{"id":2074094,"date":"2025-10-07T05:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2074094"},"modified":"2025-10-07T05:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:40:34","slug":"jennifer-lopez-laughs-off-ben-affleck-question-on-today-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jennifer-lopez-laughs-off-ben-affleck-question-on-today-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez laughs off Ben Affleck question on &#8216;Today&#8217; show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/85403661007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Jennifer Lopez: &#8216;I&#8217;m done with marriage&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Having been through divorce four times, Jennifer Lopez made it clear that she has no plans to walk down the aisle again for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Cover Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/09\/28\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-kiss-spider-woman\/86407041007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> has closed the book on her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/05\/23\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-relationship-timeline\/73816340007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bennifer chapter<\/a>, so don&#8217;t ask for a rereading.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Globe-nominated actress offered a playful response when asked about her divorce from ex <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/03\/09\/ben-affleck-accountant-2-premiere-sxsw-matt-damon\/82090193007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Affleck<\/a> during a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6JWwNwHxPW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Today&#8221; show interview<\/a> for her latest film, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/01\/27\/jennifer-lopez-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-premiere-sundance\/77967116007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Kiss of the Spider Woman,&#8221;<\/a> on Monday, Oct. 6. Affleck serves as an executive producer on the upcoming musical drama, which earned Lopez a standing ovation at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/01\/27\/sundance-film-festival-2025-best-movies-reviews\/77968768007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sundance Film Festival<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill Condon-directed film\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/09\/26\/brett-goldstein-ted-lasso-all-of-you\/86361972007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrapped production<\/a>\u00a0about two months before Lopez\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/08\/20\/jlo-and-ben-affleck-divorce\/73735416007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed for divorce in August 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the middle of filming this elaborate, beautiful musical, your divorce was also finalized with Ben,&#8221; &#8220;Today&#8221; host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/01\/13\/who-is-craig-melvin-hoda-kotb-replacement-today-show\/77595931007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Craig Melvin<\/a> began, but Lopez quickly halted Melvin&#8217;s journalistic train of thought.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There you go! Look at this guy!&#8221; Lopez, 56, said with a laugh. Without missing a beat, Melvin clarified he was asking the question because of Affleck&#8217;s producer role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for Ben, the movie wouldn&#8217;t have gotten made, and I will always give him that credit,&#8221; Lopez said. Regarding their divorce, she added: &#8220;Things happen; you have to keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lopez plays movie star Ingrid Luna in &#8220;Kiss of the Spider Woman,&#8221; an adaptation of the stage musical about prisoners in Argentina. The musical is based on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig.<\/p>\n<p>The film is slated to hit theaters on Friday, Oct. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;I&#8217;m a different person now&#8217;: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/09\/28\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-kiss-spider-woman\/86407041007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lopez opens up about &#8216;tough&#8217; Ben Affleck divorce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Watch <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/jennifer-lopez\/\" data-autotag=\"30d2960f-1d24-4ab0-a39d-6e80120266fa\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> react to Ben Affleck question on &#8216;Today&#8217; show<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What have Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck said about divorce?<\/h2>\n<p>Lopez and Affleck\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2022\/08\/21\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-host-second-wedding\/7843387001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">married in 2022<\/a>\u00a0after rekindling their relationship the previous year. The two originally dated in the 2000s and became a tabloid fixture, famously earning the nickname &#8220;Bennifer.&#8221; After getting engaged in 2002, they postponed the wedding in 2003 amid excessive media attention before later splitting.<\/p>\n<p>After several months of fan and media speculation, Lopez <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/08\/20\/jlo-and-ben-affleck-divorce\/73735416007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed for divorce from Affleck<\/a> in Los Angeles in August 2024, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the couple&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2022\/08\/21\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-host-second-wedding\/7843387001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia wedding ceremony<\/a>. Lopez and Affleck <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/01\/07\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-finalized\/77504155007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finalized their divorce in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an October 2024 interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/10\/09\/jennifer-lopez-talks-ben-affleck-divorce\/75597278007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview magazine<\/a>, the &#8220;Jenny from the Block&#8221; singer described the period of her split from Affleck as &#8220;probably the hardest time of my life,&#8221; but she shared &#8220;it was also the best time because I got to do that work on myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being in a relationship doesn&#8217;t define me,&#8221; Lopez reflected. &#8220;I can&#8217;t be looking for happiness in other people. I have to have happiness within myself. I used to say I&#8217;m a happy person but was still looking for something for somebody else to fill, and it&#8217;s just like, &#8216;No, I&#8217;m actually good.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;Probably the hardest time of my life&#8217;: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/10\/09\/jennifer-lopez-talks-ben-affleck-divorce\/75597278007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lopez talks fallout from Ben Affleck divorce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite their high-profile breakup, Affleck told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/03\/25\/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-divorce-comments\/82650635007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GQ magazine in March<\/a>\u00a0that there was &#8220;no scandal&#8221; behind his and Lopez&#8217;s divorce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The truth is, when you talk to somebody, &#8216;Hey, what happened?&#8217; Well, there is no: &#8216;This is what happened.&#8217; It&#8217;s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do,&#8221; Affleck said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And as you get older, this is true for me, I assume it&#8217;s true for most people, there is no &#8216;So-and-so did this&#8217; or &#8216;This was the big event.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: KiMi Robinson and Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lopez: &#8216;I&#8217;m done with marriage&#8217; Having been through divorce four times, Jennifer Lopez made it clear that she has no plans to walk down the aisle again for a long time. 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