When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reunited in 2021 after 17 years apart, the world swooned at their second chance at love. The couple seemed to be swept up in the romance of finding their way back to each other, and that could be a factor in why they are currently separated right now.
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Affleck is reportedly admitting to his close friends that he was “blinded by lust” when they got back together. An In Touch source revealed, “Obviously when they first got back together it was electric — Ben couldn’t keep his hands off her and he now admits he was blinded by lust.” He may have some “regrets” about moving too quickly in the relationship because by 2022 they were married. Once that honeymoon phase wore off, the reality of their differences set in — and it has impacted their love life. RELATED STORYExperts Claim Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck’s Divorce Rumors Were Fabricated to ‘Distract’ Fans From This
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One of the big challenges for Affleck seems to be the red-carpet PDA that J.Lo loves to engage in. It probably feels performative to him, even though he adores his wife. “At first, Ben was caught up in the excitement,” the source added. “He started to get embarrassed when his friends made fun of him, but when he tried to tone it down she refused to let him off the hook. He got to a point where he resented having to put on a show!” That’s oftentimes when the “Sad Affleck” face comes into play and then the memes begin on social media, it’s an endless cycle for him.
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Even though Affleck joked about his sad resting face with Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2023, it’s hard not to notice the obvious emotions when he’s at the Grammys with Lopez looking miserable. “Listen, I have a very unhappy-looking resting face,” Affleck defended himself. “It’s how God made me; you don’t have to punish me for it.” In the wake of his separation from his wife of almost two years, though, there has to be some truth to the faces fans have seen him wear over the last year — he looks tired, exhausted, and frustrated by the media attention.
“When Ben’s having a problem, you can see it all over his face and he does want to talk about it and hash it out, but it can be exhausting,” a source explained to The Sun. “That’s not the world Jennifer lives in most of the day. She’s all about winning, not pain, and she’s still determined to have this fairy-tale ending with Ben, at any cost.” Those differences probably needed to be hashed out before they walked down the aisle in 2022, but they were enveloped by the love bubble of Bennifer 2.0 as much as we were.
