Jennifer Lopez’s documentary, “The Biggest Love Story By no means Instructed,” which closely centered on her reignited romance together with her fourth ex-husband, Ben Affleck, in all probability ought to’ve been left on the slicing room flooring. Meant to spotlight their multi-decade love story, the, um, self-indulgent mission virtually appeared doomed from the beginning — partly due to the variations between Lopez and Affleck, who’ve considerably totally different tolerances of fame and a spotlight (and who divorced the identical yr of its launch).

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Whereas talking with GQ author Zach Baron about his and Lopez’s opposing reactions to the documentary — her pleasure and his hesitation — Affleck revealed, in so many phrases, that he participated just for her. “My temperament is to be a bit of bit extra reserved and personal than hers,” he mentioned. “As occurs in relationships, you do not all the time have the identical perspective in the direction of these items.” He continued, “And so I assumed, Oh, that is fascinating as a result of how do you reconcile that? As a result of precisely what you mentioned is true. I like and assist this particular person. I consider in them. They’re nice. I need folks to see that.”

Sadly, followers seen way more than Lopez’s greatness. As an alternative, they predicted that Affleck and Lopez’s love story was within the final chapter. “My [money] is that they break up up because it’s airing,” commented one fan on Reddit. In the meantime, a second wrote, “When the film flops she may have an excuse for the divorce.” On condition that neither has opened up in regards to the particular reason behind their divorce, it might be unfair to pin it on the scrutiny connected to the documentary. However one factor is obvious — they each had doubts about it.

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Jennifer Lopez was extra excited than Ben Affleck about “The Biggest Love Story By no means Instructed,” but it surely was in the course of the documentary that she expressed doubt about one other Bennifer-inspired mission: “This Is Me Now … The Musical,” which included references to their romance. In a single scene, Lopez even sought encouragement from him in regards to the high quality of the musical. “I had good intentions with this, I simply do not wish to suck,” she mentioned (by way of Individuals). “It is gonna f**king suck a f**king di*okay.” Thankfully, Affleck met her fear with a unique perspective, replying, “That is flawed. That is simply inexperience, that you have not executed this course of earlier than.” Oh, why could not they’ve labored issues out?

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Sadly, for a lot of viewers, the initiatives had been removed from residence runs, usually conjuring up mocking throughout social media — particularly TikTok, the place they had been the subject of dialogue for weeks. Lopez, in fact, had extra essential points to cope with than dangerous evaluations — just like the crumbling of her and Affleck’s marriage. Nonetheless, the widespread criticism of the mission was not misplaced on her. “With This Is Me … Now and the mission that you just talked about earlier, I felt like, whoa, I obtained right here. I am good, ” she mentioned about “The Biggest Love Story By no means Instructed” throughout a dialog with Nikki Glaser for Interview. “I did all of the work and take a look at the place I’m, after which it was like my complete f**king world exploded,” she added.

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