JLo's PR Team working overtime! It was all Ben's fault!

Did all her PR people quit?? This is a total embarrassment for her.

I knew it!

I find this claim hard to believe.

Considering the rumor Ben is already dating someone else, I'd say Ben and JLo are equally needy bitches. They're obviously not suited for one another but they are similar.

PEOPLE magazine really is her turf, second puff piece in a week.

Who are her PR people again?

Next she'll claim the ill-fated 2024 tour was his idea as well.

They deserve each other.

In next week's issue:

"Jennifer Lopez tearfully explains how she begged Ben to keep the relationship private but he insisted it should be a public platform. That monster!"

It would have been nice for everyone if they had a calm marriage for 10 years and go through their 50s and learned to live more balanced lives before they get old.

You can’t take PEOPLE Magazine seriously.😒

This all just seems like a complete waste of time. I know this is what spokeswhores do, and what they are paid to do, but nobody really cares and this will be such wasted energy and money. The world will go on through the trauma of JLo and Ben divorcing. Most people will just assume it was inevitable, and will not much care about who "wins" the divorce. But of course dingbats have to go through the motions of pretending that there is some big thing to explain and whoever gets the best explanation out there will somehow get a lot of points.

They won't. The few people that actually give a shit will simply conclude that two people who pretty much suck at marriage are getting a divorce and should probably give up on the whole marriage thing. That is all that is happening here.

“Exclusive Source”

Say what you want about JLO…but I think this whole thing falling apart has embarrassed the hell out of her. She ran into this relationship, pedal to the metal, after spending years romanticizing it. She had years of love letters from this man, by all accounts was devastated that the OG wedding was called off, and despite his rumored infidelity…she remained in close contact with him. This was her one that got away.

After spending decades building up what their second chance could be…I’m sure it’s been world destroying to watch it fall apart again for her. I would imagine, especially if the rumors about him and Kick Kennedy are true, she’s going full scorched earth.

He has a colossal Olmec head

This attempt to shift blame is just not going to work out for her.

By I am fascinated by her brazen attempt at trying.

Her team has People on speed dial.

Don't blame us, Jennifer.

So close!

I know everyone hates JLo but Ben’s a bitch and I hope they continue to smear each other in the media. Y’all dragged us along for the circus and we want to see the clowns.

Of all the people in the world JLo could have chosen, and she could have chosen pretty much anyone.....why, why, why choose a dim-witted Bostonian dolt drunkard who faked his way into Hollywood?

J.Lo may have her moments, but Ben is absolute trash. Here’s what I’ve pieced together over the years.

He went after her the first time while she was still married to Cris Judd. Then, while they were engaged, he was allegedly messing around with strippers and ultimately left her hanging at the altar. For years, he kept writing her letters and emails, most of which were during his marriage to Jennifer Garner and her relationship with Marc Anthony. And then, around the Hustlers era, he started sniffing around again, even though she was with A-Rod at the time.

They had "I'm not going anywhere" engraved on their wedding rings - only for him to drop her again. The guy is so hot and cold, wishy-washy, and indecisive. It’s like he’s obsessed with the chase but completely loses interest once he gets what he wants. Honestly, he’s too miserable to truly love anyone, and J.Lo should’ve seen that from the start. Their relationship was never built on solid ground.

For some reason, my elderly mother lives for Bennifer gossip. Yesterday, we were on the phone talking shit about them, bonding. We did the same thing 20 years ago. It’s like old times.

She and A-Rod will get back together. I'd bet a million dollars on it. They are both "Type A's" who can tolerate each other's go-go-go lives, and should have never broken up in the first place.

I don't love JLo and I don't really pay attention to her--meaning, I am not a fan. But...I do think R22 has a point. Didn't he send up some kind of Jlo bat signal after Ana de Arias dumped him and Jlo was with Arod? Ultimately he got what he wanted...and then dumped her. I agree that she should have seen what a hot mess he is. He's not devoted to anything, really, except Matt Damon and whatever high he's getting from whatever movie he's making.

Didn't she put in a no cheating clause in her first prenup back in 2002? And then found out he was tongue deep in a stripper's pussy?

What boggles my mind is her mom prayed for 20 years for them to get back together. I guess being with a 2 time Oscar winner is the ultimate level of fame that she wants.

She's a dumb bitch.

