Ben Affleck breaks the silence on his divorce from Jennifer Lopez

Ben Affleck has broken his silence on His divorce from Jennifer Lopez.

In an extensive cover interview for the April edition of GQThe Auditor 2 Star opens up about his relationship with the actress and reality in their division versus what gossip can cause some people to believe why he chose to be involved in the 2024 documentary about their marriage, The greatest love story never told.

“Part of it was,” okay, if I should participate in this, I want to try to do it in an honest way and in a way that is interesting. “Because I thought it was an interesting exam, said Affleck, 52.

He also praised Lopez, 55, as someone who has’Managed celebrity more Adeptly and more adroitly than I’ve done, “explains” my temperament is to be a little more reserved and private than hers. ”

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“As happens in relationships, you do not always have the same attitude Against these things, “the twice Oscar Award The winner continued. “And so I thought, oh, this is interesting for how do you unite it? For … I love and support this person. I believe in them. They are amazing. I want people to see it.”

In conjunction with the documentary, Affleck reminded how he said something in line with, “” You do not marry a ship’s captain and then say, “Well, I do not like to go out into the water.” “You have to own what you knew to go into any relationship.” ”

“And I think it’s important to say that was not the cause of any major fracture. It’s not like you can see that documentary and go, “Oh, now I understand the questions that these two had,” he added.

Elsewhere in the conversation, Affleck said that he “(has nothing against)” to talk about his “personal life a little … as long as my actual feelings and intentions and beliefs are communicated, which I hope I was clear that really (Lopez) is someone I have a lot of respect for.”

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And while he understands “wants to divine or explore the kind of differences in perspective we have in terms of how a person feels comfortable approaching the boundary between public and private life“The actor director said he has” nothing but respect “for his ex.

“There is a tendency to look at divisions and wants to identify root causes or something. But honestly … The truth is much more quotidian than probably people would believe or would be interesting,” Preckleck continued.

He went on to say about their division, “there is no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue. The truth is, when you talk to someone,” Hi, what happened? “There’s nothing,” This is what happened. “”

“It’s just a story about people trying to find out their lives and relationships in ways we all normally do,” added Affleck.

Affleck and Lopez resumed their romance in 2021 after previously engaged in 2002 and completed their relationship in 2003. They married in 2022 in two separate ceremonies – one in Las Vegas and one in Georgia. Lopez applied for divorce from Affleck in August 2024 and the divorce was completed in January.

For Lopez’s part, she apparently opened about the end of her romance in the October release of Interview journal.

“Not a second,” she said if she regrets her and Affleck’s love story. “It doesn’t mean it almost didn’t take me out for good. It almost did. But now, on the other side of it, I think for myself, ‘F —, that’s exactly what I needed.’