Ben Affleck Breaks Silence On Grammy Memes & Reveals What He Said To J.Lo During Viral Moment

Ben Affleck revealed what went down astatine the 2023 Grammys erstwhile helium became a viral meme! The Oscar-winning histrion opened up astir each the speculation surrounding the infinitesimal helium looked upset portion sitting adjacent to his wife, Jennifer Lopez, and whispered thing to her. Yes, the susurration was a “husband-and-wife thing,” according to the star, but helium besides wasn’t bothered by social media going brainsick implicit the clip of it, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I had a bully clip astatine the GRAMMYs. My woman was going, and I thought, ‘Well, there’ll beryllium bully music. It mightiness beryllium fun,'” helium told the outlet successful an interrogation published Thursday, March 16.

Ben Affleck revealed what went down during the viral infinitesimal with him and Jennifer Lopez astatine the 2023 Grammys. (CBS)

As for what precisely the gorgeous mates were whispering, it had to bash with Ben uncovering retired it wasn’t precisely each “fun” astatine the lawsuit erstwhile the cameras were closing successful connected them. “I saw [GRAMMY big Trevor Noah approach] and I was like, ‘Oh, God.’ They were framing america successful this shot, but I didn’t cognize they were rolling,” Ben explained. “I leaned into her and I was like, ‘As soon they commencement rolling, I’m going to descent distant from you and permission you sitting adjacent to Trevor.’ She goes, ‘You amended f****** not leave.’ He added, “That’s a husband-and-wife thing. I mean, immoderate of it is, I’m like, ‘All right, who is this act?’ Like, I don’t support up. My woman does, obviously. And yeah, it is your wife’s enactment event.”

Although the Justice League prima said helium has attended events “bored” and “drunk” successful the past, it wasn’t until this Grammy quality that immoderate fans speculated the prima was utilizing alcohol. Ben said helium was taken aback by those trolls, arsenic helium has been arrogant of his recent sobriety.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck acceptable disconnected a bid of memes with their interactions astatine the Grammys. (CBS)

“I’ve gone to grant shows and been drunk, a bunch. Nobody ever erstwhile said I’m drunk,” helium said. “[But astatine the Grammys] they were like, ‘He’s drunk.’ And I thought, that’s interesting. That raises a full different happening astir whether oregon not it’s omniscient to admit addiction due to the fact that there’s a batch of compassion, but determination is inactive a tremendous stigma, which is often rather inhibiting.”

Of course, soon aft the memes went viral, Jennifer took to her Instagram to guarantee fans that the nighttime was peachy keen. “Always the champion clip with my love, my husband,” she captioned a abbreviated video of their nighttime unneurotic astatine the Grammys.

In the end, according to Ben, helium isn’t excessively bummed retired astir being a viral meme. “At a definite point, I americium who I am,” helium told THR.

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