Ben is just like one of my exes. When he’s into you, it feels like a dream, but with no warning at all, he flips the switch and turns into the coldest person you’ve ever met. Mark my words, he’ll be banging down her door in a year, begging to come back. It’s a twisted, sick cycle, and I hope she never speaks to him again. Some men seem to get off on seeing just how much pain they can put you through.

[Quote] Say what you want about JLO…but I think this whole thing falling apart has embarrassed the hell out of her.

WRONG. All this old, dumb whore cares about is being in the news. By any means necessary. She should have disappeared in the early aughts. I dare anyone to name ONE noteworthy thing she's done since then.

This man is an alcoholic. The only person who was surprised that he didn't put any effort into the marriage was JLO. It's very clear from his interactions with the other Jen that he's used to being coddled. He needs to focus on his sobriety at this point and leave marriage alone. Jennifer needs to focus on herself. These marriages aren't working. Focus on the kids.

[Quote] She and A-Rod will get back together.

AR was utterly humiliated by her lighting speed and very public ditch of him AND his girls who she was close to for give years, and he's never forgiven her for thatz the latter especially. AR is also directly responsible for growing her wealth substantially during their time together. Mind you, he cheated on her with manly looking body building women. She is not his type, and after all this time I'm sure he's glad to be rid of her.

Five* years

I love how J Lo., Madonna, and Angelina's flacks feed "People" mag flattering stories about these women to curry favor with the public and soften their images or latest drama... If I see one more story about these three soldiering on in the face of adversity and being super moms all the while, I'm going to vomit.

Ben Affleck is actually disgusting. I don't see how other women can't see his behavior is awful. It's funny because people are saying J.Lo is crazy so Ben should have known instead of reality. Ben someone always is a victim? In every situation? Think critically people. He is a narcissist who capitalized on her insecurities.

And the funny thing is how wasted so much of that is r32. I can't speak for what some mythical "public" believes about everything, but I seriously doubt that most people see J Lo or Madonna or Angelina as super moms who are all just victims of the terrible men in their life. I'm not saying everybody hates them or thinks they have nothing to complain about ever (although many do), but I suspect the vast majority of people don't see them as helpless damsels oh so put upon and just forever doomed to try their best while everybody else betrays them.

There are real victims in this world, and these three just ain't it.

Maybe reality show watching dum-dums think of these women as victims of the ex-men in their lives, but I think you're right that anybody with brains can see right thru this fluff.

Ben has a nice cock, though.

Is it as nice as his sex pest brother Casey's cock?

[quote] Of all the people in the world JLo could have chosen, and she could have chosen pretty much anyone

Yes, most multiple-divorced, post-menopausal women with two teenagers have their pick of the litter.

🙄

Shouldn’t JLo be mourning her greatest love and its tragic end?

She seems awfully busy planting stories and pointing figures in the latest desperate attempt to save her unsalvageable image.

It’s like the whole exercise was based on perception, narcissism and commerce and had nothing to do with love at all. 🤔

The way they interacted in the doc didn't seem like they were in love, it was like roommates putting on an act. She thought the marriage would put her on top of the Hollywood food chain, and he probably felt used and exploited. Coupled with his self-destructive tendencies, I'm surprised it lasted 2 years.

If only they had done an I Love Lucy reboot with J Lo as the immigrant performer and Ben as the smoking stay-at-home dad who tries to weasel his way into J-Lo’s dance numbers.

Ben could kvetch to Fred Mertz played by a fat Matt Damon.

[quote] fat Matt Damon

Isn't that redundant?

How long until she's engaged again??

R41 Who would play Ethel in that scenario?

[quote] Who would play Ethel in that scenario?

Rabbit-faced wife?

Mariah.

r30 ARod will take her back, he already sent out a vague and "cryptic" message on social media that DM feels was directed at her:

[quote] You either go one way or the other, you might as well be the one deciding the direction

Well actually as much as I like Ben I think he's been getting a free pass as far as his relationships go. He had that good two shoes wife who covered for him and "tried" to help him, and stuck it out for what? 12 years? Then she intervenes with JLo. And when she and Ben split up he lived on the property so he could do his rehab and be near his kids. Long suffering Garner covered up a lot of his excesses. Then he tells the world JLo was always "the One." Until she wasn't. The guy has addiction and he is unstable, and the only thing JLo may be guilty of is thinking he could rescue her waning career. One bad idea at a time. Look. Ben has directed some good movies. And he sort of acts. And he is very intelligent. But he is a train wreck emotionally and yeah, maybe he's overdue to catch some shit. You can't put all of it on JLo.

