Call off the lip readers — we’ve lastly received solutions!
It’s now been over a month since Ben Affleck was meme-ified for trying “miserable” on the Grammys alongside spouse Jennifer Lopez, and after TONS of hypothesis, he’s lastly opening up about what precisely he and the On the Floor singer have been speaking about.
In an interview printed Thursday, the Good Will Hunting star instructed The Hollywood Reporter:
“I saw [Grammy host Trevor Noah approach] and I was like, ‘Oh, God.’ They were framing us in this shot, but I didn’t know they were rolling. I leaned into her and I was like, ‘As soon they start rolling, I’m going to slide away from you and leave you sitting next to Trevor.’ She goes, ‘You better f**king not leave.’ That’s a husband-and-wife thing. I mean, some of it is, I’m like, ‘All right, who is this act?’ Like, I don’t keep up. My wife does, obviously. And yeah, it is your wife’s work event.”
Well that undoubtedly explains why it seemed just like the Hustlers star was scolding him through the broadcast, LOLz! As for his lower than happy expressions all through, the Oscar winner reassured:
“I had a good time at the Grammys. My wife was going, and I thought, ‘Well, there’ll be good music. It might be fun.”
However, he admitted that there HAVE been award exhibits he attended the place he was “pissed off,” including:
“I’ve gone and been bored. I’ve gone to award shows and been drunk, a bunch. Nobody ever once said I’m drunk.”
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As for his love, he had solely constructive issues to say:
“She gave me a talk this morning before this interview. She thinks that because of experiences that I’ve had, I’ve become very guarded. And she’s right. But anyway, so [Lopez] tells me today, ‘Relax, be yourself. Have fun. You’re actually a fun guy who is real and genuine and you just seem so serious.’”
He continued:
“But as in many things, she’s really right. And she loves me. She’s looking out for me. She’s trying to help me. So it’s like, maybe I ought to f**king listen to her.”
Classic outdated married couple dynamic, proper? We can undoubtedly really feel the love and compassion they’ve for each other — even when it didn’t come throughout on display through the Grammys, LOLz!
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