Ben Affleck had a major ask of Jennifer Lopez before getting back together with the superstar — keeping their relationship off social media … a demand he didn’t win.
The actor shared his privacy demand in his wife’s new Amazon Prime documentary — “The Greatest Love Story Never Told” … which puts their whole relationship under a microscope — which is why his confession is ironic. Ben initially wanted J Lo to keep their rekindled romance under wraps.
He explains, “Getting back together, I said, ‘Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media.'” However, he then realized he wasn’t being fair — noting Jen heavily uses social media and has hundreds of millions followers.
Once he considered this, Ben says he caved — adding … “It’s sort of like, you’re gonna marry a boat captain and you go, ‘Well, I don’t like the water.'” BA finished by saying … “We’re just two people with different kinds of approaches trying to learn to compromise.”
Of course … Bennifer first got together in 2002 — but called things off for good by 2004 … or, so we thought at the time. They got back together almost 20 years later and started again.
TMZ broke the story … the former flames rekindled their love story in 2021 — getting married that next year in a lavish ceremony in Georgia. Since then, they’ve been inseparable.
While Ben says he’s relented on the no-social-media stance — it appears Jenny has at least somewhat respected his original wishes … as he only pops up occasionally on her social media accounts.
In fact … Jennifer confirmed in her doc that her husband isn’t really a fan of the spotlight — but called him her muse for her ninth studio album, “This Is Me…Now.” So, he was front and center for this project — whether he liked it or not, and he seems to be cool with it.
Ben may’ve been a reluctant participant … but he certainly assisted in bringing to life the final product — as it was his idea to capture every single behind-the-scenes moment.
He might not like all the attention … but everyone sure loves him, FWIW.
