Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.Photo: ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Jennifer Lopezis impressed withBen Affleck’s Spanish speaking skills.
While speaking withAccess Hollywoodon Thursday about her new movieThe Mother, Lopez, 53, said her husband “really loves speaking Spanish” and has remained well-practiced in the language since first learning while spending time in Mexico during his childhood.
“Yeah, really great Spanish,” the actress said when asked about Affleck’s command of the language. “He spent time in Mexico when he was a kid, and so, he loves the culture, and he loves the people, and he loves speaking Spanish.”
“He learned it then, and he’s kind of kept it up his whole life and really loves speaking Spanish,” she continued.
“I get very self-conscious, because I didn’t grow up in Puerto Rico, you know what I mean?” Lopez added. “I speak Spanish, and I know Spanish. I know Spanish well, but I still get self-conscious – not him!”
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Affleck has been open about picking up Spanish as a second language while working on a television series that shot in Mexico when he was a teenager, but many fans were stillsurprised to hear his fluency for the languagewhile he promoted his movieAirin April.
Avideo of theGood Will Huntingstar speaking perfect Spanishduring an interview with Spain-based radio station La Cadena SER went viral during Affleck’s press tour forAir.
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Back in 2020, Affleck visitedThe Kelly Clarkson Show, where he claimed to speak the language “passively” — and said that his oldest child, 17-year-oldViolet, was about tosurpass his fluency.
“She’s always been a very good student, and she’s been interested in Spanish, and so I would often help her,” theOscarwinner said at the time. “Now, all of a sudden, she’s gotten into the grade where she’s, like, in the harder Spanish classes, and she’s getting better.”
He added, “She’s right at the point whereI think she might be passing me.”
Lopez’s new movieThe Motherpremieres May 12 on Netflix.
source: people.com
