It's really easy — and deliciously enjoyable — to invest that there would possibly nonetheless be a spark between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck after their very pleasant and supportive pink carpet show on the Kiss of the Spider Lady premiere.
The previous couple (twice), who finalized their divorce in February, posed collectively in New York Metropolis on Monday, October 6, to advertise the film which Lopez, 56, stars in and Affleck's manufacturing firm produced — and each have been merrily gushing about one another's respective abilities, too. “She labored enormously arduous,” Affleck, 53, mentioned on the pink carpet. “You get to see, like, all of her many presents … She actually does all of it on this film.”
As a lot as it could be absolute gossip gold in the event that they have been to reconcile once more, we now have a sense they're merely whole professionals in any respect this. Does Affleck nonetheless assume Lopez is sizzling? Nicely, duh — have you ever seen her? Does Lopez assume Affleck is intelligent and humorous? Most likely, as a result of that's what lured her in the direction of him (twice) within the first place.
However, have you ever forgotten how depressing they each appeared within the months earlier than lastly confirming they'd separated? How everybody was ready, for weeks, for affirmation that they'd cut up? It was hell! No one needs to undergo that once more — not least Us.
Plus, J. Lo might need the face and physique of a 20-something however these guys are formally middle-aged and which means they're method too mature to air any soiled laundry in public — in addition to wealthy sufficient to have had all of the remedy to recover from any bitterness. They aren't like your divorced highschool buddy (additionally referred to as Jennifer, proper?) with the loaded Fb captions about getting away from snakes and discovering out who her actual associates are. They're very well-known, very grownup and, with a complete of six divorces between them, sadly very skilled at these things. So, whereas we're positive Lopez has a trusted group chat she will be able to share Unhappy Ben memes in if she needs to let off steam, in public it's all about adulting impeccably whereas trying as sizzling as doable.
The actual fact is, divorced {couples} not often handle to keep away from one another indefinitely. Whereas Lopez and Affleck by no means had youngsters collectively and so have escaped the indignity of needing to hurl a misplaced toy bunny from the window of an Uber at 8:32 p.m. on handover evening, they're fairly more likely to cross paths professionally. Identical to common exes have to cover their grimaces at their youngsters' ballet recitals, birthday events and bar mitzvahs, A-list exes should be good to one another on the pink carpet.
Finally, Bennifer each know that, after they're in the identical room collectively, individuals will discuss, whether or not they're grinning or grimacing. Both method, it's nice PR for his or her film.
And let's not overlook Alffeck additionally appears to have an awesome relationship with the opposite Jennifer he married to; ex-wife Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three kids. Might or not it's, in actual fact, that he's a good man who one way or the other doesn't devastate his exes into loathing him forevermore?
When Lopez and Affleck tied the knot in 2022, many years on from their unique relationship (and called-off engagement), the world was delighted that they appeared to, lastly, be getting their comfortable ending. So, when Lopez filed for divorce two years later, itemizing April 26, 2024, as their date of separation, there weren't sufficient Unhappy Ben memes on this planet to convey the frustration.
Throughout a September 2025 interview on CBS Sunday Morning, Lopez talked about what a troublesome time it had been capturing the film whereas her marriage broke down in personal. “It was arduous not to consider stuff, but it surely was, like, the perfect and the worst of instances,” she mentioned. “Each second on set … I used to be so comfortable. After which … again house, it was not nice. However you get by it and, you understand, truthfully, I've to say, it was the perfect factor that ever occurred to me as a result of it modified me. It helped me develop in a method that I wanted to develop … change into extra self-aware. I'm a special particular person now than I used to be final yr.”
What she's saying is evident: regardless of how sizzling they're for one another and the way a lot respect they've for one another's expertise, they only wouldn't go there once more. They couldn't. They've realized from their errors. However, after all, right here's a disclaimer: we reserve the correct to want them a(nother) lifetime of happiness if, in actual fact, they ever do.
