Jane Fonda voiced doubts about Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck’s marriage prior to split: ‘You’re trying to prove something’
Jane Fonda saw Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s split coming.
The “protective” 86-year-old shared her “concerns” about the romance in Lopez’s “The Greatest Love Story Never Told” documentary in 2022.
Fonda began by clarifying she “really, really, really want[ed]” the rekindled relationship to “work” and was “invested” in its success.
Jane Fonda voiced a “concern” about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s romance in 2022. Getty Images
She spoke to her “Monster-in-Law” co-star in the “Greatest Love Story Never Told” documentary. ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection
However, she noted, “It feels too much like you’re trying to prove something instead of just living it. You know, every other photograph is the two of you kissing and the two of you hugging.”
Lopez, who co-starred in “Monster-in-Law” with Fonda in 2005, replied, “That’s just us living our life.”
The Grammy nominee, 55, called her friend “very protective” and worried about Lopez “putting [her]self out there to get beat up again.”
She worried the on-again, off-again couple were “trying to prove something.” WireImage for Fox Television Network
Fonda admitted to being “real scared” about their relationship. WireImage
Fonda added that she got “real scared” when she saw headlines about Affleck, 52, looking “unhappy.”
Lopez laughed this worry off as well, joking about how her husband was the Internet’s “symbol of the beleaguered man.”
Fonda subsequently took her concerns to Lopez’s manager, Benny Medina — who reportedly has “bad blood” with Affleck and “can’t stand” him.
She didn’t want Lopez to get “beat up again.” ©New Line Cinema/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection
Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck on Tuesday. Getty Images for The Recording Academy
At the time, Fonda explained the importance of keeping love “sacrosanct” instead of “overly flaunting” it to the public.
The Golden Globe winner wasn’t the only one to express doubts, with Affleck doing the same while reflecting on his and Lopez’s first engagement from 2002 to 2004.
The actor admitted they were “trying to learn to compromise” on “boundaries … around the press.”
The couple wed in Georgia on that same day two years prior. Variety via Getty Images
They were initially engaged from 2002 to 2004. Getty Images
Lopez filed for divorce from her “Jersey Girl” co-star on Tuesday, the same day she married Affleck in Georgia two years prior.
The breakup was a long time coming, with Lopez listing their date of separation as April 26 — and Page Six confirming in July that they had been over for “months.”
A source recently told us that Lopez feels “furious” and “humiliated” as Affleck “was the one who initiated getting back together” in 2021.
