Ben Affleck Reportedly Introduced a ‘False Narrative’ within the Jennifer Lopez Documentary

There could also be an entire lot extra to Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s divorce than followers beforehand thought.

Whereas many consider Affleck’s non-public nature led to the couple’s marital woes, a brand new report paints a unique image. In keeping with a number of sources, Affleck’s was the “driving power” behind The Best Love Story By no means Advised, the documentary launched alongside Lopez’s album and movie venture, This Is Me…Now: A Love Story.

“The documentary was Ben’s thought for his firm, Artists Fairness,” one source instructed Individuals. “Jennifer’s staff didn’t wish to do it since she was centered on the album and Amazon unique video venture.”

That may most likely come as a shock to anybody who noticed the documentary, which touches on Bennifer’s opposing views on fame. “I had a really agency sense of boundaries initially, across the press, whereas Jen, I do not assume objected to it in the way in which I did. I did very a lot object to it,” Affleck revealed within the doc. “Getting again collectively, I stated, ‘Hear, one of many issues I don’t need is a relationship on social media. Then I type of realized it’s not a good factor to ask. It’s type of like, you’re gonna marry a ship captain and also you go, ‘Properly, I don’t just like the water.’”

Lopez appeared to notice Affleck’s discomfort within the documentary as properly. “I do not assume he is very comfy with me doing all of this,” she stated on the time. “However he loves me, he is aware of I am an artist and he will assist me in each means he can as a result of he is aware of he cannot cease me from making the music I made and writing the phrases that I wrote. That is going to occur and he does not wish to cease me.”

She continued, “He desires to do this [for me], however that does not imply he is comfy being the muse.”

One other source instructed Individuals that Affleck “insisted” on the documentary and was extremely concerned within the enhancing course of. “He was the one who had management, just about,” the source stated, claiming Affleck’s hesitancy to be included within the movie “was a false narrative.”

“He liked the film and album, however whenever you have a look at the doc, it appears to be like like he is shocked by it and never signing up for it,” the source stated. “He was taking part in the position of taking part in the common man and in the meantime, he was the engine in again of it.”

They continued, “He positively took it away from the director so he might have the narrative he needed on the market.”

Curiously, this report got here out a day after a source instructed Individuals that Ben Affleck’s “erratic temper swings” impacted Lopez’s determination to file for divorce. “They have been attempting to work by way of it, however when the temper swings and the massive highs and massive lows knowledgeable a toxicity that was pervasive, nobody may also help you — it’s important to assist your self,” the source stated. “The world was rooting for them, however who he stated he was and who he turned out to be have been two completely different individuals.”