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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tJennifer Lopez\u2019s This is Me \u2026 Now press tour also served as a fashion show. While promoting her ninth studio album and its accompanying movie \u2014 both inspired by her romance with husband Ben Affleck \u2014 Lopez blessed Us with look after look.\u00a0 At the film\u2019s premiere on Tuesday, February 13, in Los Angeles, Lopez [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Affleck, however, seems to be somewhat less enthusiastic about his wife spilling the beans on their lives, or at least that\u2019s how he comes off in the accompanying documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cI did really find the beauty and the poetry and the irony in the fact that it\u2019s the greatest love story never told,\u201d he tells the camera at one point in the film, which debuts on Prime Video Monday, February 26. \u201cIf you\u2019re making a record about it, that seems kind of like telling it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep scrolling to see everything Affleck said about Lopez\u2019s deeply personal new project in The Greatest Love Story Never Told<\/em>:<\/p>\nThe Nickname He Never Asked For<\/h3>\n\n![\"What](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/What-Does-Ben-Affleck-Really-Think-of-Jennifer-Lopez-s-This-Is-Me-%E2%80%A6-Now-A-Love-Story-911.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Courtesy of Prime<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEarly in the documentary, Affleck recalls being surprised to learn that his wife was showing her cowriters and producers the actual love letters he\u2019d sent her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came to the house one day, and she had told me, \u2018Musicians are coming, this great producer Rog\u00e9t [Chahayed]<\/strong>, blah blah blah,\u2019 and then I went down there and my book that I had given her was down there,\u201d Affleck says. \u201cShe was like, \u2018I\u2019ve been reading, this is the kind of inspiration, I\u2019ve been showing them the book.\u2019 I was like, \u2018You\u2019ve been showing all the musicians all those letters?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018Yeah, we call you Pen Affleck, and I was like, \u2018Oh, my God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\nPublic vs. Private<\/h3>\n
Affleck thought it was ironic to make a record about the \u201cgreatest love story never told,\u201d but he admitted he understands Lopez\u2019s goal, as he is also an artist who draws inspiration from his own past.<\/p>\n
\u201cJen was really inspired by this experience, which is how artists do their work,\u201d he explains. \u201cThey get inspired by their personal life, it moves you, I know as a writer and director I certainly do the same things. But things that are private I had always felt are sacred and special in part because they\u2019re private. So, this was something of an adjustment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lopez, meanwhile, acknowledges that Affleck isn\u2019t as willing a participant in the project. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s very comfortable<\/a> with me doing all of this,\u201d she says. \u201cBut he loves me, he knows I\u2019m an artist and he\u2019s gonna support me in every way he can because he knows he can\u2019t stop me from making the music that I made and writing the words that I wrote. That\u2019s gonna happen, and he doesn\u2019t want to stop me. \u2026 But that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s comfortable being the muse.\u201d<\/p>\nHealing the Inner Child<\/h3>\n\n![\"What](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/What-Does-Ben-Affleck-Really-Think-of-Jennifer-Lopez-s-This-Is-Me-%E2%80%A6-Now-A-Love-Story-908.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt one point, Affleck compares Lopez\u2019s journey of self-discovery to his own battle with alcoholism<\/a>. \u201cJen felt emotionally neglected as a child. We\u2019re kind of learning more and more [that] it doesn\u2019t have to be the kind of trauma where you\u2019re locked in a basement for a year to leave wounds on you,\u201d he says. \u201cIn fact, they\u2019re deceptive and they\u2019re harder to pin down. It\u2019s a hard thing to look at somebody whose professional life is wildly successful and on Instagram looks like they\u2019re living the happiest life in the world. The thing you discover, like you do with alcohol, is that there isn\u2019t enough alcohol in all the liquor stores in the world to fill up that thing, and in Jennifer\u2019s case, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s enough followers or movies or records or any of that stuff to still that part of you that still feels a longing and pain. Ultimately, that\u2019s the work that you\u2019ve gotta do on your own.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Rise of an Instagram Husband<\/h3>\n
\u201cI did really find the beauty and the poetry and the irony in the fact that it\u2019s the greatest love story never told,\u201d he tells the camera at one point in the film, which debuts on Prime Video Monday, February 26. \u201cIf you\u2019re making a record about it, that seems kind of like telling it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep scrolling to see everything Affleck said about Lopez\u2019s deeply personal new project in The Greatest Love Story Never Told<\/em>:<\/p>\n Early in the documentary, Affleck recalls being surprised to learn that his wife was showing her cowriters and producers the actual love letters he\u2019d sent her.<\/p>\n \u201cI came to the house one day, and she had told me, \u2018Musicians are coming, this great producer Rog\u00e9t [Chahayed]<\/strong>, blah blah blah,\u2019 and then I went down there and my book that I had given her was down there,\u201d Affleck says. \u201cShe was like, \u2018I\u2019ve been reading, this is the kind of inspiration, I\u2019ve been showing them the book.\u2019 I was like, \u2018You\u2019ve been showing all the musicians all those letters?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018Yeah, we call you Pen Affleck, and I was like, \u2018Oh, my God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Affleck thought it was ironic to make a record about the \u201cgreatest love story never told,\u201d but he admitted he understands Lopez\u2019s goal, as he is also an artist who draws inspiration from his own past.<\/p>\n \u201cJen was really inspired by this experience, which is how artists do their work,\u201d he explains. \u201cThey get inspired by their personal life, it moves you, I know as a writer and director I certainly do the same things. But things that are private I had always felt are sacred and special in part because they\u2019re private. So, this was something of an adjustment for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez, meanwhile, acknowledges that Affleck isn\u2019t as willing a participant in the project. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s very comfortable<\/a> with me doing all of this,\u201d she says. \u201cBut he loves me, he knows I\u2019m an artist and he\u2019s gonna support me in every way he can because he knows he can\u2019t stop me from making the music that I made and writing the words that I wrote. That\u2019s gonna happen, and he doesn\u2019t want to stop me. \u2026 But that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s comfortable being the muse.\u201d<\/p>\n At one point, Affleck compares Lopez\u2019s journey of self-discovery to his own battle with alcoholism<\/a>. \u201cJen felt emotionally neglected as a child. We\u2019re kind of learning more and more [that] it doesn\u2019t have to be the kind of trauma where you\u2019re locked in a basement for a year to leave wounds on you,\u201d he says. \u201cIn fact, they\u2019re deceptive and they\u2019re harder to pin down. It\u2019s a hard thing to look at somebody whose professional life is wildly successful and on Instagram looks like they\u2019re living the happiest life in the world. The thing you discover, like you do with alcohol, is that there isn\u2019t enough alcohol in all the liquor stores in the world to fill up that thing, and in Jennifer\u2019s case, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s enough followers or movies or records or any of that stuff to still that part of you that still feels a longing and pain. Ultimately, that\u2019s the work that you\u2019ve gotta do on your own.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Nickname He Never Asked For<\/h3>\n
<\/div>Public vs. Private<\/h3>\n
Healing the Inner Child<\/h3>\n
<\/div>The Rise of an Instagram Husband<\/h3>\n
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