Jennifer Lopez: Career Killer

The video for "Jenny from the Block" was a lot of things. A pretty awesome jam. Where we learned that it takes hard work to cash checks. A good place to ogle Jennifer Lopez's ass and bare stomach. The downfall of Ben Affleck. Wait, what? Entertainmentwise reports:

Ben Affleck credits starring in then-fiancee Jennifer Lopez’s Jenny From The Block video with nearly ruining his career.

The actor – who began dating the Latina singer in 2002 – featured prominently in the promo, and at one point is seen rubbing sun tan lotion onto Lopez's bottom.

The couple's high-profile romance went on to provoke a tabloid backlash, culminating in the 2003 box office flop Gigli.

And the actor is now convinced that bringing his personal life into the spotlight was damaging to his career.

He says, "If I have a big regret, it was doing the music video. But that happened years ago. I've moved on."

But 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."

The pair became engaged in 2002 but called off their relationship in 2003.

True, Ben Affleck's career had some high points before the video and some low points after it, but let's just take a look at some of Fleck's credits prior to "Jenny from the Block": Armageddon. Forces of Nature. Dogma. Reindeer Games. Bounce. Changing Lanes. Sure, J.Lo can shoulder some of the responsibility for Gigli and Jersey Girl and even Paycheck, but the rest were all you, old boy. Once a shitty-movie-maker always a shitty-movie-maker. Ain't no broad gonna change that.


Before "Jenny from the Block" Jennifer Lopez got naked. Peep it at MrSkin.com.