Jennifer Lopez is opening up about her and Ben Affleck’s love.
In a fresh interview with People, the 52-year-old Marry Me star reflected on her and Ben’s relationship as well as what the future holds for the couple.
Of her reunion with Ben, Jennifer spoke from the heart, saying:
“I’ve never been better. It’s just that we’re all in a very beautiful moment.
I feel so lucky and happy and proud to be with him. It’s a beautiful love story that we got a second chance.”
She revealed that when she and Ben reunited last spring, they both “had a little bit of fear” about rekindling their romance. Touching on what a huge media circus it was when they became a couple that first time around, she stated:
“Before, we kind of put [our relationship] out there and we were naive and it got a little trampled.”
This time around, she and Ben chose to approach things differently:
“We both were like, ‘Wow, we’re so happy and we don’t want any of that to come into play again.’ We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things.
We’re so protective because it is such a beautiful time for all of us.”
Jennifer went on to share how happy she is to be with Ben:
“I just feel very happy and lucky to be in a relationship that’s happy and loving, and I want to do everything I can to protect that and keep it safe. It deserves that, it really does… We hold it sacred.”
She sweetly gushed about their romance and how special it was for them to be given a second chance:
“It’s beautiful the way it feels very different than it was years ago. … There’s more of an appreciation and a celebration for it, which is nice.
When you find somebody and you really, really love them and you get a second chance at that? That is a really rare, precious, beautiful thing and we don’t take it for granted.”
She also waxed poetic about how love conquers all:
“Love always conquers everything — relationships, kids, work, work relationships. It’s all about how loving, open and accepting you can be. Not having an ego about things and just embracing all the good, always looking at the positive. When you’re in a good, healthy relationship, everybody benefits from that. Everybody.”
Jennifer expressed how proud she is of the man Ben has become:
“I’m so proud of the him, I’m so proud of the man he’s become that I’ve watched from afar. Being honest with each other, being loving, that’s just the basis of everything. I feel like he’s at a place in his life where — just like how I feel about myself — it’s been a journey of learning yourself and figuring yourself out, getting to a place where you feel really good on your own and who you are so you can be in a happy, healthy relationship.
To see the person, the human being, the man that he is today, the father that he is today, the partner that he is — he is so everything I always knew he was and wanted to be.”
And as to their love story and what she sees in her and Ben’s future together, she lovingly stated:
“What I can teach my children is that real love exists. Some things can be forever, but it doesn’t mean they just have a straight line.
I just want my future to be full of love and happiness, with my children and my partner. I think everybody just wants to be happy, with somebody to go on the journey with and grow old with, and I feel good about that right now.”
