Rumors were swirling for months before it was officially announced that Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The former couple got married back in 2022 after famously rekindling their early 2000s romance, and they had a lavish Georgia wedding that attracted heavy media attention. All the attention seems like it could’ve also been partially responsible for the split, as many believe Affleck was uncomfortable with the public nature of it.
This was highlighted when the divorce announcement made the Oscar winner’s viral comments about privacy resurface again, as people have noted how he responded to JLo sharing their private letters. Ben Affleck’s Private Love Letters Made Public Some of Affleck’s discontent was noted when he participated in a documentary called The Greatest Love Story Never Told . The documentary, which was produced by Lopez, chronicled her journey in creating a movie based on her album This Is Me.
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During the creative process, the musician shared a book with her team that contained the love letters the Argo director wrote to her over the years. In the documentary, Affleck admitted to being uncomfortable with this being shared, saying: I went down there and my book that I had given her was down there and she was like ‘I’ve been reading and the people -- this is kind of the inspiration -- I’ve been showing them the book.’ And I was like, ‘You’ve been showing all the musicia.