Ben Affleck: 'I’ve Never Heard of Being Set Up With Shakira'

Ben Affleck has dismissed the latest wave of romance speculation with a quiet, unbothered shrug. At the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Animals, the actor addressed persistent rumours that he’d been set up with Shakira following his divorce from Jennifer Lopez — a claim previously made by The View host Ana Navarro, who said she’d attempted to arrange a meeting.

'I hear s--- like that honestly first from people like you,' Affleck told Entertainment Tonight, adding, 'I swear to God, I never heard that in my whole life.' He went on to explain that such stories often emerge when single men are in the public eye, and that gossip tends to outpace reality. 'Stuff gets made up,' he said.

'I don’t really ever get set up, really.' The comments come after years of media scrutiny over Affleck’s personal life. His marriage to Jennifer Garner ended in 2018 after 13 years, leaving three children: Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. In 2022, he married Jennifer Lopez, but that union also dissolved just a few years later.