But, regrettably, it was not to be. Early in 2024, there were whispers that Affleck and J-Lo’s marriage was in trouble, with many speculating that it will soon be terminated by one of them.

In August, Lopez filed for divorce, claiming “irreconcilable differences,” with the Los Angeles County Superior Court. By that time, the couple had been living apart for a while, and although their hectic schedules may have contributed to their lack of public appearances together, the writing was clearly there to anyone who chose to look at it on the wall.

Affleck recently spoke down with GQ to finally provide some details about their marital collapse, something neither party has discussed extensively.

“Well, on the one hand there’s the first feeling, which is like, well, I hope I was clear about, when you asked me about Jen and the documentary and I talked about that and my sort of personal life, which I don’t mind doing as long as my actual feelings and intentions and beliefs are communicated,” the 52-year-old actor wrote in response to a question about the last conversation he and Lopez had.

And I find myself wanting to investigate or divine the kinds of viewpoint gaps that exist between us regarding how someone feels at ease drawing the boundary between their private and public lives.

However, I sincerely hope that anything you use doesn’t imply that I’m judgmental, negative, or anything else related to that. All I have is respect.

“I suppose there’s a tendency to look at breakups and want to identify root causes or something,” Affleck continued. However, as I mentioned before, the fact is far more commonplace than most people would think or find fascinating.

Affleck acknowledged later in the interview that the entire experience had been “embarrassing.”

Indeed, there isn’t any intrigue, controversy, or soap opera. In actuality, there is no such thing as “This is what happened” when you ask someone, “Hey, what happened?” he stated.

It’s merely a tale of people attempting to navigate their relationships and lives in ways that are somewhat common to all of us. There is no “So-and-so did this” or “This was the big event” as you get older. This is true for me, and I suppose it is true for most people.

“It actually sounds more like a couple’s therapy session, and after a while, you would stop paying attention to someone else’s couple’s therapy.”

“For one thing, you start thinking, ‘Okay, obviously this person has these issues,’” before continuing. They obviously have these problems, which is why I don’t want to discuss them because it’s kind of embarrassing. It seems exposed.

Lopez, meantime, compared the disintegration of her marriage to a home that is exploding and burning in an interview conducted in October 2024.

“You’re standing in the debris after your entire house blows up, thinking, ‘How do I never let that happen again?’” The vocalist stated,

You then begin to look at it piecemeal, saying things like, ‘Okay, I did this, this was my part in it, this was what I should have recognized early on, this is what I didn’t look at.’ The teachings are actually found in such things.