Jennifer Lopez reveals ‘PTSD’ over Ben Affleck romance — how pals didn’t support their work reunion

nypost.com:

Variety on Wednesday while promoting her new album “This Is Me … Now” and the accompanying short film, which delves into her relationship with Affleck.“But we’re older now,” the “Let’s Get Loud” hitmaker said. “We’re wiser.

We also know what’s important, what’s really important in life, and it’s not so much what other people think. It’s about being true to who you are.” According to Lopez, not everyone was thrilled with her choice to put her relationship with Affleck, 51, in the spotlight for her new project. “As artists, we have to follow our heart and this is me following my heart and doing something that maybe everybody didn’t think was the best idea, but I had to do it,” Lopez told the outlet.

Lopez and Affleck famously first dated in 2002 and became engaged before splitting in 2004.Following the breakup, Affleck went on to marry Jennifer Garner in 2005.

The couple had three children — Violet, 18, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel,11 — before their divorce in 2018. Lopez, for her part, married fellow musician Marc Anthony in 2004, having twins Max and Emme, 15, with him before the couple were divorced in 2014. “Gigli” co-stars Affleck and Lopez reunited nearly two decades later and married in July 2022 in Las Vegas after a three-month engagement.