Jennifer Lopez pressed on Ben Affleck reports, and it all has to do with his “influence” in Hollywood.
The news was shared by a well-placed insider, and they recently sat down with Closer magazine.
According to the source, it’s true that “Ben has a lot of influence in Hollywood, he’s won an Oscar, he’s already campaigned successfully and she wants him to throw his weight behind her.”
So, for Lopez, “it doesn’t seem like much to ask, considering it’s also his movie.”
However, on the other side of the camp, “Ben doesn’t make things easy, he dodges his calls and he makes it known that he wants to take a back seat when it comes to publicity.”
But “JLo isn’t letting go and she’s counting on Matt to step in, so now he’s stuck as middleman again. He’d like Ben to at least do a few events with her to keep the peace, but Ben hates the idea of people reading that. He knows any photos of them together are going to go viral and spawn all kinds of theories.”
According to our source, “it’s the opposite for JLo, who is obsessed with publicity: the bigger the headlines, the better.”
“Plus, she loves it when they’re photographed together, as she always has, and she’s convinced that having Ben by her side would make Oscar voters take her more seriously.”
Plus, there’s still one last key outstanding that, once settled, would separate them for good: that’s their Los Angeles mega-mansion that’s been on the market for $59.5 million without moving for months now.
Because “they still have their house to sell” and “it’s no secret that he wants to take a huge loss just to get rid of the place.” Lopez “refused, but if he agrees to star with her in this Oscar campaign, it’s very plausible that she would be willing to give him what he wants and lower the price.”
