Jennifer Lopez and Matt Damon’s Intimate Conversation Amid Ben Affleck Divorce

Jen­nifer Lopez and Matt Damon, long­time friends, were spot­ted hav­ing an inti­mate dis­cus­sion at the after-par­ty for her film “Unstop­pable” at the Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val. The con­ver­sa­tion came amid Lopez’s recent divorce from her ex-hus­band, Ben Affleck.

The 55-year-old “Jen­ny From the Block” singer and the 53-year-old “Bourne Iden­ti­ty” star were seen sit­ting close togeth­er, with seri­ous expres­sions on their faces, as they sought pri­va­cy in a cor­ner of the event. At one point, Lopez was observed plac­ing her hand on Damon’s arm.

Affleck, who is a pro­duc­er on “Unstop­pable,” a sports dra­ma about a wrestler with one leg, opt­ed to stay home rather than risk a pub­lic encounter with his ex-wife. The for­mer cou­ple’s divorce, final­ized last month on the sec­ond anniver­sary of their 2022 wed­ding, has been the sub­ject of much media attention.

A source close to Lopez pre­vi­ous­ly com­ment­ed on her unsuc­cess­ful efforts to sal­vage the rela­tion­ship, stat­ing that she “loves him, she will always love him, that’s the prob­lem.” The insid­er added, “Ben has a dark­ness to him that no oth­er per­son can fix. Jen Gar­ner could­n’t fix it, all the suc­cess in the world could­n’t fix it.”

Despite the end of her fourth mar­riage, Lopez was eager to attend the Toron­to Film Fes­ti­val to pro­mote “Unstop­pable,” which she is proud to be a part of. The film tells the inspi­ra­tional sto­ry of a wrestler with one leg who goes on to become a col­lege champion.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have been friends for over four decades, hav­ing bro­ken onto the scene togeth­er in a big way in 1997 when they won the Acad­e­my Award for Best Orig­i­nal Screen­play for “Good Will Hunt­ing.” Their endur­ing friend­ship has been the sub­ject of much pub­lic inter­est over the years.