Many of Jennifer Lopez’s friends and managers reportedly dislike Ben Affleck, calling the actor a selfish jerk.

According to Page Six, Ben Affleck has never been well-liked by those close to Jennifer Lopez and is even more disliked after this second split. J.Lo’s longtime manager, Benny Medina, is said to be the one who has the most trouble with Ben.

“They can’t stand each other. They don’t get along and there’s still a lot of bad blood,” a source said of Benny’s relationship with Ben.

Jennifer Lopez with Ben Affleck and manager Benny Medina (right). Photo: The Hollywood Reporter

Benny was instrumental in transforming J.Lo from a dancer to a global superstar in the late 1990s and also witnessed her relationship with Ben in the early 2000s. The singer stopped working with Benny in 2003. Sources say Ben Affleck was a factor in J.Lo’s decision. After J.Lo and Ben called off their engagement in 2004, the singer hired Benny as her manager. Since then, he has become one of her most trusted confidants.

However, when J.Lo reunited with Ben in 2021, Benny kept quiet. “His attitude was to say nothing. No congratulations but no objections either. He knows J.Lo and knows she will marry Ben no matter what, so what’s the point of having an opinion?”, the source said.

In recent months, when J.Lo was rumored to be divorcing Ben, Benny Medina was often seen with Jennifer Lopez, going to the gym and shopping with her on the East Coast of the US.

Benny and J.Lo leaving the gym in New York in July. Photo: Backgrid

J.Lo’s other close friend, Leah Remini, is also said to have a bad impression of Ben. The source said Leah, who has been close to the singer since her time with Marc Anthony, advised J.Lo to think carefully before marrying the Batman actor and reflect on the reasons for their breakup in the past.

“Leah believes Ben is selfish and not fully committed as a partner. J.Lo was angry and cut ties with Leah Remini,” the source said, revealing that J.Lo did not invite her friend to the wedding in August 2022.

According to the insider, the On the Floor singer reconciled with Leah earlier this year amid marital problems with Ben.

Benny Medina, Leah Remini and Jennifer Lopez (from left). Photo: StarPix

A second source confirmed: “No one, except Jennifer Lopez’s mother, likes Ben Affleck. He’s a class A asshole.”

According to Page Six, Jennifer Lopez herself is said to be angry at the way Ben has treated her in the past. “He humiliated her. Ben was the one who initiated the relationship with her,” the source said about Ben’s breakup with J.Lo.

Meanwhile, an unnamed friend said that regret over the breakup of their young love has motivated J.Lo and Ben to reunite and marry despite their different personalities. The friend said that both Affleck and Lopez are immersed in nostalgia, the idea of ​​realizing a dream from two decades ago. “They have written a new chapter in a story that began more than 20 years ago. They have seen it all through to the end and now know for sure that they cannot go the long way together. There are no unanswered questions. They have seen everything there is to see and it is over,” the friend said.

However, the friend commented that this was “the most complicated and expensive exercise ever”.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck had a lavish three-day wedding in August 2022.

In May, a source close to Affleck revealed: “If there was a way to get a divorce on grounds of temporary insanity, he would do it. He feels like the last two years have been a blur.”

The couple are selling their $60 million Beverly Hills mansion just a year after buying it. Ben Affleck just bought his own $20 million home in Brentwood, near his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and their three children. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez has been looking at a few houses since returning to Los Angeles after more than a month of vacationing in The Hamptons. “Ben has found a new house, J.Lo is close to choosing a house. It’s done and they have no interest, desire or reason to go back,” the friend said.