Insider Reveals Matt Damon ‘Hates’ The Way Jennifer Lopez Treats Ben Affleck

The pair have been friends since childhood, meeting and becoming friends while growing up near Boston.

In their professional lives, they’ve collaborated multiple times, including their Oscar-winning debut Good Will Hunting.

After the success of that film, the duo considered going their separate ways, professionally, but it didn’t end up working out that way.

“For a while, we thought maybe we should chill and just do other stuff, and not be Matt and Ben, Matt and Ben,” Affleck said in an interview with Boston Magazine.

“We have our company together, we’re developing together. And Matt lives down the street from me like he used to,” he said of their current lives.

“His kids are living with him, the way we used to live with our folks,” Affleck continued. “The only difference is that we have pools.”

To this day, the duo still has a strong friendship, supporting one another throughout their personal and professional lives.

Matt Damon was even rooting for his BFF and his then-ex, Jennifer Lopez, to rekindle their romance before it was confirmed back in 2021.

“I hope it’s true. I love them both,” Damon said on the TODAY show when asked about the rumors the pair were getting back together.

“I hope it’s true,” he repeated. “That would be awesome.”

Unfortunately, it looks like his feelings toward his friend’s relationship have changed in the years since.

According to a new report, Ben’s longtime friend and collaborator doesn’t see his marriage to J.Lo lasting in the long-run.

While talking to Radar Online, a source claims that Damon has always had his reservations about Lopez.

“Matt’s had serious reservations about Bennifer 2.0 since the beginning,” the source claims.

“He’s tried to be publicly supportive for Ben’s sake, but the fact is he hates the way J Lo treats his buddy and can no longer hold his tongue,” the source continued.

Affleck and Lopez called off their wedding just days before it was supposed to take place in 2003, ending their entire relationship the following year.

Nearly 20 years later, the pair went on to reconcile in 2021, and finally got married last year.

Despite only tying the knot recently, divorce rumors are already swirling.

Apparently, Damon’s rooting for the rumored split, as his disdain for their relationship is getting in the way of his friendship to Affleck.

“It’s no secret Ben and J Lo haven’t been getting along, as he always seems to be in the doghouse,” the source said.

They continued, “It’s obvious something needs to change, but when Matt started giving Ben advice, he totally blew up.”

In 2021, Affleck reflected on just how rude media coverage of Lopez was when they were together.

“People were so f***ing mean about her — sexist, racist,” Affleck said on a podcast. “Ugly, vicious s**t was written about her in ways that if you wrote it now you would literally be fired for saying those things you said.”

Their shocking split

All of the negative media attention ended up getting to the couple, affecting their real-life relationship.

Just days before the pair were set to be married in Santa Barbara on Sept. 14, 2003, the couple announced in a statement that they would be postponing their marriage.

“Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date,” Affleck and Lopez said in the statement at the time.

They continued, “When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate ‘decoy brides’ at three different locations, we realized that something was awry.”

Sadly, the couple didn’t recover from the hoards of papparazzi and media attention, ultimately calling it quits.

PEOPLE previously reported that after briefly splitting up in the wake of the canceled wedding, the duo rekindled their relationship, but officially called it quits in January 2004.

But their story is far from over…

As fans of the couple already know, Bennifer’s love story didn’t stop after their breakup in 2004.

Following Lopez’s split from Alex Rodriguez in April 2021, the singer began spending time with Affleck in Los Angeles.

“They are friends. They have always been friends and they have seen each other through the years,” a source told PEOPLE at the time.

But, as it turns out, the pair were more than just friends, rekindling their long-lost relationship nearly two decades after their breakup.

The couple got engaged, once again, in April 2022–and this time, they went through with the wedding!

Wedding bells!

On July 17, 2022, Lopez confirmed in her On The JLo newsletter that she and Affleck got married in Las Vegas the night prior.

In her post, she detailed the “best night ever” and indicated that the couple’s children were “the best witnesses.”

The couple has been living in wedded bliss ever since, but some fans think their relationship is already on the rocks.

A lot of the rumors surrounding their relationship have to do with Affleck’s appearance, commonly frowning when he and Lopez are spotted out and about.

During an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet for the Golden Globes on Jan 8, J.Lo spoke directly to Affleck’s fans, ensuring the public he’s more than okay.

During the conversation, Lopez was asked: “Why are people always worried about what face Ben has on?”

Jennifer’s response…

Lopez immediately started laughing before she responded, “Ben is doing alright. You don’t need to worry about Ben. Let me just tell you he is good.”