‘He said it was phenomenal’: Ben Affleck spoke ‘enthusiastically’ about Jennifer Lopez’s butt in 2019 when he was dating Raya catch Katie Cherry
- Ben Affleck had flattering words for Jennifer Lopez’s famously round bottom
- He told a woman he was dating in 2019 that JLo’s booty was ‘phenomenal’
- That woman in Katie Cherry whom he met on Raya and romanced for 3 months
- Jen and Ben dated in 2002, splitting in 2004; in April they went public again
Ben Affleck had only flattering words for Jennifer Lopez’s famously round bottom when he was asked in 2019.
This week one of his exes from that time period, Katie Cherry, claimed she asked the Oscar-winning Argo star what JLo’s butt was really like in person.
And the Massachusetts native enthusiastically said ‘phenomenal,’ the beauty told InTouch Weekly.
A thumb’s up: Ben Affleck’s ex Katie Cherry told InTouch Weekly that when she dated Ben in 2019 he said Jennifer Lopez’s bottom was ‘phenomenal’; seen in 2020
On Instagram Katie calls herself a ‘film composter, producer, singer and songwriter, mother and patriot.’
Cherry shared with the magazine’s writer Beth Shilliday that she met Affleck on Raya, a private, membership-based, social network application, in June 2019.
And when she felt comfortable enough with the ex-husband of Jennifer Garner, she asked about Maid in Manhattan star Lopez.
‘When he and I were together, I asked him, ‘What was J. Lo’s ass like?’ I had to ask him. She’s an icon. She’s awesome,’ said Cherry to the publication.
‘And he said it’s ‘phenomenal,” added Katie.
And Ben – who has also dated Gwyneth Paltrow – was very into the Bronx beauty’s curves.
Booty rub one: Ben seems to be very entranced with Jennifer’s bottom. He did not shy away from caressing her backside when in her Jenny From The Block video
Booty rub two: He re-enacted the move when on a yacht with Lopez in the Mediterranean this summer. The two smiled for the cameras as if they thought it was hilarious that they were doing a re-do
‘He seemed very enthusiastic about it,’ Katie shared. ‘That’s literally the only time he spoke about her,’ she added. Ben and Katie split around September 2019.
When Ben said this to Katie, Jennifer was dating former baseball star Alex Rodriguez.
She also told InTouch how she met Ben.
‘We met on Raya on the business side of it,’ she said.
They ‘didn’t originally plan to meet’ because ‘I was in Buffalo…. We FaceTimed for four months before we met. It wasn’t every day, but it was every once in a while.
Booty babe: Lopez showed of her bottom to sell DSW shoes on Tuesday
‘I was talking to him a lot when I was in Cape Cod, it’s on my Instagram page in highlights, and I put music to a lot of my videos, and I’d send him stuff like that, and he’d send me new music to listen to and videos to look at,’ she said.
Their first date was at a rooftop bar in Santa Monica.
‘We met to go there and standing outside and not going in because paparazzi were following him,’ she said.
And they clicked. ‘He’s very sweet, super charming and super funny, and I was like, “Hey, this guy is kind of cute.” He definitely, definitely was looking for something really deep and meaningful for sure.
So two years ago: Cherry shared with the magazine’s writer Beth Shilliday that she met Affleck on Raya, a private, membership-based, social network application, in June 2019; Seen in December 2019
Round two: The lovebirds are giving their relationship another go; seen on Sunday
“So, when I met him he told me his previous girlfriend was from Buffalo, where I was from.’
She did not remember her name but thinks it may have been SNL’s Lindsay Shookus.
According to Katie, Ben, 49, said, ‘I like Buffalo girls because they’re really normal.’
Katie also liked that he was not into frills: ‘He’s such a homebody. His favorite thing to do is sit at home, watch movies, have a chef cook something at home. He’s so normal and down to earth.’
Cherry seems to have been moved on: on Instagram she shows off photos with husband John Loomis as well as their newborn baby.
In April, Jennifer and Ben went public with their on-again relationship. They first dated 18 years ago in 2002 after meeting on the set of the film Gigli. They went on to get engaged and planned a wedding but they called off their romance in early 2004.
Round one: Jenny and Benny met on the set of the movie Gigli and split in 2004
Ben seems to be very entranced with Jennifer’s bottom. He did not shy away from caressing her backside when in her Jenny From The Block video.
The couple were seen on a yacht as he leaned down and rubbed her bottom when she was face down in a bikini.
He re-enacted the move when on a yacht with Lopez in the Mediterranean this summer. The two smiled for the cameras as if they thought it was hilarious that they were doing a re-do.
On Tuesday Ben made some comments about Lopez when on the Howard Stern Show.
He said he was hesitant about reuniting with her because of his children.
She was taken in 2019: At the time, the Marry Me actress was dating Alex Rodriguez whom she would go on to become engaged to. Seen in 2020
The Tender Bar actor knew rekindling his romance with the Let’s Get Loud hitmaker would draw a lot of attention and he didn’t want to do anything that would make Violet, 16, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, nine, uncomfortable.
Asked if he had any hesitation about getting back with the 52-year-old singer-and-actress because of his family, Ben – who has his children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner – told Sirius XM’s Howard Stern: ‘Well, look, my responsibility to my children is the highest responsibility I have. So I won’t do anything that’s painful or destructive to them if I can help it.
‘That being said, I know that my life affects them. I dropped my son off at school two days ago, and he’s the only one who will talk about it. He’s nine years old and there’s a bunch of the older boys out there doing some toy drive or something, and I heard them go, ‘Oh Ben Affleck, Ben Affleck.’ And my kid looks at me and goes, ‘#WelcomeToMyLife.’ ‘
Ouch: In the same interview Ben shared that he felt ‘trapped’ when married to Garner because of the kids. And being miserable led to him drinking too much scotch. Garner on December 8
Ben also admitted the media scrutiny he and the Hustlers actress came under when they first dated contributed to the end of their engagement in 2004.
He said: ‘I would say it was about 50 percent [of what destroyed our relationship]. The idea that people hate you and they hate you together and that being together is poison and ugly and toxic and the thing none of us want to be part of.
‘And who the f**k would want to have them to dinner? And what the f**k are they doing together?
The 49-year-old star ‘felt like a fool’ when the relationship ended.
He candidly admitted: ‘I got f****** hurt and angry and felt like a fool.’
In the same interview Ben shared that he felt ‘trapped’ when married to Garner because of the kids. And being miserable led to him drinking too much scotch.
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