Overview
- Lopez told the SmartLess podcast that her 2025 divorce from Ben Affleck was a turning point that forced her to look inward and ‘figure yourself out.’
- She said the process included stepping back from work plans, describing a period when she canceled a tour to focus on self-examination.
- Lopez has made clear she is protecting her emotional state and is not rushing into new relationships, a stance she reiterated on television and in interviews.
- Despite the divorce, the pair have remained friendly and have continued occasional professional collaboration, with reports that Affleck advocated for her casting in Kiss of the Spider-Woman.
- Their relationship traces back to an early-2000s engagement, a 2022 reconciliation and marriage that lasted three years, and continued public cordiality after the split.