Jennifer Lopez Advised Ben Affleck Not to Be So ‘Guarded’: She’s ‘Looking Out for Me’
16.03.2023 - 20:05
/ usmagazine.com
On his team! Ben Affleck revealed that Jennifer Lopez recently gave him some good advice about his approachability — and he decided to take it.
“She gave me a talk this morning before this interview. She thinks that because of experiences that I’ve had, I’ve become very guarded,” the Oscar winner, 50, said during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Thursday, March 16. “And she’s right. I view these things as land mines, where if you say one wrong thing, your career might be over.”
The “Get Right” songstress, 52, told her husband that he should try loosening up a little bit. “She tells me today, ‘Relax, be yourself. Have fun. You’re a fun guy who is real and genuine and you just seem so serious,'” Affleck recalled. “Do I seem serious? But as in many things, she’s right. And she loves me. She’s looking out for me. She’s trying to help me. So, it’s like, maybe I ought to f–king listen to her.”
The Good Will Hunting screenwriter has been the subject of many memes joking about his perceived exasperation with life, most recently at the Grammys. While Lopez was smiling and dancing during the ceremony’s performances, Affleck looked like he’d rather have been anywhere else.
The Justice League actor clarified on Thursday that he actually “had a good time” at the Grammys, despite what social media users might have believed. “My wife was going, and I thought, ‘Well, there’ll be good music. It might be fun,'” he explained. “I mean, some of it is, I’m like, ‘Alright, who is this act?’ Like, I don’t keep up. My wife does, obviously. And yeah, it is your wife’s work event.”
The Massachusetts native also set the record straight on what the Hustlers actress really said to him during what appeared to be a tense exchange