Ben Affleck Breaks Silence On Grammy Memes – Hollywood Life

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Ben Affleck revealed what went down on the 2023 Grammys when he turned a viral meme! The Oscar-winning actor opened up about all of the hypothesis surrounding the second he seemed upset whereas sitting subsequent to his spouse, Jennifer Lopez, and whispered one thing to her. Yes, the whisper was a “husband-and-wife thing,” in accordance with the star, however he additionally wasn’t bothered by social media going loopy over the clip of it, in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter. “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,’” he instructed the outlet in an interview revealed Thursday, March 16.

As for what precisely the attractive married couple have been whispering, it needed to do with Ben discovering out it wasn’t precisely all “fun” when the cameras have been closing in on the new couple on the occasion. “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,” Ben defined. “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****** not leave.’ He added, “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.”

Although Ben mentioned he has attended occasions “bored” and “drunk” prior to now, it wasn’t till this Grammy look that some followers speculated the star was utilizing alcohol. Ben went on to say he that he was bowled over by the trolls as Ben has been happy with his latest sobriety.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck set off a collection of memes with their interactions on the Grammys. (CBS)

“I’ve gone to award shows and been drunk, a bunch. Nobody ever once said I’m drunk,” he mentioned. “[But at the Grammys] they were like, ‘He’s drunk.’ And I thought, that’s interesting. That raises a whole other thing about whether or not it’s wise to acknowledge addiction because there’s a lot of compassion, but there is still a tremendous stigma, which is often quite inhibiting.”

In the top, in accordance with Ben, he isn’t too bummed out about being a viral meme. “At a certain point, I am who I am,” he instructed the THR.