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Ben Affleck Regrets Jennifer Lopez Engagement

And the nightmare that was Bennifer...

Wednesday 15th Nov 2006

Actor Ben Affleck has revealed that he seriously regrets his high profile engagement to Jennifer Lopez.

The couple were engaged to be married in 2004, but just months before they were due to marry, the whole affair was called off and since then both parties have kept their mouths shut as to why.

Now that Affleck is back in the limelight to promote his new film ?Hollywoodland? he has once again been asked to spill the beans on his relationship with the singer/actress.

According to FemaleFirst, Affleck said recently: "I should never have got engaged and never gone down that route. I thought I wanted certain things, but I didn't. I got lost and felt suffocated, miserable and gross.

"Being in the middle of a tabloid frenzy, it became so intense I had to stop and think, 'What am I doing with my life?' "I had to smile for the cameras, but I was really in turmoil. I was no longer in control of my life and I didn't know which way to turn. I felt like a hamster in a cage. The faster my legs went, the less distance I seemed to travel".

Now, Affleck is happily married to actress Jennifer Garner and they have one child, Violet together.

All turned out all right in the end then?

Reader Comments

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  • Yeah sure, Ben. Crawling into bed with J.Lo night after night after night after night must have been an arduous and unsatisfying experience. You poor, lost soul. Glad you’ve come to your senses.

    by RENEGABE | Send Message Send Message View Profile View User's Comments

     3 years ago

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    • Why even go there, especially if he had nothing nice to say. And I liked Ben. If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all! right? I don’t hear her saying anything about him, maybe we will now. THen, again how can anyone really be over Jen.

      by mary, montebello,ca

       3 years ago

    • your gay

      by jnjjnjnjnjn, india

       2 years, 11 months ago

    • Mary: Where does this crap come from? ...If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all!" What do you think this is first grade? Grow up, or go away. People like you are nauseating. I can’t stand the crap you dish out.

      by cate | Send Message Send Message View Profile View User's Comments

       2 years, 8 months ago

  • I always thought they were totally mismatched! Personally I can’t stand JLo, she is highly overrated and too stuck on herself, talk about a lot of hot air. I’ll bet Ben was miserable, she’s a no talent nobody anyway. The guy she is married to now, suits her much better. Ben made out much better!

    by Marji, CT

     3 years ago

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    • You are a LOOSER!!! Envious that a minority is a multimillioner and you are not! JA JA

      by frida, nyc

       2 years, 8 months ago

  • I can’t stand JLo but I think Ben saying this about her now is really a cheap shot & totally unecessary.

    by STACEY, SEATTLE

     3 years ago

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  • I think she really loved and wanted to marry him and I think he didn’t love her as much. So when he broke it off she went to where she was wanted and that was to Marc Anthony. He loves her they she wishes Ben had loved her.

    by WITHHELD, ca

     3 years ago

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  • Another great tactic Ben for that Oscar prospect. Trivialize your entire past that once meant something to you, so you could look brand new and reformed. Have pictures taken with your baby and pretend that your madly in love with your wife. Way to go, jackass!

    by smartest, LA, CA

     3 years ago

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    • Ben, you sound like a hurt, bitter man. You sound so lame. If you ask me I think Jlo is too good and pretty for you. I think your just mad because her life is so much better than yours. Know your trying to portray this happy family man. Come on, please your not fooling anyone but yourself. A real man does'nt talk so much junk.

      by carmen, jersey city, nj

       2 years ago

    • Ben, you sound like a hurt, bitter man. You sound so lame. If you ask me I think Jlo is too good and pretty for you. I think your just mad because her life is so much better than yours. Know your trying to portray this happy family man. Come on, please your not fooling anyone but yourself. A real man does'nt talk so much junk.

      by carmen, jersey city, nj

       2 years ago

    • I agree, he looks like he is unhappy with his boring wife. cry baby cry..J.LO is not there for you..she left you for this bones..cry

      by Cry Baby Cry, bridgeport, ct

       4 months ago

  • You can’t tell me JLO didnt enjoy the attention she got with Ben.Who was using who I wonder?

    by Miss Kitty, OH

     3 years ago

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  • Thats not very nice to talk about a past relationship, especially if the other can’t speak their mind too. It takes 2. He does sound very bitter though, and I suspect his new wife (rebounder) is now making him pine for the excitment he once enjoyed. He needs new hair plugs also.

