Ben Affleck made a rare comment about the “respect” he has for his second ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez.
The “Gone Girl” actor — who was a producer on Lopez’s movie “Kiss of the Spider Woman” — was asked by Variety why she gets “overlooked” in Hollywood.
“I’m biased. I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for what she can do,” Affleck, 54, said on the Wednesday interview.
“What I’ve found with awards is that sometimes the degree of commercial success for things doesn’t always correlate to my taste,” he added.
“It’s a part of this weird, subjective business that people bring a lot of their own stuff to.”
The “Good Will Hunting” star said he doesn’t “always think the right person” wins “the right award.”
“But guess what? I don’t think you die and go to heaven and God says, ‘This was the actual best picture in 1986,’” he shared.
“At the end of the day, it’s just a bunch of people voting on movie prizes,” Affleck added.
Elsewhere in the interview with Variety, the two-time Oscar winner spoke about Lopez, his first ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, and how stars are now expected to be brands.
“Artists should be making money. You see it massively in the music business. People — either tacitly or explicitly — are expected to make money elsewhere,” he said.
“Now you’ve got your social media identity. You work to develop that. I’ve seen both Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner do amazing jobs cultivating and accruing value in those spaces,” Affleck added.
“Don’t think that’s not real work. I couldn’t do it. What am I going to do, unbox something?”
Lopez, 57, filed for divorce from Affleck in August 2024 after two years of marriage.
The “Gigli” co-stars settled their divorce in January 2025.
Despite their split, Affleck and the pop star have remained cordial and have reunited several times publicly.
