{"id":44287,"date":"2024-09-10T05:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T05:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/what-ben-afflecks-best-friend-matt-damon-told-jennifer-lopez-while-holding-hands-at-unstoppable-premiere-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T05:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T05:58:30","slug":"what-ben-afflecks-best-friend-matt-damon-told-jennifer-lopez-while-holding-hands-at-unstoppable-premiere-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/10\/what-ben-afflecks-best-friend-matt-damon-told-jennifer-lopez-while-holding-hands-at-unstoppable-premiere-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ben Affleck\u2019s best friend Matt Damon told Jennifer Lopez while holding hands at Unstoppable premiere &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toronto: Ben Affleck\u2019s best friend Matt Demon and Jennifer Lopez were pictured holding hands at the after party for their new film Unstoppable.<\/p>\n<p>Both Damon and Lopez arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday night, where the duo shared a private moment.<\/p>\n<p>Citing sources, Daily Mail reported that Damon,53, refused to speak to Lopez, 55, about her ex-husband Affleck, giving a clear indication to The Jenny From the Block singer that he will \u201calways have Ben\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duo reportedly spoke with each other for 20 minutes, with their head pressed close.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was allegedly eager to discuss her estranged husband with Damon following their divorce, but the Bourne Identity star was \u201cnot having any of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt Damon shut down any attempt that JLo made to discuss Ben at the premiere,\u201d an insider told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Her timing was bad, as per the sources, since she would have known that dragging Matt aside for a private conversation at the gathering would be picked up and shared widely.<\/p>\n<p>While he was grateful for her role in the movie, Damon told her that he was \u201cglad\u201d to hear that she was doing well.<\/p>\n<p>There was a moment when the two of them sat in the corner of the party and it seemed that Damon was praying as he bowed his head.<\/p>\n<p>Clearing the doubts, the insider stated that Damon \u201cwas not praying with her\u201d and that he would \u201calways have Ben\u2019s back no matter what\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to their separation, Damon reportedly advised his best friend to \u201cfocus on his work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt tried to warn Ben when he got back together with JLo that this could happen,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez made a stunning appearance on the red carpet for the first time since filing for divorce from Affleck on August 20 when she wore a revenge dress inspired by a disco ball.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Affleck chose to stay at home rather than take the chance of getting into any argument with his ex-wife on the red carpet. Damon and Affleck are producers of the sports drama Unstoppable, which follows Anthony Robles, a man who was born without a leg and goes on to become a professional wrestler.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez, who has a supporting role, seemed upbeat that evening because \u201cUnstoppable means a lot to her,\u201d a source stated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u00a0 Toronto: Ben Affleck\u2019s best friend Matt Demon and Jennifer Lopez were pictured holding hands at the after party for their new film Unstoppable. Both Damon and Lopez arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday night, where the duo shared a private moment. Citing sources, Daily Mail reported that Damon,53, refused to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/18de4047-328b-4a61-b700-f5c7f28ed421.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44289,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44287\/revisions\/44289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}