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Ben Affleck, 54, commented on his second ex-wife Jennifer Lopez during a Variety interview, expressing significant respect for her abilities in the entertainment industry and noting her “overlooked” status in Hollywood. He also discussed how commercial success does not always align with artistic merit and mentioned that both Jennifer Lopez and his first wife Jennifer Garner effectively manage their public identities to generate additional income through social media platforms.
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Ben Affleck, 54, made a rare comment about his second ex-wife Jennifer Lopez during an interview with Variety. Affleck expressed that he has "an enormous amount of respect" for Lopez's work in Hollywood. When asked why she often gets overlooked by awards committees despite her talent, Affleck noted the subjective nature of voting on film prizes and acknowledged that commercial success doesn't always align with his personal taste. He also discussed how modern celebrities are increasingly expected to be brands rather than just entertainers, touching briefly on his relationship with Jennifer Garner, another ex-wife.
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Ben Affleck made a rare comment about the “respect” he has for his second ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez.
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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.
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she → ask → Hollywood
“I’m biased.
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I → ’m → ?
I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for what she can do,” Affleck, 54, said on the Wednesday interview.
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Affleck → have → 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.
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he → find → taste
“It’s a part of this weird, subjective business that people bring a lot of their own stuff to.”
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people → ’ → stuff
The “Good Will Hunting” star said he doesn’t “always think the right person” wins “the right award.”
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person → say → award
I don’t think you die and go to heaven and God says, ‘This was the actual best picture in 1986,'” he shared.
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“At the end of the day, it’s just a bunch of people voting on movie prizes,” Affleck added.
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Affleck → ’ → prizes
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.
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“Artists should be making money.
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You see it massively in the music business.
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People — either tacitly or explicitly — are expected to make money elsewhere,” he said.
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“Now you’ve got your social media identity.
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You work to develop that.
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I’ve seen both Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner do amazing jobs cultivating and accruing value in those spaces,” Affleck added.
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“Don’t think that’s not real work.
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I couldn’t do it.
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What am I going to do, unbox something?”
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