Jennifer Lopez Once Shared What She’d Do if Ben Affleck Ever Cheated on Her
Ever since Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck broke up, there have been a lot of rumors and speculation as to what caused their surprising divorce. Infidelity, however, is one reason that only a handful of outlets reported as a possibility. Although it seems highly unlikely Affleck or Lopez stepped out during their marriage, Lopez shared how she’d handle such a scenario.
What Jennifer Lopez thought of Ben Affleck ever cheating on her
Like many couples, even Lopez has dealt with unfaithful partners in her past. One of the many reasons she broke up with disgraced business mogul Diddy was because of his apparent infidelities during their fling. However, with time, Lopez gained a more mature perspective on cheaters. She didn’t believe being cheated on was a deal breaker in some respects.
“I think it depends. It depends on the people, it depends on if they’re willing to do the work. It depends on whether they think it’s worth it. I think it’s individual for everybody, I think it’s a hard thing to overcome. Because once trust is broken, it’s hard to get back. And both people have to be willing, especially the one who cheated, to help that person gain their trust back,” she once told Kjersti Flaa.
Also during the interview, Lopez asserted that although she can forgive easily, she had trouble forgetting. However, when it came to her ex Affleck, it seemed she’d have little to no tolerance for him potentially being unfaithful. Speaking on The View (via Page Six), Lopez was asked what she’d do in a hypothetical scenario where Affleck cheated.
“I’d just walk out,” Lopez told the hosts.
She asserted that, after the infidelity, there wouldn’t be any room for conversation.
“You know everything you need to know,” she added. “What else do you need to know?”
Jennifer Lopez wouldn’t have stepped out of her past marriage to be with Ben Affleck on the set of ‘Gigli’
Lopez considered herself a very faithful partner as well. Because of this, when she first met Affleck on the set of Gigli, she asserted there were little, if any, romantic sparks between the two. She was married to Cris Judd at the time. Her loyalty and attention to Judd wouldn’t let her see Affleck as anyone other than a friend.
“Because I was married, it removed that element,” she once said in a 2003 interview with Reader’s Digest.
Even if Affleck professed some kind of undying affection to Lopez, Lopez claimed she’d have no trouble turning him down.
“There was no illusion that Ben and I were going to go anywhere, so we just became friends. I’m a very faithful person. If somebody had told me, ‘Ben’s attracted to you,’ I would have said, ‘No. I wasn’t raised that way,’” she said.
Furthermore, she added that she kept her relationship with Judd back then to herself while working with Affleck. Although the two bonded at the time, Lopez didn’t feel comfortable leaning onto the shoulder of another man about her husband. Even after she and Judd split up, Lopez still established boundaries between herself and Affleck before giving him a chance.
“Cris and I were having problems, but that’s one thing Ben and I never talked about,” she said. “I felt it was too private and sacred — to talk about that with another man wouldn’t have been cool. So we talked about past relationships and his old girlfriends and crazy things he did and silly things I did. After the movie, we kept in touch. Then I told Ben I couldn’t talk to him, because by then Cris and I were separated and I didn’t want anything to be misconstrued. He respected it and never called me. Then I called him.”
