Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were once the power couple of Hollywood, but their relationship ended in 2004. After nearly 20 years apart, they reunited and got married in 2022. Despite their reunion, recent rumours suggest that the couple might be soon getting a divorce. Amid this drama, Ben’s close friend and fellow actor Matt Damon recently shared his thoughts on the intense media attention the Justice League star faces. While appearing on the Radio Times Podcast, he considers himself lucky that his own private life with his wife, Luciana Barroso, hasn’t attracted much media interest. According to Matt, the media considers his marriage as ‘boring’ and he views this as a blessing in disguise compared to Ben.
The actor said, “All of the magazine culture that was so huge, 25 years ago, kind of ignored me because, it wasn’t that exciting as a story. The guy who’s married, so boring. They sent, I’m sure some photographers, 27 years ago, I was sitting on my house. If I’m going out and I’m with my wife like there’s nothing there, what would sell those things, like scandal and s**, all that stuff that people would read.”
“I’ve been really lucky in that way. If like something happens they come and they get a little updated shot and other than that I’ve been really lucky, especially when I look at Casey’s brother, Ben. I can’t imagine living under that kind of scrutiny. It’s been like that for 25 years and we’ve had parallel careers in a lot of way. So I’m fortunate to have been excused from that part,” Matt Damon added.
Following his split with Jennifer Lopez in 2004, Ben Affleck married actress Jennifer Garner in 2005, with whom, the actor shares three children, Violet Anne, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth and Samuel Garner. However, the two got separated in 2018. Meanwhile, Matt has been married to Luciana Barroso for 19 years and share three daughters together, Isabella, Gia and Stella.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon won the Oscar for writing and co-starring in their 1997 movie Good Will Hunting. Interestingly, the two might reportedly reunite with Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant in an upcoming drama based on Hulk Hogan’s court battle with Gawker Media. Currently, Matt is busy promoting his new film The Instigators, where he stars alongside Ben’s brother Casey Affleck.
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