    by twinkle toesies, Boston

     3 years ago

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  • He’s so full of s**t. He’s a terrible actor and the Oscar he got he got it piggybacking on Mat Damon. The JLO thing was nothing but publicity for him. He has not made a movie worthwhile in a long time. I would not Spend Christmas with Him.

    by Oscar, Miami Beach, Fl

     3 years ago

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  • What a tool this guy is! Now that he’s in this movie that’s somewhat decent, he’s all full of himself again. Hey Ben, you still suck!!

    by Mijo, Buffalo, NY

     3 years ago

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  • who are you kidding J Lo seems to want to marry everybody.

    by Linda, Houston Tx

     3 years ago

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  • JLO is doing fine without Mr. crying sq. pants besides Marc A. got it going on. Ben isn’t that great of a actor ok he can make a baby....what else can he do....although DD was good. Marc A. can sing.....JLO can sing and dance her acting isn’t that bad

    by rume2, Columbus OH

     3 years ago

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  • Ben sounds like a real loser. Three years since their split: he’s still whining about his ex-fiancee. Is he desperate for approval? Maybe he’s still jonesing for J.Lo, like Diddy. No excuses. A real gentleman never tells. Ask Marc Anthony. Bet Jennifer Lopez is thanking her lucky stars. She got wise & returned to the man who’s always loved her. Lopez is not only happily married to Marc, she’s calmer. She doesn’t bring up Ben anymore and, if the press does, she’s learned to handle them.

    by matty, Pa., USA

     3 years ago

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  • I think it’s pathetic when people talk badly about their ex. It doesn’t paint a picture of how horrible the ex is. Instead it paints a picture of a sad man who allows others to take control of his life. If you are bad mouthing your ex, it’s because you make bad decisions. While I have had my share of interesting relationships, they have all contributed to the person I am today and for that I thank them. Diddy and Ben need a crash course in humbleness.

    by Mel, Miami

     3 years ago

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  • Way to go! I do not like him or J. Lo but he is stupid for saying things like that. If his relationship with her has gone sour then what was in the relationship should not be shared with other people! Its like telling everyone that he cant be trusted and a total moron.

    by chai, manila

     3 years ago

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  • I used to like Ben Aff-lick. He turned out to be a creap, just by what he said about his ex-girlfriend. What about the rose peddles when he asked her to marry him. What a looser! What a hamster! Good luck with your big head! He turned out to be a real man by what he said. He couldn’t just keep his trap shut, and stand tall. He is just a little man with a big head.

    by Jane, Los Angeles

     3 years ago

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  • Your right smartest I think he was really in love with Jlo.but I dont want to say negative against Ben I love him both I wish someday they reunite,maybe he miss Jlo so much she beautiful,sexy, talented and down to earth person.

    by Mem, New Jersey

     3 years ago

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  • i would bet ALOT of money on the fact-that ben DID fall in love with her POISE-and CHARM-and the ACT" of someone who is not only SEXY-but SUCCESSFUL-and maybe even SWEET......but what i think is-as soon as he finally got this beautiful creature......she turned into a controlling-STUCK UP-DIVA LIKE "bitch"-she started to tell him how to dress-when in public....she as if too-lost a sense of who the hell she was-because of her success.....and i believe-BEN left HER........she t

    by ANITA, jacksonville florida

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • Well,what a Dickhead he is.I was never a big fan of JLo but i think she handled the breakup of their relationship in a classy way.She did not try to make news about the breakup and all that stuff.She never mentioned that she hated the relationship although i believe she hated too inside.And here comes Ben Affleck with his trash.It was his gambling ways and his visit to a strip club that ended the relationship in the first place.Who knows,if his marriage to Jennifer Garner ends,he may say that i

    by steve, delhi,india

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • First of all Affleck was the one caught with a stripper in Canada with his entourage 2 of them being Christion Slater, the other Tara Reid (and we all know those ar upstanding citizens) and secondly Lopez was the one who broke it off. Since then Affleck has looked sedated. I am happy he has a family and stable home life now. but if you look at every recent picture of him he looks like he is on anti depressants or something stronger I hope his therapy works out, but He clearly has issues

    by Elle, NY USA

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • SCREW BEN AFFLECK! WHAT A SCHMUCK! He is and was a grown man when he dated Jennifer lopez who he knew as MARRIED. He got what he deserved. Hes a crappy actor. Always was and will be. He can’t act and is now married to a c+ list actress Most of you Ben Affleck fans are ignorant and dumb as a doornknob. Ben needs to take some responsibility. Nobody put a gun to his head and asked him to date a married woman - Jlo. Nobody made him propose to her. He did that shit all on his own.