JLo has 4 failed marriages, versus his 2. Statistically, the problem is probably her.

JLow marriages: Ojani 1 yr, Chris 2 yrs, Marc 10 yrs, Ben 2 yrs.

Ben: Church Lady 13 yrs, JLow 2 yrs.

I'd say the problem is...

Isn't ARod the one who had a painting of himself as a satyr in his bedroom when he was dating Kate Hudson? A-hahaha!!! Thinks very highly of himself.

Ben loves pussy and partying. JLo loves fame and attention. Which is the lesser of two evils?

The world has had sufficient.

Put them both on one of Elon’s rockets and launch them into the sun.

She never married them, but you have to include her long term relationships with P Diddy, and then with A Rod. I honestly thought the A Rod thing would last because she stuck with him even through all his cheating.

[quote] Isn’t ARod the one who had a painting of himself as a satyr in his bedroom when he was dating Kate Hudson?

Kate Hudson! Thank you!

She completes my bingo card of worthless garbage people along with Jlo, A-Rod and Affleck.

Thank you, R51!

Remember when we thought Ben was gay?

[quote] Remember when we thought Ben was gay?

Delusional DL thinks everyone is gay.

JLo has a bottomless need to be desired, but Ben is the true attention whore in this relationship. Every one of his relationships is a pap walk extravaganza and whomever he is with gets blamed for the attention whoring. But Shookus and Armas went back to their normal lives after the relationship with Ben ended. IMO, Garner is as equally fame whorey as Ben, but she plays the game like a genius. (Seriously, the woman probably has ice water running through her veins, but I legit respect her skills and how much she has gotten out of her career. Someone with less moxie would have long ago faded away.)

Ben dumped JLo because her career tanked and she became a laughingstock. Now he's on to the next women he thinks can raise his profile. A 50-something alcoholic still chasing clout...what a catch.

[quote] BEN AFFLECK PEP IN HIS STEP AT DINNER WITH [MATT AND RABBIT-FACED WIFE] DAMONS... Amid J Lo Divorce

[quote]Garner is as equally fame whorey as Ben, but she plays the game like a genius.

Calling the paps every Sunday to photograph her going to church is actually a pretty shrewd PR move.

[quote] why, why, why choose a dim-witted Bostonian dolt drunkard who faked his way into Hollywood?

Why "Bostonian"? Does that somehow make him even worse?

If you google Ben and Ana de Armas, the thumbnails show a very happy Ben ( or as happy as he can be). You can see the warmth in their relationship unlike with Jlo.

Ana is very beautiful.

But I really think she's too young for him.

Shookus seemed to have shook his world for awhile, although there was speculation (I believe) that she was enabling his alcoholism. Whether that's true or not, who knows.

Shookus always struck me as someone who knows where to score the best drugs.

Ben is a whiny little bitch. All the time he was being photographed looking miserable or pissed off with her. Or all of his stupid little press games like whether he was wearing his wedding ring. Who wants that kind of negative energy.

They are both losers.

[quote] Who wants that kind of negative energy.

🤚

JLo reeks of NPD and is a nasty cunt but, wow, Affleck certainly checks the boxes as well.

He’s already dating?

What a sad little toddler, not even equipped to be alone for five minutes.

Meanwhile, he hasn’t had a hit movie in more than a decade.

Why is he even a thing at this point?

Baffleck

Ben needs to get back with Jennifer. She was good for him. He needs her sanity to keep him on track.

Oh, I mean "Jennifer, his former wife".

Bennedy?

Bafflick?

Kaffleck?

Kickfleck?

Bick?

Ken?

She's innocent and here's my favorite song from hers.

Allegedly he cheated on his wife a lot, and he got in trouble with his g amblng and alcohol addictions and he was miserably unhappy 80% of the time. So I wouldn 't wish him back on Jennifer.

Garner supposedly has her own boyfriend that she's never really seen with.

I wish we could have Liz and Dick again. This has all begun to seem so small-time and high school. “I heard that Sam said that Marilyn overheard Pookie and Snuffles having A FIGHT!”

