{"id":722776,"date":"2026-06-08T10:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/722776\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:05:21","slug":"how-ben-affleck-feels-about-jennifer-lopezs-new-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/722776\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ben Affleck Feels About Jennifer Lopez\u2019s New Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234964552\/ben-affleck-dating-brooks-nader-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck<\/a> are long gone, and it seems she\u2019s moving on with her Office Romance co-star Brett Goldstein. But how does Affleck feel about this?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/parenting\/articles\/1234959192\/ben-affleck-son-samuel-asked-100-dollars\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex@tablet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2198104348.jpg\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 06: Ben Affleck and Samuel Garner Affleck attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena on February 06, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBen Affleck Reveals the Shocking Reason Teen Son Samuel Asked for $100\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tInsiders recently told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/closeronline.co.uk\/celebrity\/news\/ben-affleck-response-jennifer-lopez-new-man\/\">Closer Online UK<\/a> that Affleck wants Lopez to move on with her life (especially with her love life).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that Ben is trying to wash his hands of Jen. There\u2019s a reason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234991434\/ben-affleck-gives-jennifer-lopez-home-divorce-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he gave her his half of their house<\/a>. In his view, the faster she can find happiness with someone else, the better,\u201d they said to the outlet. \u201cAnd he genuinely does want to see her happy. He wouldn\u2019t be encouraging this if he thought that Brett wasn\u2019t a good choice. He doesn\u2019t know him personally, but he has some friends who know Brett, and they\u2019ve had nothing but good things to say. That\u2019s enough for Ben to root for him because he knows Jen is happier when she has a partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234965867\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-family-home-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jennifer Lopez &amp; Ben Affleck Can\u2019t Fully Say Goodbye to the Past Amid Latest Trial With Family\u00a0Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-sheknows-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/P115TND4.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck at the premiere of \" the=\"\" flash=\"\" held=\"\" at=\"\" tcl=\"\" chinese=\"\" theatre=\"\" imax=\"\" on=\"\" june=\"\" in=\"\" los=\"\" angeles=\"\" california.=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"792\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Polk\/Variety<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFor those who don\u2019t know, Lopez and Affleck <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2286507\/celebrity-couples-who-met-on-set\/\">met on the set of the film<\/a>\u00a0Gigli. They started dating soon after and got engaged by the end of 2002. However, they broke up by 2004 after canceling their wedding days earlier. Then, in 2021, Lopez and Affleck rekindled their romance. A year later, they got engaged and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2614232\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-georgia-wedding-home-photos\/\">married in a lavish ceremony<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHowever, they then filed for divorce in 2024, and got officially divorced the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Before you go, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2233526\/biggest-most-expensive-celebrity-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> to see all of the biggest and most expensive celebrity homes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2233526\/biggest-most-expensive-celebrity-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2620234 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/biggest-most-expensive-celebrity-homes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are long gone, and it seems she\u2019s moving on with her Office Romance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4267,49,48,75,4272],"class_list":["post-722776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ben-affleck","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-jennifer-lopez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}