Yahoo News Source Claims Ben Affleck Faked Role as “Surprised” “Regular Guy” in J.Lo Doc, Had Full Control of Project
Remember when Jennifer Lopez released an album called This Is Me...Now all about Ben Affleck and then she released a full-blown movie also called This Is Me...Now: A Love Story ALSO all about Ben Affleck, and then she released a documentary called The Greatest Love Story Never Told ALSO about—and featuring—Ben Affleck?
Well, there’s been recent speculation that Ben did not love their relationship being so exposed and it could have been a contributing factor in their breakup. In fact, a source told the Daily Mail all the way back in March that he was particularly not here for their love letters making it on screen, saying, “Ben would love for the outside world not to know about his love letters, but he is a romantic, and as much as he loved Jennifer, he never got over J.Lo.”
HOWEVER! A source now tells People this is a “false narrative,” saying Ben was heavily involved in the J.Lo doc and had a lot of creative control.
“He was the one who had control, pretty much,” a source says. “[Ben] was very much in favor [of the project], and he was a driving force for [Jen] to do the movie and the album and then he insisted on the documentary, where it looked like he was hesitant and almost surprised by it, but that was a false narrative.”
Another insider adds, “The documentary was Ben’s idea for his company, Artists Equity. Jennifer’s team didn’t want to do it since she was focused on the album and Amazon original video project.”
But wait, there’s more! The source also had this to say, ahem:
“He was very supportive of [J.Lo] making the movie and her album. He knew every step of the way what she was doing. He loved the movie and album, but when you look at the doc, it looks like he’s surprised by it and not signing up for it. He was playing the role of playing the regular guy and meanwhile, he was the engine in back of it. He definitely took it away from the director so he could have the narrative he wanted out there. It’s confusing [because] he was so involved and so proud of Jennifer because she really got in there…but in the doc, it looks like he was surprised. ‘You’re making an album about our [relationship]?’”
Oh, and despite speculation that Ben wasn’t happy in the spotlight, the insider says, “He not only supported that life, he encouraged it. It was almost like he’s justifying it. The need for the documentary was his idea.”
Ooookay then!
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