Jennifer Lopez Identify-Drops Ben Affleck on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Reside’

Jennifer Lopez briefly talked about Ben Affleck on Jimmy Kimmel Reside! amid hypothesis that there’s pressure of their marriage.

Throughout an look on the late-night discuss present on Monday, Might 20, the Atlas actress, 54, shared a narrative with host Jimmy Kimmel of being in awe when assembly Barbra Streisand for the primary time.

She briefly name-dropped Affleck, and informed Kimmel that Streisand commented on her engagement ring “on the time, that Ben had given me years in the past.” Lopez and Affleck had been beforehand engaged in 2004 and known as it quits forward of their wedding ceremony.

She recalled Streisand’s comment concerning the ring: “’In order that’s an enormous diamond.’”

Agreeing, Lopez mentioned, “And I’m like, ‘Sure it’s.'”

Later, Kimmel requested Lopez if her children could be becoming a member of her on her upcoming This Is Me… Now the Tour. The multi-hyphenate, who shares 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony, mentioned that watching her carry out is “awkward” for her youngsters as a result of they see her at residence with out the glam, as an alternative of the “attractive” issues she does on stage.

Kimmel requested, “You don’t do attractive issues at residence?”

“I do do attractive issues at residence typically however they don’t find out about that,” Lopez replied.

Lopez’s feedback come after days of reviews indicating pressure in her marriage to Affleck, 51, her husband of practically two years.

Quickly after they had been seen collectively in public on Might 16 for the primary time since March 30, the “Jenny from the Block” singer “appreciated” social media content material about unhealthy relationships. On Might 19, the 2 had been noticed collectively carrying their wedding ceremony rings.

Lopez filmed the film Kiss of the Spiderwoman and hung out in New York in April and Might selling her new Netflix film Atlas and on the 2024 Met Gala, which she appeared at and not using a date. Affleck, in the meantime, remained on the West Coast to movie The Accountant 2 and in addition not too long ago appeared solo at Netflix’s stay Might 5 Roast of Tom Brady.

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Lopez and Affleck don’t share any youngsters and have a blended household from previous marriages. Affleck, who was beforehand married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 to 2018, shares three youngsters along with her: Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12.