Ben Affleck Breaks His Silence On His Divorce From JLo
Ben Affleck is giving some context to what ended his marriage of two years to Jennifer Lopez, but keeping the actual reason they called it quits close to the vest. Of what ultimately was the final straw he says, “The reason I don’t want to share that is just sort of embarrassing. It feels vulnerable.”
What he DID offer up in the interview for GQ magazine is that there was no “scandal”. It was no secret the two differed on their attitudes towards celebrity, so many questioned him being a part of her documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told.
“Part of it was, ‘Okay, if I’m going to participate in this, I want to try to do it in an honest way and in a way that’s interesting.’ Because I thought it was an interesting examination.” “And so I thought, Oh, this is interesting because how do you reconcile that? Because … I love and support this person. I believe in them. They’re great. I want people to see that.”
Viewers picked up on that noted difference when he said, “ ‘You don’t marry a ship captain and then say, “Well, I don’t like going out in the water.” ‘ You’ve got to own what you knew going into any relationship.’ ” But he made it clear that the documentary didn’t break them as a couple. “And I think it’s important to say that wasn’t the cause of some major fracture. It’s not like you can watch that documentary and go, ‘Oh, now I understand the issues that these two had,’ “
And if you’re looking for the dirt, you won’t find any: “There’s no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue. The truth is, when you talk to somebody, ‘Hey, what happened?’ Well, there is no, ‘This is what happened.’ ” “It’s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do.”