“You better f**king not leave”: Ben Affleck finally reveals what was said at the Grammys
<p>The Grammys are always going to cause a little bit of tension, with sayings like “it should’ve been me” bound to be heard, but for big shot actor Ben Affleck, the 2023 ceremony could be described as a “take your husband to work day”, so he said.</p>
<p>A "tense moment" between the star and wife J.Lo appearing to get into a tiff went viral on the internet, and he’s finally responded, according to the <em>New York Post</em>.</p>
<p>Affleck, 50, recalled the incident as a standard “husband-and-wife-thing”, despite the spawning of several memes.</p>
<p>“I saw [Grammy host Trevor Noah approach] and I was like, ‘Oh, God,’ they were framing us in this shot, but I didn’t know they were rolling,” Affleck told the Hollywood Reporter, “I leaned into her and I was like, ‘As soon they start rolling, I’m going to slide away from you and leave you sitting next to Trevor.’”</p>
<p>“You better f**king not leave,” Lopez responded, according to her husband.</p>
<p>Affleck continued to play the doting husband, but Lopez appeared to be out of sorts after she threatened him, saying,“‘All right, who is this act?’ Like, I don’t keep up. My wife does, obviously. And yeah, it is your wife’s work event.”</p>
<p>Affleck shared, "I had a good time at the Grammys. My wife was going, and I thought, ‘Well, there’ll be good music. It might be fun.’”</p>
<p>Lopez seems used to her husband’s apparent case of resting ‘bro’ face, joking about it soon after the event, writing on Twitter about Affleck’s “happy face” during a trailer for his latest movie <em>Air</em>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the director and co-star of the new film, which is based on a true story of Nike’s creation of Michael Jordan’s infamous shoe line, has had his fair share of award shows, “I’ve gone to award shows and been drunk, a bunch. Nobody ever once said I’m drunk.” He told the <em>Hollywood Reporter</em>.</p>
<p>“[But at the Grammys] they were like, ‘He’s drunk.’ And I thought that’s interesting. That raises a whole other thing about whether or not it’s wise to acknowledge addiction because there’s a lot of compassion, but there is still a tremendous stigma, which is often quite inhibiting.”</p>
<p>Affleck has struggled with alcohol abuse in the past but has since recovered.</p>
<p>He previously made waves when he appeared to blame his unhappy marriage to ex-wife Jennifer Garner, claiming, “I probably still would’ve been drinking” if he was still with her, he told SiriusXM’s T<em>he Howard Stern Show</em> in 2021.</p>
<p>He is now happily married to 53-year-old superstar Lopez, whom he married in July 2022 after their on-and-off again relationship over the years.</p>
<p>The couple co-parent five children together from previous marriages and are reportedly moving into a $96 million Pacific Palisades estate.</p>
<p><em>Image credit: YouTube</em></p>