    by Monica, DC, USA

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • Jesus Christ, this is from November! Who brought this out of the closet? Living in the past are we?

    by cate | Send Message Send Message View Profile View User's Comments

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • Jennifer Lopez is the most beautiful sophisticated woman in the world. HIS LOSS!

    by leanne, middlesbrough uk

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • Glad the boy finally came to his senses. He's an educated man. What kind of interesting conversation could J LO possibly offer to a Harvard student (granted he dropped out)? It's ridiculous. Some celebrities need to go back to school. They can't speak intelligently. I feel my head hurting just by LOOKING at Beyonce. Seriously! Despite all the beauty all I see is a big DUH sign over her face. Tyra Banks and J LO need to get educated as well. These are D class celebrities to me. Ju

    by No Name , NY, NY

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • It’s not enough he left her basically at the alter but does a HollywoodLand which is basically replaying his “suppose” tragedy. If anything his relationship if Lopez dispelled the general notion that he was Gay—cause; J’Lo wont be marrying a fairy right? Yet he is not man enough to accept his personal foes. What this video on YouTube. This is the real Ben Affleck. And Ben stop bashing Lopez. Be a man. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRt1L9n9Aqw

    by Kelvin Alejandro, WASHINGTON DC

     2 years, 8 months ago

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  • I think Jennifer was way too good and work motivated for Ben Affleck. His a cheater and a gambler. Can you blame her, for leaving him? Let him keep his other Jennifer, his shadow, This one is no match for Jen Lopez, He's a racist. He thought he was doing Jlo a favor, give me a break. Missarable, gambler alcoholic... let the other looser have him as a 3 coarse meal. Idiot, biggot, igotistical maniac...... big infantol, ect. his no good. marc anthony is a much better man 100 times.

    by MADISON, Long island, NY

     2 years, 7 months ago

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  • I think Jennifer was way too good and work motivated for Ben Affleck. His a cheater and a gambler. Can you blame her, for leaving him? Let him keep his other Jennifer, his shadow, This one is no match for Jen Lopez, He's a racist. He thought he was doing Jlo a favor, give me a break. Missarable, gambler alcoholic... let the other looser have him as a 3 coarse meal. Idiot, biggot, igotistical maniac...... big infantol, ect. his no good. marc anthony is a much better man 100 times.

    by MADISON, Long island, NY

     2 years, 7 months ago

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  • I think Bennifer was a publicity stunt! none of them love each other. They were just together for publicity for Gigli the movie and now he regrets it because the movie was a flop!

    by ME, California

     2 years, 7 months ago

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  • I do not know who the bigger idiot is you or Ben. You said it yourself he "Dropped out" of Harvard. Ben probably could not handle the pressure. That is what happened with Jen. I have plenty of friends who did not finish college I still have great conversations with them. You really are ignorant. As far as Ben, he is jealous of the fact that Jenn has continued her career beautifully and Ben well, has remained stagnant. Grow up Ben. You couldn't handle a woman more successful than you

    by liz, concord, US

     2 years, 1 month ago

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  • Sad people have to discuss about their regrets, when during that time he was the one who swooned her.

    by acsuc@yahoo.com, ca, usa

     2 years, 1 month ago

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  • yes smartest you are correct maybe Ben prentending he loves her wife so much, but the truth is not!i think he marry garner to forget Jlo and he still love Jlo,and common JLO is awesome,sexy,with curved and talented. dont bring the past anymore forget it start a new life.

    by lyn, ca

     2 years ago

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  • F*ck off Ben you asshole. No one compares to Jennifer L.

    by Daisy, CA

     1 year ago

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  • I thought they made a cute couple & I actually liked Ben Affleck, but not after these comments he made about JLo. She's never bad mouthed him, although he's given her plenty to trash him about! Some men can handle the media attention just look at Brad Pitt w/AJ, ningun problema. I also think it's a cheap shot he's taking at JLo who I believe truly loved him even w/all his flaws, because even he's not perfect, which is what his comments imply. She's better off without that wandering eye creep

    by Adella | Send Message Send Message View Profile View User's Comments

     11 months, 1 week ago

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