# Has anyone heard the rumor that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck split up?
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 20, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024 "2002-12-20T15:07:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/1 "2002-12-20T15:07:08Z")
A friend of mine just told me that, and now I’m trying to find a site.
I hope I don’t sound like a huge nerd. I’m not distraught by the rumor. haha Just curious if it is true or not!
🙂 Thanks!
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### Author:  [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/2 "2002-12-20T15:07:40Z")
don’t care
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/3 "2002-12-20T15:10:34Z")
They got nauseous seeing all their pictures in a grocery store line and spit up. Hopefully the other will soon follow.
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### Author:  [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/4 "2002-12-20T15:12:09Z")
really? yes… this is my chance…
jk… who cares…
I do enjoy her new video though… damn…
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### Author:  [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/5 "2002-12-20T15:41:20Z")
_crickets chirping_
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/6 "2002-12-20T15:48:08Z")
Apparently it was Ben and Matt Damon who had the falling out. Matt is supposed to be the best man, but not now. Supposedly, J-Lo is wanting to postpone the Valentine’s Day wedding.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/7 "2002-12-20T15:50:28Z")
After Labor Day she wouldn’t have to wear white.
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/8 "2002-12-20T16:20:23Z")
Shouldn’t there be a J-Lo wedding pool?
I give the marriage (if it ever actually happens) 8 months tops.
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/9 "2002-12-20T17:25:29Z")
Damn [MSNBC.com](http://MSNBC.com)! Yes, yes, Lott is stepping down, great, BUT WHAT ABOUT J. LO, DAMMIT?
–CLIFFY!
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I mean,
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/10 "2002-12-20T18:39:56Z")
Please, please let it be true.
Then he could be mine, all mine… Oops, was that out loud?
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### Author:  [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/11 "2002-12-20T18:59:18Z")
Heard it on a local radio station. Wouldn’t be the shock of all shocks if it turned out to be the case. I don’t care much either way, so I’m not worried about the shock.
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### Author:  [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/12 "2002-12-20T19:11:35Z")
That’s where the friend heard it too, was on the radio.
It’s not that I really CARE about whether they are together, or happy or anything. haha
I just read a lot of entertainment news while I should be working, so I generally READ this sort of thing somewhere before it’s on the radio. I was wondering if it’s that my internet news source is behind, or if it is that the radio report was wrong/a joke.
No biggie! Just curious!
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### Author:  [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/13 "2002-12-21T11:41:48Z")
The story as reported in yesterday’s _London Evening Standard_…
…Damon doesn’t like Lopez, since he heard she’d told Affleck to spend less time with him and more with her. He persuades Affleck that they haven’t been together long enough to really know each other and that the wedding is too soon. Affleck is starting to have doubts himself because he feels Lopez is making a “him or me” ultimatum. Lopez and Affleck argue, he accidentally mentions Damon’s warning, she goes ballistic and asks if he wants to cancel the wedding. Already having second thoughts, he doesn’t hesitate to agree.
Not very interesting, but that’s the story.
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### Author:  [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/14 "2002-12-21T12:02:37Z")
Split up, no, marriage off, yes.
At least according to this site:
> **[The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News](https://news.sky.com/)**
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> Sky News delivers breaking news, headlines and top stories from business, politics, entertainment and more in the UK and worldwide.
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### Author:  [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/15 "2002-12-21T13:00:26Z")
Actually here’s a link to a website that says the story about Matt Damon is a lie:
[http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker/cst-ftr-zp20.html](http://www.suntimes.com/output/zwecker/cst-ftr-zp20.html)
"WHAT A TRIANGLE! The story that Matt Damon is opposed to best pal Ben Affleck marrying Jennifer Lopez is being denied by everyone concerned. A story in the London Sun claimed J. Lo canceled wedding plans after learning Damon was trying to convince his fellow Oscar winner to dump Lopez.
Trust me, folks, this story is a total crock–a tale as tall as the John Hancock Center."
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### Author:  [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/16 "2002-12-21T13:25:23Z")
Thank God for Matt Damon - at last sanity may have crept back to Ben Affleck.
Here’s some made up dialogue for you -
Jen - You’re spending too much time with Matt Damon, it’s either me or him.
Ben - Bitch, he’s not only my best friend but partner. You are so selfish, working with MD - I have an OSCAR. Being with you I only get your ass, and spend way too much money.
Jen - The wedding is off!
Ben - Good, we shouldn’t be getting married anyway, Miss Elizabeth Taylor - marrying everyone in sight.
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/17 "2002-12-21T14:59:47Z")
I think Matt & Ben should get married and be done with it.
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### Author:  [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/18 "2002-12-21T16:08:28Z")
who???
ohh _them_, what now?
oh, pffft…
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### Author:  [@Danimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danimal)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/19 "2002-12-21T17:47:54Z")
This is the lady who (according to what I read on the Internet Movie Database, anyway) wanted Affleck to sign a prenup agreeing to a million dollar fine if he was ever caught cheating. This from Lopez, who cheated in every married relationship she’s ever been involved in.
Affleck, can’t you do better than this woman?
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### Author:  [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2002, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-the-rumor-that-jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-split-up/144024/20 "2002-12-21T17:57:42Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Danimal \*
> \*\*This is the lady who (according to what I read on the Internet Movie Database, anyway) wanted Affleck to sign a prenup agreeing to a million dollar fine if he was ever caught cheating. This from Lopez, who cheated in every married relationship she’s ever been involved in.
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> Affleck, can’t you do better than this woman? \*\*
Out of very idol curiousity, who’d she cheat with when she was with the last guy?
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