Ben Affleck and Owen Wilson used to be close friends, but things changed between the A-listers in recent months.
In its Feb. 28 issue, Woman’s Day claimed that Affleck and Wilson had a falling out after the former warned the latter about getting too close to his girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez.
Since Lopez and Wilson play the role of a couple in their new movie, Marry Me, Affleck couldn’t allegedly help but feel jealous and threatened.
“Ben isn’t happy about this giggly friendship that’s transpired from Jen and Owen playing an on-screen couple. He kept popping up on set to check on them. And if he saw Jen and Owen goofing off together, he had a face like thunder,” the source said.
The insider added that Affleck reminded Wilson and Lopez that their close friends cannot continue beyond the Marry Me set.
“Ben and Owen go way back to 1998 when they did Armageddon together. They didn’t see eye to eye then, either. Ben takes himself very seriously and he thought Owen was a total cowboy. Owen thought Ben needed to lighten up. Their tension isn’t helped by the fact that J.Lo seems to get on with Owen like a house on fire,” the source said.
Meanwhile, Affleck isn’t just jealous of Wilson. Another tabloid recently claimed that the Batman v Superman actor is also jealous of Lopez’s close bond with her other Marry Me co-star, Maluma
A source claimed that Affleck isn’t thrilled to know that Lopez and Maluma have a lot of things in common. And the fact that the latter is just 25 years old made Affleck even more insecure.
After all, he allegedly knows that Lopez likes to date much younger men. She was previously linked to Casper Smart.
However, one should take the tabloids’ claims with a grain of salt.
There’s no proof that Affleck is jealous of Wilson and Maluma. And there’s the reason for him to be jealous because he knows how things work in the business.
It’s not also true that the dad of three gave Wilson an ultimatum about his friendship with Lopez.
Since J.Lo is an adult, she can be friends with whoever she wants. In the same way that Affleck can be friends with his female co-stars.
By the looks of it, Affleck and Lopez have so much trust for each other so there’s nothing to worry about.