Jennifer Lopez’s first ex-husband claims her marriage to Ben Affleck will not last due to her falling in love way too fast.
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Ojani Noa,48, who first met the mogul while waiting tables in Miami, said watching his ex-wife getting married to Affleck unlocked some old memories of their year-long marriage. “We fell in love when she was already famous. But during our marriage, she became a megastar. For years it was too painful to talk about. I wanted to lie low and live my life. But when I saw she got married to Ben, who is a good guy, the feelings came flooding back,’ he said. The former couple married in 1997 but filed for divorce eleven months later. In an interview with the Daily Mail, he believes her fourth marriage will not last due to her falling in and out of love very quickly. ]
“I wish her and Ben the best, but I’m not convinced it will last. I think she’s someone who will be married seven or eight times. I can’t see her ever settling down with one person. She pushes herself to constantly go forward in her professional life, which is why she’s had a three-decade career, but she also moves on in her private life.If Ben has [her mom] Lupe on his side, then maybe he’s got a chance,”
“Ben is husband number four. I was husband number one, and she told me I was the love of her life. When we lay in bed on our wedding night, she said we would be together forever,” he explained to the outlet.
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He also disclosed while running Lopez’s Los Angeles nightclub, Noa started noticing Lopez and Diddy appearing in paparazzi photos together after he began producing her music in New York.
“I rang Jen and asked why she was going out with him on dates, and she said, ‘It’s just business. This is what I’m being told I have to do.’ I was jealous and would scream, “But you are married! We wanted kids, we discussed having kids. Then she told me she couldn’t have a baby because it would interfere with her career,”
Noa said their entire marriage was a lie and had to put on a facade for the media. Soon after the couple filed for divorce, Lopez dated Diddy shortly after. Noa was given a $50,000 settlement and reportedly continued to wear his wedding ring for a while.
“There were times she told me she wanted to get back together. In quiet moments she would say, ‘I need you in my life. I don’t want to lose you,’
Five years after the divorce, Lopez hired Noa to manage a restaurant, but he later sued her, settled for an undisclosed amount, and moved back to Florida. However, he hasn’t remarried since then.