Where’s the grandeur? The drama?

r776 ask and ye shall receive. Published today!

I saw another article over the weekend about them as well. They're trying to raise his profile I guess....

BaFleck is making.me LMAO. Forever relegated to dating himself.

[quote] Forever relegated to dating himself

?

He needs different flavors of pussy and it's never going to change. He was already getting someone lined up for when his marriage ended. From what I'm reading him and JLo continued a strange emotional affair with those letters and emails but he doesn't like being tied down and denied his booze, coke and gambling. JLo would maybe tolerate the gambling but not the booze and drugs.

Whatever direction their lives take, they will continue to be tabloid fodder.

They're both sad, broken little people.

I agree with R77. There is no BIG Passion, no scandale! And yes, no grandeur. This is very third rate, small time bullshit.

Truth: What Ben really needs is a woman 1/2 Stripper and 1/2 Mommy.

He’s just an old Geza!

And he plateaued with Argo.

When Ben is eventually found dead in a pool of own drunken vomit, I hope he does not take down an assistant, a stripper, a girlfriend and a few doctors. The man is a hopeless case. He could have a mommy/maid/wife in one house and a harem of strippers in another house and he'd still be a miserable prick. He'd be chasing the nanny or his ex or the college girl from the gym.

He has/had? a house in Georgia. He could live anywhere in the world. Yet, he mopes around LA in full view of the paps. He parked his car in front of the Beverly Hills hotel to walk his dog but he's not an attention whore? GTFO.

Has Bafleck been to Vegas since the separation and divorce? I can't see him staying away for this long already.

As it stands now, Ben is going to come out of this divorce unscathed and JLo is going to take the blame. As an actor, he's made sure to follow the script of an unhappy, beaten-down husband since their honeymoon, wearing a miserable face.

Ben doesn't have to go to Vegas. There are private poker games for a ton of money. Tobey Maguire and Leo Di Caprio play and Ben used to play. Very high stakes. I once read that you had to have a stake of $75,000 to even sit at the table.

I am team nobody, they both should have known better when it didn't work out in 2002. I think people wanted to buy into the fantasy but unfortunately it is usually true that you can't go back again. But unfortunately r90 is correct in that it seems Ben played it the best to get public sympathy.

I laughed when they announced a 2nd marriage-still laughing-LOL

I laughed when they announced the first time!

I didn't know he parked his car in fron of the BH Hotel to walk his dog. Now it makes sense that she would exploit the rship.

Unflattering Goat-Rabbit Face Vs tits out.

Her PR flacks must be calling every trash mag in town.

What are the spoils of war they're fighting over?

Just the PR one? Ok, I get that. That's show business. Image rules.

But still, they don't have shared children. They don't have shared money. They don't have shared real property.

She should’ve stuck with that gay ass Casper.

But is Casper an Oscar winner? He's a nobody on the Tinseltown food chain!

Ben has mood swings and they have gotten worse as he gets older. He can go "very dark" according to what I have been reading and JLo thought she could help him, control them, etc. and it was impossible. The guy is mentally ill. He needs to be in treatment, therapy, medications, etc. In t he past Matt Damon has always distanced himself from the drama in Ben's love life. But recently he has been right there, trying to be supportive. IMO Ben has really derailed and they're worried about him hurting himself. That's my thinking.

It must be a contractual thing in her relationships that it’s never her fault when they end so she can just continue on being that gal “unlucky in love” instead of the raving bitch she probably is. Even Halle took the L every once in a while.

Is she completing with Trump for how many lies she can tell?

They are both desperate attention whores.

[quote] Ben has mood swings and they have gotten worse as he gets older. He can go "very dark" according to what I have been reading and JLo thought she could help him, control them, etc. and it was impossible.

If I understand it correctly, I always thought to be "a professional" in show biz was to practice being, while "on-duty", at a show-business event, on your best behavior, no matter how you may not feel like it inside or whether you're Will Smith.

I surmise that now, show-business professionalism as it was practiced years ago is now considered corny (heck, the word "corny" is corny) and outdated, a thing of the past.

But still, the reason I quoted r100 is because it may explain why Ben Affleck, to my surprise, had such a dour pouty-face at one of the awards shows (Golden Globes? Grammys?) he attended with JLO.

It was very apparent she knew his behavior was being noted. You could just tell. And, say what you will about JLO, I don't think it could fairly be said of her that when it's show time, she isn't all business.

