Ben Affleck kept Jennifer Lopez's love letters while married to Jennifer Garner, documentary reveals
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Jennifer Lopez revealed in her new documentary 'The Greatest Love Story Never Told' that her husband, Ben Affleck, had saved their written communications from the time they dated in the early 2000s.
The 'Maid in Manhattan' star and Affleck even got engaged in 2002. However, they soon postponed their 2003 wedding before calling it off altogether.
After breaking up, Lopez went ahead to marry musician Marc Anthony, while Affleck tied the knot with Jennifer Garner in 2005, and they welcomed three children - Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 11.
Affleck and Garner separated in 2018 after 13 years of marriage.
In the new documentary, Lopez shared that after reconnecting their romance in 2021, Affleck gave him a book containing all the letters and emails they had exchanged during their initial courting period.
This means the actors had the communications stacked somewhere while he was married to Garner.
Jennifer Lopez opens up about the Christmas gift Ben Affleck gave her after they rekindled their romance
In a portion of the documentary that chronicles the love story of Affleck and Lopez, the 'Can’t Get Enough' shared, "This book is a book Ben gave me on our first Christmas back together. It is every letter and every email that we wrote to each other from 20 years ago and today," as per OK! Magazine.
One of the notes read, "The Greatest Love Story Never Told by Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 2001-2010…and counting…"
The documentary chronicling the couple's second chance romance also highlights how Lopez took the said love letters to songwriters and musicians to create her latest album, 'This Is Me… Now'.
Ben Affleck says it was an 'adjustment' to share things with the audience
The documentary also sheds light on Affleck’s reaction to the love letters getting used for the album. He said, "I was like, 'You’ve been showing all the musicians all these letters?' And they were like, 'Yeah, we call you Pen Affleck.' And I was like, 'Oh my God.'"
Talking about Lopez getting inspired by her personal life to create art, the 'Gone Girl' actor noted, "Jen was really inspired by this experience, which is how artists do their work."
He continued, "They get inspired by their personal life, it moves you. I know as a writer and director I certainly do the same things."
However, he admitted that sharing his personal matter with the audience was somewhat of an adjustment for him, revealing, "Things that are private I always felt are sacred and special because, in part, they’re private. So this was something of an adjustment for me."
