{"id":473287,"date":"2026-05-29T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/473287\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:37:10","slug":"jennifer-lopez-reveals-she-waited-too-long-to-split-from-ben-affleck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/473287\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez reveals she waited too long to split from Ben Affleck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Lopez is a strong, independent woman, and she definitely does not need Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 26: Jennifer Lopez hosts the 2025 American Music Awards at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The \u201cHustlers\u201d star has found herself in a relationship with Affleck multiple times since meeting on the set of \u201cGigli,\u201d even tying the knot in 2022. Now, two years after the divorce was finalized, Lopez admits she shouldn\u2019t have waited so long to end the relationship. \u201cI should have done it sooner,\u201d she told Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> on his late-night show. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing it all wrong, trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 17: Jennifer Lopez (L) and Ben Affleck attend the 2023 Eastern Congo Initiative Poker and Blackjack Tournament hosted by TAO Group Hospitality at LAVO Restaurant & Nightclub at The Palazzo at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mindy Small\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Kimmel then asked if Lopez would consider becoming the next \u201cBachelorette\u201d lead, although she shot that suggestion down immediately. \u201cAre you crazy? I\u2019m not doing anything to ruin how I feel right now,\u201d she said. \u201c[Being single is] fantastic. I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

JLo isn\u2019t worried about meeting someone, no matter how bad the dating scene seems to be. \u201cI’ll meet somebody somewhere one day, if they\u2019re good enough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Previously, Lopez said she\u2019s in her \u201chappy era,\u201d telling Nightline<\/a> in March, \u201cFor the first time in my life, I feel like I\u2019m free. I\u2019m on my own. And it feels really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Lopez attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

She continued, “I didn\u2019t really know what that felt like since I was in my early 20s, and even before that. I\u2019ve always had a boyfriend. There was always kind of like, someone in my life, and so many things that I felt like were out of my control. And I just am at a point in my life where I really trust myself and have learned to appreciate myself a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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