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All eyes were on Jennifer Lopez<\/strong> and her ex-husband Ben Affleck<\/strong> when they reunited at the New York City premiere of their upcoming movie, \u201cKiss of the Spider Woman.\u201d While many thought the former couple reconciled, an insider has dished that it\u2019s certainly not the case.<\/p>\n According to the sources, the exes don\u2019t like each other. They reunited after parting ways earlier this year, only for a purpose \u2013 Oscar campaign.<\/p>\n When the former couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reunited on October 6 at the red carpet premiere of \u201cKiss of the Spider Woman,\u201d many thought the exes might have rekindled their romance. But turns out, that\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n According to a source, it was \u201cpure PR\u201d to promote their upcoming musical thriller.<\/p>\n \u201cThey don\u2019t like each other that much,\u201d an insider confided to Rob Shuter\u2019s #ShuterScoop<\/a>. \u201cThis was business, not pleasure.\u201d Confirming the same, even a studio insider said that since \u201cIt\u2019s Oscar campaign season,\u201d the former couple \u201cneeded to look united. That\u2019s all it was.\u201d<\/p>\n Affleck is the executive producer of the film. His and Matt Damon\u2019s Artists Equity production company co-produced the movie, which is set to hit the theatres on October 10. The 56-year-old filmmaker was at the event to support the movie and his ex-wife, J.Lo, who plays a crucial role in the film.<\/p>\n At the event, the former husband and wife were all smiles for the camera. However, according to the insider, when the cameras went down, they maintained their distance. \u201cThey don\u2019t talk off set unless they have to,\u201d added another source. The public display at the premiere was \u201ccontractual, not emotional.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re pros. They know how to sell chemistry \u2014 even when it\u2019s long gone,\u201d noted an insider.<\/p>\n Despite all this, the singer hopes to get an Oscar nomination<\/a> for her performance in the movie. \u201cOscar has always been Jennifer\u2019s ultimate goal,\u201d a source had earlier told RadarOnline.com. The 56-year-old actress \u201cthinks this could finally be her moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally reported by Parul Singh on Reality Tea<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The post Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck \u2018Don\u2019t Talk Unless They Have To,\u2019 Says Source<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All eyes were on Jennifer Lopez and her ex-husband Ben Affleck when they reunited at the New York City premiere of their upcoming movie, \u201cKiss of the Spider Woman.\u201d While many thought the former couple reconciled, an insider has dished that it\u2019s certainly not the case. According to the sources, the exes don\u2019t like each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2078767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[29466,22265,305401],"class_list":["post-2078766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ben-affleck","tag-jennifer-lopez","tag-oscar-nomination"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jennifer-Lopez-Ben-Affleck-\u2018Dont-Talk-Unless-They-Have.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078768,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078766\/revisions\/2078768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reunited because it\u2019s Oscar campaign season, says source<\/h2>\n