Ben Affleck’s confession that would confirm one of the alleged reasons for his breakup with JLo

Jennifer López reportedly started divorce proceedings on August 20, according to TMZ. Since the actress and Ben Affleck have not made statements on the matter, the couple is surrounded by a number of rumors and speculations about the reasons for the split.

One of the alleged reasons being floated in the media is that both have different ways of living. While in JLo likes to be a public figure, the actor prefers not to be the center of attention.

This theory could have been confirmed by Affleck a few years ago when he expressed his opinion about the rumor and confessed that He doesn’t like being a celebrity.

Ben Affleck doesn’t want to be the center of attention

On November 30, 2022, the director attended a conference as part of the New York Times DealBook Summit at Lincoln Center in New York. There he told journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin his place in fameexcerpt of the interview circulating again on the networks.

” I’m not cut out to be famous, I don’t like ityou can keep it. “I don’t get any benefit out of it other than getting out of fines and making restaurant reservations and not standing in line at Disneyland,” he explained.

“A lot of artists want it with all their might because nobody wants to play to an empty room, they want to have that attention,” he added at the conference.

For Ben, the important thing is not to have the attention of the public because he is a celebrity, but to be able to see his artistic work.

“I’m someone who wants to express something deep to people and have them respond to it. And the celebrity herself, Attention itself is of no value to me.“.

He even confessed that it is difficult for him to socialize.

” I’m shy, I don’t want to tell people thingsI’ve been criticized so much in my life, misunderstood, and labeled in a way that makes me uncomfortable… I want to do my job, but not what being a celebrity entails“, he stated.