It’s Thursday, February 9, and the internet is *still* talking about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s appearance at the 2023 Grammys—where J.Lo presented the first award of the night and brought Ben as her date...only for him to spend the rest of the evening in a state of :| mixed with a healthy dose of :(.
But apparently, Jen and Ben are very aware of the endless Ben memes from the night and aren’t sweating it.
“Jen and Ben are both aware of the memes of Ben circulating,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. “She had shown him a few photos that night and he just brushed it off. He is not fazed by what the internet has to say about him. They are not paying too much attention to them. Jen actually thinks some of the memes are funny.”
This falls in line with tea a seat filler spilled about sitting next to Bennifer, saying, “J.Lo showed Ben Affleck the phone and was like, ‘Oh my god, honey, look at this meme circulating about you,’ and he was like, ‘Oh god, this again.’ Like, he knew during the performance that he was a meme. Like, he knew, and he also chose just not to change his expression. I love how unbothered that is. So I know that she was, like, on her phone and saw it and was like, ‘Honey, this is so funny—look at this,’ and he was like, ‘Jesus Christ.’”
A source previously told Entertainment Tonight that Ben was “feeling tired” at the Grammys, so maybe the man just needs a nap!
Mehera Bonner is a celebrity and entertainment news writer who enjoys Bravo and Antiques Roadshow with equal enthusiasm, She was previously entertainment editor at Marie Claire and has covered pop culture for over a decade.
