The reason why Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are often seen rowing in public has been uncovered. The latest photos, which show Affleck making wild hand gestures while appearing to be in a heated argument with Lopez, were taken at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Before the event, J-Lo, 54, insisted that she and the actor and director, 51, are “happy” when outright asked during a red carpet interview before the glam awards show by E! Online.
US news outlet Variety further addressed the elephant in the room by not-so-subtlety asking the Jenny From The Block singer, who has been married four times, how she knew that this would be her last trip down the aisle.
“Because when they say, ‘You know’, you know,” she shot back.
Yahoo has noted that the real bone of contention for the two is attention from the paparazzi.
Affleck and Lopez previously dated in the early noughties, but have openly said that media attention around their relationship led to them going their separate ways. Lopez, who finally tied the knot with Affleck in 2022, even recently claimed that their run-ins with the press had left them with PTSD to this day.
“Ben and Jen are doing very well…a lot of the times we see Ben upset, it’s because he just hates the paps always following him and Jen,” the source told MailOnline.
Describing being tailed by photographers as the part of his day that he “dreads”, the source continued: “Ben doesn’t like red-carpet photos or being snapped by photographers when they are out doing regular life.