, just as it happened at the beginning of the century. This has had a negative effect on both.
Recently in an interview with Variety, Jennifer López assured that she and the actor still have some traumas due to the scrutiny of the press. “We both have PTSD,” she confessed.
The singer of Puerto Rican origin, 54 years old, He said that they still have bitter memories of those days in which, due to pressure from the press, they felt that they could not live their relationship in private.
Although those memories still affect them, JLo assured that they have also matured and You already know how to get out of this type of situation.. “We know what is important, what is really important in life, and it is not about what other people think. It’s about being true to who you are,” said the singer.
Film about their love story
At the moment, Jennifer Lopez is promoting her new album and the movie of the same name, This Is Me… Now, which documents her latest love story with Ben Affleck. From the beginning of her relationship in 2002 until her marriage in 2022.
The decision to document their relationship was not easy, admitted López, as he revealed that not everyone around him supported the idea; However, he did not get carried away by the comments and followed his intuition.
“As artists, we have to follow our hearts and this is me following my heart and doing something that maybe everyone didn’t think was the best idea, but I had to do it,” he said in his conversation with Variety.
Regarding the film, which is expected to be released in February 2024, the singer did not want to reveal details, but He assured that it is a “musical experience”. “You have to see it and you will have to live it to understand it,” she said.
In addition, the album This Is Me…NowJLo’s first in ten years, will also arrive in February Next year.
A 30-second preview of the album’s first song, “Can’t Get Enough,” is available on digital platforms.
This Is Me…Now It is a continuation of the album he released in 2002, This Is Me…Thenwhich included hits like “Jenny From The Block” and is considered one of his best works.
J.Jennifer López began her musical career in 1999 with the album On The 6 after having previously gained popularity in films such as Selena, in which she played the Latin diva of the same name.
Until her eighth and last album, AKA (2014), the artist has built a solid discography sustained by hit songs such as “If You Had My Love”, “I’m Real” or “Let’s Get Loud” and memorable performances such as who starred in the musical interlude of the Superbowl in 2020 alongside Shakira.
The Bennifers
The relationship between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, known as Bennifer, was one of the most popular of the 2000s, even though it only lasted a little over two years.
Both They met on the set of the movie Gigli. At that time, JLo was still married to dancer Cris Judd, from whom she separated a few months after meeting the actor.
Their relationship quickly became one of the most talked about in the media. and became even more relevant when they got engaged in 2002; However, as a result of the siege of the paparazzi and the press, the couple decided to postpone the wedding a few hours before it was to take place.
Shortly after, they broke off the relationship and, although they gave each other another chance, They definitively announced their goodbye in January 2004..
At the end of that same year, she married Marc Anthony and, the following year, he married Jennifer Garner. They both had children as a result of those relationships..
Despite having separated Jennifer López and Ben Affleck They maintained a great friendship that eventually turned into a new romance.
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