In Jennifer Lopez’s trusted inner circle, Ben Affleck has never been the favorite, but they still maintain a relationship, including Benny Medina – who was the Argo star’s biggest critic.
According to several sources, Lopez’s longtime manager expressed disdain for Affleck after the star couple’s failed engagement in the 2000s.
There has been a feud between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s manager Benny Medina. Photo: The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images
“They can’t stand each other. They don’t get along and there’s still bad blood,” a source told Page Six .
Medina played a key role in turning Lopez – who famously began her career as a dancer on the 1990s sketch show In Living Color – into an A-list global superstar. But she split from him in 2003.
Medina remains silent about Bennifer 2.0. Photo: jlo/Instagram
Sources say Ben Affleck himself was a factor in Jennifer Lopez’s decision at the time.
However, Lopez hired Medina again as her manager a few years after she and Affleck called off their engagement in 2004, and the showbiz-savvy Medina has been one of her most trusted confidants ever since.
Benny Medina has been with Jennifer Lopez for the past few weeks. The couple were seen leaving her hotel in New York City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Probe-Media
However, Medina appears to have kept mum about the Bennifer (2.0) couple when they reunited. Another source said that this time around, Medina is “keeping mum” about their romance and budding marriage.
“Medina’s attitude was to say nothing, not say anything good and not make any negative statements,” the source said.
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In Jennifer Lopez’s trusted inner circle, Ben Affleck has never been the favorite, but they still maintain a relationship, including Benny Medina – who was the Argo star’s biggest critic.
According to several sources, Lopez’s longtime manager expressed disdain for Affleck after the star couple’s failed engagement in the 2000s.
There has been a feud between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s manager Benny Medina. Photo: The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images
Medina played a key role in turning Lopez – who famously began her career as a dancer on the 1990s sketch show In Living Color – into an A-list global superstar. But she split from him in 2003.
Medina remains silent about Bennifer 2.0. Photo: jlo/Instagram
Sources say Ben Affleck himself was a factor in Jennifer Lopez’s decision at the time.
However, Lopez hired Medina again as her manager a few years after she and Affleck called off their engagement in 2004, and the showbiz-savvy Medina has been one of her most trusted confidants ever since.
Benny Medina has been with Jennifer Lopez for the past few weeks. The couple were seen leaving her hotel in New York City on July 26, 2024. Photo: Probe-Media
However, Medina appears to have kept mum about the Bennifer (2.0) couple when they reunited. Another source said that this time around, Medina is “keeping mum” about their romance and budding marriage.
“Medina’s attitude was to say nothing, not say anything good and not make any negative statements,” the source said.
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However, Bennifer 2.0 has strained Lopez’s friendship with longtime best friend Leah Remini – whom she met through her ex-husband Marc Anthony.
Leah Remini and J.Lo (pictured with Medina) rekindled their friendship this year. Photo: Marion Curtis / StarPix / STX Films
A source previously told us that Remini encouraged Lopez to think about why they broke up in the first place before she got back together with the Gone Girl star .
“Because Afleck is very selfish and not fully committed as a partner.
“Because she wanted to be with Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez was so crazy that she cut off all relationships” – the source declared, adding that Lopez did not even invite Remini to the wedding.
Lopez felt humiliated by the breakup, sources said. Photo: Jen Lowery / SplashNews.com
But Lopez and Remini rekindled their friendship this year, and Remini offered words of support amid reports of marital troubles between Lopez and Affleck.
“No one, except Lopez’s mother, likes Ben Affleck. He’s really bad,” another source said.
Affleck and Lopez have only been married for two years.
Recent reports have revealed that star Ben Affleck delayed filing for divorce from Lopez to avoid further embarrassment, but it was too late.
“Lopez is furious. Ben embarrassed her. The actor was the one who initiated the process of getting them back together,” a source said.
