Last year, the divorce of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez dominated the tabloids in Hollywood. The two Hollywood stars tied the knot after rekindling their romance from years ago headed for divorce just after two years. Since their divorce, both actors have been tight-lipped and never talked about this tragic end to their love story. However, this time, Ben Affleck opened up about his side of the story in a recent interview with GQ.
Discussing the reasons behind the final nail in the coffin, Affleck said, “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. And as you get older, this is true for me, I assume it’s true for most people, there is no “So-and-so did this” or “This was the big event.” It’s really, it sounds more like a couple’s therapy session, which—you would tune out of someone else’s couple’s therapy after a while. For one thing, you start going, “Okay, clearly this person has got these issues. Clearly, they have these issues.” And the reason I don’t want to share that is just sort of embarrassing. It feels vulnerable.”
The actor-director further adds that he does not want the world to think that he has any ill feelings toward his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez just because they are now divorced. “I have nothing but respect. I guess there’s a tendency to look at breakups and want to identify root causes or something. But honestly, like I said, the truth is much more quotidian than probably people would believe or would be interesting,” he added.
In the interview, Affleck also commented on how he presents himself to the public. “My life is actually pretty drama-free,” Affleck said. “And so even if I have the same events that people have — I’m sure in your mind you’re thinking, Oh, well, you just got divorced. That’s not drama-free.” “And I understand that instinct, but all of this is pretty adult, and for all the sensational stuff that gets written, if somebody sat down and talked to me about it, and I said, ‘Well, this is really the experience,’ their eyes would glaze over with boredom,” the Justice League actor continued.
The interviewer further talked about Lopez’s documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” where Lopez was trying to put more of herself and her husband out there. The documentary was made on the premise that both of the stars are very private people who have their own public dimensions. Affleck responded, “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.” “Like I mentioned to you before, there are a lot of people who I think have handled celebrity more adeptly and more adroitly than I have, Jennifer among them,” he continued. “My temperament is to be a little bit more reserved and private than hers.”
