Ben Affleck wasn’t afraid to provide his ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez, her flowers throughout the N.Y.C. premiere of “Kiss of the Spider Lady.”
The exes reunited on the pink carpet premiere for the extremely anticipated movie adaptation of the 1993 Tony-winning musical, which stars Lopez because the titular “Spider Lady” and different characters.
Not solely did Affleck — who serves a producer for the film together with Matt Damon by their firm, Artists Fairness — pose with Lopez on the pink carpet on the premiere, he additionally took a second to sing her praises to the group contained in the theater.
In footage obtained by PEOPLE, Affleck instructed attendees: “My purpose was to empower nice artists and inform transferring tales and create alternatives for these sorts of nice tales to be instructed and work with the very best administrators on the earth and the very best actors and the very best materials and on this film we did all of that and it’s an honor to be right here.”
After persevering with his reward of the film — which is predicated on the Broadway musical by Terrence McNally, John Kander and Frank Ebb, in addition to the novel by Manuel Puig — Affleck took a second to bathe Lopez with adoration by publicly noting “you’re unbelievable.”
Lopez returned the love, as she instructed the group that the movie “wouldn’t have been made with out Ben and with out Artists Fairness.”
Affleck and Lopez have a protracted historical past collectively. They first bought engaged again in 2002 earlier than calling it off the subsequent 12 months and formally splitting up in 2004.
The pair rekindled their romance practically 20 years later in 2021, later getting engaged a second time in 2022. They wed that very same 12 months, however cut up once more in 2024. Their divorce was finalized earlier in 2025.
“Kiss of the Spider Lady,” which additionally stars Diego Luna and Tonatiuh, hits theaters within the U.S. on Oct. 10.
