Ben Affleck Admits Struggling with Flirting Skills After Jennifer Lopez Divorce: 'I'm Not Comfortable'

Ben Affleck makes surprising flirting confession after Jennifer Lopez divorceBen Affleck makes surprising flirting confession after Jennifer Lopez divorce

Ben Affleck admits his flirting skills could use some work.

The A-list actor revealed in a recent press junket for “The Accountant 2” that he relates to his character Christian Wolff’s inability to be smooth around women when just jumping back into the dating pool.
Jennifer Lopez chính thức ly hôn Ben Affleck sau 2 năm chung sống

Affleck said of Wolff, “Here’s a guy who’s trying to figure out — he wants to have a relationship with a woman, he’s trying to figure out how to do that, like, how to put yourself out there.”

“You know, he’s not comfortable extending himself. He doesn’t really know how to flirt, exactly. He’s not comfortable,” he added before recognizing, “like so many of us.”

Director Gavin O'Connor, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal at "The Accountant 2" junket.

Ben Affleck made a surprising flirting confession at a recent junket for “The Accountant 2.”

Director Gavin O'Connor, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal at "The Accountant 2" junket.

The actor said his “Accountant 2” character “doesn’t really know how to flirt exactly,” like “so many of us.”
Affleck also noted, “It’s not easy for anyone figuring out relationships, particularly at the very early part, where you’re trying to gauge, ‘What does this signal mean? Is this person looking at me? Do they like me? Am I going to humiliate myself if I go over there?’”

The Oscar winner commended his character, though, for putting himself out there by line-dancing while on a date, which he said was “kind of a lovely thing.”

“I probably am not going to get a lot more demands for my line-dancing work [in movies],” he joked. “I don’t know. The phone hasn’t rung yet.”

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.

Affleck, who settled his divorce from Jennifer Lopez in January, added at the junket, “It’s not easy for anyone figuring out relationships.”Instagram

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez looking cozy.

He also recalled how in the beginning of a relationship, most people are “trying to gauge, ‘What does this signal mean? Is this person looking at me? Do they like me?’”jlo/Instagram
Affleck’s candid dating admission comes three months after he officially went back on the market, as he and ex-wife Jennifer Lopez just settled their divorce in January.

The former couple — who rekindled their relationship in 2021, decades after calling off their first engagement — decided to part ways for good two years into their marriage in 2024.

Affleck recently broke his silence on the split, claiming to GQ that it was “drama-free” and that the “Greatest Love Story Never Told” star was still “somebody [he has] a lot of respect for.”