Ben Affleck on the 'Ben-Jen Hype'
One couple going strong, personally and professionally, is Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Now, Ben opens up to Vanity Fair magazine about the media fascination and how the public misunderstands J. Lo.
With Daredevil about to hit theaters and the frenzy surrounding his engagement to Jennifer Lopez still red-hot, Ben was a natural choice for Vanity Fair's March cover story. Writer Leslie Bennetts learned that Affleck doesn't believe all the "Ben-Jen hype."
"He thinks it's just crazy. He said, 'I don't understand it. There's war looming in the Middle East and we're in the middle of this terrible recession in America. The fact that I'm romantically linked to someone -- that should be a page 20 item?'" Leslie told Access.
In what would be his final shoot, late photographer Herb Ritts supplied the pictures for the article in which Affleck explains that he thinks his fiancee's red-hot image is totally overblown.
"She's characterized as oversexed. I mean, the woman's had five boyfriends in her whole life. She's a deeply misunderstood woman in my opinion," says Affleck.
As far as how he fell for Lopez on the set of their upcoming film Gigli, Affleck swears that he had no plan to make a move on the then-married star but "it changed when she told me she was getting separated. At that point it became a possibility; doors were opened."
Ben also gladly sets things straight on the many rumors surrounding his life. For the record: he does not wear a hairpiece, he did not get his chin done, he and Jen are not getting married in February and he never spent over a million dollars on ex-CIA and FBI bodyguards for Jen. Apparently, the public just has to live with the stories.
"He knows what they're up against, but he just figures 'What can I do but live my life? This is the person I want to be with.' The rest of it is not his problem," said Leslie.
The issue of Vanity Fair hits newsstands on Feb. 11.
