Jennifer Lopez has confessed that she and Ben Affleck still have PTSD from the intense media scrutiny they endured during their first romance.
The music superstar is preparing to release her This Is Me… Now album and accompanying film, which will highlight her rekindled romance with the Good Will Hunting actor and their subsequent marriage.
In an interview with Variety, Jennifer admitted that she had some concerns about documenting their relationship because “they both have PTSD,” or post-traumatic stress disorder, from the media circus that surrounded them when they were first dating at the beginning of the decade of 2000.
He added, “But we're older now. We're wiser. We also know what's important, what's really important in life, and it's not so much what other people think. It's being true to who you are.”
The 54-year-old also revealed that not everyone in her camp was supportive of the idea.
“As artists, we have to follow our hearts and this is me following my heart and doing something that maybe not everyone thought was the best idea, but I had to do it,” she stated.
Jennifer and Ben, who called off their engagement in 2003, rekindled their relationship in 2021 and married the following year.
This Is Me… Now, both the album and accompanying film will be released on February 16th.
When asked if the film is a script or a documentary, he replied, “You have to see it and you have to live it to understand it. That's why I call it a 'musical experience.' Because there's music, you can see it, you can hear it. and then you will be able to live it.”