Ben Affleck once discussed the “pain” Jennifer Lopez still carried around from her childhood, revealing that no amount of fame or followers could fulfill the sense of “longing” she felt. Affleck, 52, made the comments in the Prime Video documentary for Lopez’s project, “ Greatest Love Story Never Told , ” released on February 27, less than six months before the 55-year-old singer filed to officially end their two-year marriage . “Jen felt emotionally neglected as a child,” Affleck said in a segment of the documentary.
“We are kind of learning more and more that it doesn’t have to be the kind of trauma where you’re locked in a basement for a year to leave wounds on you. In fact, they’re deceptive when they’re harder to pin down.” He continued, “It’s a hard thing to look at somebody whose professional life is wildly successful and who, on Instagram, looks like they’re living the happiest life in the world.
” Affleck compared Lopez’s need for acceptance to his struggles with alcohol. “The thing you discover like you do with alcohol is that there isn’t enough alcohol in all liquor stores in the world to fill up that thing. And in Jennifer’s case.
I don’t think there’s enough followers, or movies or any of that stuff to still that part of you that still feels a longing and a pain. Ultimately, that’s the work that you’ve got to do on your own,” he shared. Lopez also spoke openly about her childhood in the documentary.
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