Out of more than 600 respondents, about the same number of voters expressed that Ben Affleck’s breakups from Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lopez were the most heartbreaking. Overall, 37% of respondents favored Affleck’s romance with Lopez, which ended when the couple called off their engagement in 2004, according to Us Weekly. Their tabloid romance earned the pair a lot of media attention.To the delight of fans, the original “Bennifer” made a comeback in 2021. Affleck admitted to Howard Stern he had doubts about rekindling things with Lopez, as it would bring unwanted attention to his children. “My responsibility to my children is the highest responsibility,” he said, via BuzzFeed News. “I don’t want to do anything that is painful or destructive to them if I can help it.”
On the other hand, 39% of voters thought Affleck’s divorce from Garner was the most heartbreaking. The actors, who share daughters Seraphina and Violet and son Samuel, finalized their divorce in 2018. In the same interview with Stern, Affleck opened up about falling out of love with Garner. It was publicized that Affleck said he felt trapped in his marriage and blamed Garner for his alcohol abuse, but the actor cleared up rumors about his relationship with his ex on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!.” “What I believe and I would never want my kids to think that I would ever say a bad word about their mom,” Affleck said of Garner. Here’s hoping Affleck’s future isn’t quite as rocky as his past!
