Jennifer Lopez wants Ben Affleck all to herself.
In a recent appearance on “Today with Hoda & Jenna,” the multihyphenate played a game called “This Is Me… Now or then,” in which Lopez was given a question and asked if it applied to her today or It was a matter of determining whether it was applicable. It was in the past.
One of the questions host Hoda Kotb brought up was, “Do you get jealous when someone attacks your significant other?” Lopez immediately held up his paddle and looked into the camera, saying, “Now!”, hinting that was the obvious answer.
“Don’t mess with me. Don’t mess with me,” she added, before adding, “First of all, I’m a lover, not a fighter, but I’m very elegant. Let them know in a feminine way that you’re going all the way down. ”
Jennifer Lopez has warned people to keep quiet about her flirting with husband Ben Affleck. (Axel/Bauer Griffin/Film Magic)
“First of all, I’m a lover, not a fighter. But to fully retire, I’m letting them know in a very elegant and feminine way,” Lopez said. (Robin Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
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The “Dance Again” singer was on the show to promote her new movie “This Is Me…Now.” The musical film depicts a fictionalized version of the real-life events that inspired Lopez to write her new album, “This Is Me…Now,” a response to her 2002 album, “This Is Me…then.”
Her character in the film is a hopeless romantic who thinks she’s found love with a new boyfriend, but ends up getting heartbroken every time. Lopez said she was inspired by Affleck to pursue both the film and the album.
“I was like, ‘I don’t write, I don’t do this.’ He was like, ‘You do it, you write it, you direct it, you produce it, you choreograph it, you do it all. Step out there and start owning a little bit of who you are,” she told People in February.
Lopez has appeared in a number of films in recent years, including “Marry Me,” “Shotgun Wedding,” and “The Mother,” but she hasn’t released an album in 10 years.
Prior to “This Is Me…Now,” Lopez hadn’t released an album since 2014. (Michael Buckner/Variety, via Getty Images)
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In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Lopez admitted that in all these years, “I just haven’t had the inspiration to actually go into the studio and write a whole album.”
“So it’s kind of a gift and an exciting thing to actually be inspired and I wanted to go into that. And yes, I was nervous at first, but the first day… I went in there and said, “This is a mission,” she told the media. “We made ‘This Is Me…Then’ 20 years ago, and now we’re going to make ‘This Is Me…Now.’ This miracle happened, it’s a second chance. And that album… I want to capture this moment the way I captured that moment.”
Most recently, Lopez appeared in Dunkin’ Donuts’ Super Bowl commercial with Affleck, Matt Damon, former NFL great Tom Brady, and rapper Fat Joe.
Early in the interview, Kotub asked Lopez if he expected the commercial to receive an overwhelmingly positive response from fans.
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Affleck performed in place of Lopez in Dunkin’ Donuts’ Super Bowl ad. (Dunkin Donuts YouTube)
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“No…I know everything.” [Ben] “This is great…because he’s a great director and writer…when he came up with the whole thing, it was…hilarious,” she replied. [Damon] That was great, and Tom [Brady] Being in it and the fact that they’re all forming a boy band was so hilarious. ”
The two first met in 2002 while filming the romantic comedy Gigli, started dating and soon became engaged, but broke up in 2004. Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner, and Lopez married singer Marc Anthony, with whom they later became engaged. To former MLB star Alex Rodriguez.
Affleck and Lopez sparked romance rumors in April 2021, as they are both single again. They confirmed their relationship in June 2021 when they were photographed kissing at a restaurant in Malibu, California. Affleck popped the question in April 2022, and the two finally married later that year.
