Did Jennifer Lopez Admit She Kept in Touch With Ben Affleck While He Was Married to Jennifer Garner?
Viewers of Jennifer Lopez‘s Amazon Prime documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, may have been so invested in how Lopez passionately discussed her relationship with Ben Affleck that they missed one shocking element. Did Lopez admit she kept in touch with the Oscar winner while he was married to Jennifer Garner?
Jennifer Lopez reveals contact with Ben Affleck during his marriage to Jennifer Garner
In The Greatest Love Story Never Told, Lopez revealed Affleck kept all their love letters and emails to one another. The twist was that some were written while Affleck was married to Jennifer Garner from 2004 to 2018.
“This book is a book Ben gave me on our first Christmas back together. It is every letter and email we wrote to each other from 20 years ago and today,” Lopez told her musical collaborators, showing them the large binder. She shared that one note read “The Greatest Love Story Never Told by Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 2001-2010…and counting…”
Looking at the timeline of Garner and Affleck’s relationship, by 2010, he and Garner had two children. They welcomed a third in 2012 after marrying in 2005.
Therefore, did Lopez accidentally reveal to the world that she and Affleck remained emotionally connected to each other while he was married to Garner? Since the documentary’s debut, Affleck has not commented on the timeline of their correspondence.
However, he did speak of the book on camera. “Things that are private. I’ve always felt they are sacred and special because they’re private. So [sharing the book] was something of an adjustment for me.”
Ben Affleck admits he’s always loved Jennifer Lopez on “This is Me…Now: A Love Story’
On the track “not.going.anywhere.” Ben is credited in the liner notes for the background vocals on the love song. Near the song’s end, he’s heard declaring, “I love you. I always have.”
“Eternally yours, I don’t feel that fading/Looking at my man like, ‘That’s my baby,’” are some of the words to the song Affleck is featured in. “Thinking ’bout it now, I was hoping you’d save me.”
In an interview with USA TODAYa bout This Is Me…Now, Lopez said, “I wanted to make a record in a way I hadn’t done for a long time. I never thought I’d get a second chance at this love. I’d like to capture this moment in time because I feel it’s even more incredible than the first time.”
She continued, “What I want to say with this album is that true love does exist, and some things are forever. They may not take a straight road, but they don’t leave you. I made the most honest, true music I’ve ever done.”
The timeline of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s love story
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s romance blossomed in 2002 on the set of the film Gigli. Soon, they became engaged and planned a wedding. The couple cited media intrusion within their relationship, calling off their nuptials days before they were scheduled to happen. Their relationship ended in January 2004.
In The Greatest Love Story Never Told, Lopez explained why she and Affleck initially split. “Ben and I, we broke up three days before our wedding, We had a big wedding planned, like 14 ushers and bridesmaids, and three days before, we just crumbled under the pressure.”
She continued, “I think we all go along thinking, I’m doing OK. I’ve been through these things. If you’re like me, you kind of shake it off and just do your thing and f***ing conquer the world.”
Lopez reflected on her years away from Affleck, even though during that time, she was married to and had two children with singer Marc Anthony and later was engaged to Alex Rodriguez. “All those years [were] really hard, ‘cause I didn’t just feel like I lost the love of my life, I felt like I lost the best friend I ever had,” she says. “And that was the hardest part.”
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have three children: Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. They married in 2005, split in 2015, and divorced in 2018. After two years of marriage, Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck in August 2024.
