Ben Affleck makes rare comment about ex Jennifer Lopez amid 'embarrassing' divorce admission

Ben Affleck opened up with a wholesome comment about his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and their respective kids as he appeared on the red carpet for his new movie, The Accountant 2.

Affleck spoke about the relationship between himself, Lopez and each of their children from the Los Angeles premier of his new action-packed flick, in which he returns as Christian Wolff - aka The Accountant - alongside his on-screen brother, Jon Bernthal.

Affleck brought along with him his three children, Violet Anne, Fin, and Samuel, who he shares with his first wife, actor Jennifer Garner, but Lopez's own children, twins Max and Emme, were also in attendance at the event.

Lopez shares her twins, who are 17 years old, with her ex-husband, Marc Anthony.

Affleck and Berthnal play brothers in The Accountant 2 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Affleck expressed his delight at having all the children there to support him, telling Entertainment Tonight: "The kids are here, Jen's kids are here. I'm very, very excited. I love when all the kids come out."⁠

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⁠The Gone Girl actor went on to share his praise for Lopez, who he split from in August 2024 after they married two years earlier. ⁠

He said: "Listen, I don’t read the stuff online much, and sometimes I get the sense that people perpetuate this idea of … they wanna find something negative to talk about. For the record, Jennifer Lopez is spectacular, great to my kids, great ongoing relationship with them.

"I love her kids. They are wonderful," he said. "She is enormously important, tremendous person of a lot of integrity who I adore and am grateful to."

Affleck and JLo were married for two years (Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

"I'm thrilled that the kids are here with me," Affleck continued. "That's the kind of thing where the relationship that you have with children like that is a joy in my life. Those kids are amazing and I'm glad that this is a movie they want to come to."⁠

⁠Affleck's comments come after he previously spoke about his split with Lopez in an interview with GQ, in which he insisted there was 'no scandal, no soap opera, no intrigue'.

"It’s just a story about people trying to figure out their lives and relationships in ways that we all sort of normally do," he said, adding: "For one thing, you start going, 'Okay, clearly this person has got these issues. Clearly they have these issues', and the reason I don’t want to share that, is just sort of embarrassing. It feels vulnerable."