I was surprised at Affleck's behavior, and I think it was a jerk move, one consistent with when he pressured Henry Louis Gates to edit out of that stupid ancestry show that his some of his ancestors were slaveholders.

I would prefer to have a better view of Affleck.

I'm a fan of his understated performance as George Reeves in the underrated "Hollywoodland".

But it's becoming more apparent every day that the guy has issues AND he's an asshole.

I will donate my PR expertise to Mr. Affleck with this patented, unwaivering retort suitable for so many requests for official comment:

"Contacted through his media representative, Mr. Affleck is said to have responded, 'Whatever, sad bitch!'"

No matter what kind of press releases JLow puts out, Ben has made sure to play Sad Ben to the hilt for months. Now that she filed for divorce, he's playing Happy Ben. If she goes after him in court, she'll be shut out of Hollywood like Angelina. She can't win. She's fucked.

For an alcoholic with emotional problems, he sure is cunning.

R41 wins the thread today!

[quote] R41 wins the thread today!

Although his response is from Sunday.

Look. Ben was married for a long time to Jennifer Garner. Because she "tried." She put up with him, and prayed, and went to therapy with him and even let him live in a property on their estate while he was in rehab after they broke up. She was the buffer that allowed him to have any kind of relationship with his kids, and she kept a lot of his shit vquiet so he could get financing for his movies and projects. He gambled, he drank, he cheated. I'm no JLo fan. I'm sure she has her support group of family and friends too, but Ben Affleck is shit when it comes to relationships. And to her credit JLo is no enabler.

She should be rejoicing over this.

Had they stayed together, it would have turned into a sexless marriage, with her doing all of the heavy lifting while sharing her bed with a man who wants a mother more than he wants to grow the fuck up.

Is there any truth to her paying for almost everything during this run? Why? Why would she want this type of dynamic? Sooner or later he would have hit the bottle again, & would have wiped her bank accounts clean with unpaid gambling debts.

She wants a child instead of a man?

WHY???

Biggest turn off EVER.

She probably has more money than him. Why would she go after him in court. It would make her look terrible.

It was interesting that the stripper wasn't impressed with his performance of oral sex, just that it was carried out by a celebrity.

R109 that's all true, however, JLo didn't have kids with him. That changes the whole dynamic. It's easier to walk away. Jen G. might have tried to work it out for the sake of the children, or at least propped Ben's drunken ass up so the kids didn't have to see their father circling the drain.

Can you fucking imagine the nightmare if JLow had kids with Ben? He seems like the type who feels trapped by the white picket fence life. He might as well stick to hookers, starlets, and everything else he can stick his dick in.

[quote] everything else he can stick his dick in

Matt?

Matt, Tom Brady, etc..

[quote] was surprised at Affleck's behavior, and I think it was a jerk move, one consistent with when he pressured Henry Louis Gates to edit out of that stupid ancestry show that his some of his ancestors were slaveholders

It was that move that made me dislike Ben. FFS just own it! You had an ancestor that owned slaves. Anderson Cooper didn’t flinch when he found out about his slave owning ancestors. Ben was more worried about how it would affect his brand than anything else.

Yup, r116.

And that same segment showed Affleck's mother marching for civil rights in the 1960s!

He could've seized that moment to say how wonderful it is that his family came full circle, or words to that effect. But no, he was too pre-occupied with dishonesty and a cover-up,

So, add perpetrating entertainment malpractice to the rest of it.

Well I have a new take on this. She cites April as the month of their separation. Then she quit her tour and then was very publicly photographed with his kids. They have no prenup. Any money earned while they were married has to be divided, right? Maybe much of her behavior since April has been to paint him as the reason the marriage failed--to get more money out of the divorce? I have no idea if that is possible, but it would be a way for her to somehow get back at him. Which I guess I wouldn't put past her.

I’d love to throat punch them both.

Who cares- about anything to do with either one.

Are those their wax replicas?!

I’m glad I’m not alone. I don’t give a shit about either of these overpaid assholes. We did get pics and clips of Affleck’s dick so I don’t care if either drop dead or maybe murder/suicide-whatever.

She should just be like Cher or Madonna, dating boy toys. Ben needs to be like Leo DiCaprio, dating young models. They both suck at marriage.

She should buy an island somewhere and leave us alone.