Ben Affleck: I Regret the Jenny From the Block Video

Image used with permission from Newscom.

It’s like the equivalent of getting a tatoo with your lover’s name on it. Sure, you think it will last forever, but will it? Really?

In the case of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, it didn’t. And it was unfortunate enough that they starred in two ridiculous movies together (Gigli and Jersey Girl), but they had to do that video together.

(Incidentally, Kevin Smith, if you are reading this, I would like my $4 and two hours of my life back for watching Jersey Girl.)

The rotten movies were one thing, but the video for Jenny from the Block was something else. It showed Ben and Jen avoid paparazzi and smootching, which was fine, but then came that scene on the boat where Ben is rubbing oil on J-Lo’s back and stroking her lovely behind.

It’s an image none of us can get out of our minds, including, apparently, Ben Affleck. Ben says, “If I have a big regret, it was doing the music video. But that happened years ago. I’ve moved on.”

Apparently not if you’re still grousing about it. And he is grousing, IMHO. A source says “Affleck insists he isn’t blaming Lopez for his career nosedive: “It not only makes me look like a petulant fool (to blame Lopez), but it surely qualifies as ungentlemanly? For the record, did she hurt my career? No.”

I would say not, Ben. Your terrible acting roles have hurt your career, although I understand how being married to another Jennifer while Jenny From the Block comes on the TV once in a blue moon can make things difficult.

It seems both Ben and Jen have learned a lot from their public relationship as they both remained fairly mum on what’s happening with their current marriages.

Learning from one’s mistakes? Priceless.