The View’s Ana Navarro took a brutal dig at Jennifer Lopez during Friday’s show while weighing in on rumors that the singer and her husband Ben Affleck may be on the verge of separating, accusing the singer of being “addicted to marriage.” .
The star-studded couple, who tied the knot in July 2022, have not been pictured together since Easter and on Thursday, Jennifer, 54, fueled divorce rumors when she liked a scathing breakup post about the ‘lack of integrity and respect’ on Instagram.
“I think Jennifer López is like the Puerto Rican Liz Taylor and I think she is addicted to marriage, to love, to being part of a couple. [and] romance, is wonderful for the marriage industry,” said Ana, 52.
“Remember, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton got married, divorced and remarried,” he continued, before making a sarcastic comment about JLo and Ben’s first wedding – which was called off at the last minute – in 2003: “Look ‘If they’re young enough, they can do it a third time!’
The View host Ana Navarro accused Jennifer López of being “addicted to marriage”
There have been rumors that Jennifer and Ben Affleck, pictured here in February 2024, are headed for a split.
Ana compared Jennifer to actress Elizabeth Taylor, who appears here with her on-again, off-again husband Richard Burton in 1965.
Ana’s co-host Joy Behar chimed in and said, “I’d like to add to the story that when you’re shouting your love from the rooftops, it gets complicated when things don’t go well.”
‘My advice is: keep your mouth shut! I don’t even tell Steve that I love him in public. I don’t say it in private either,” the 81-year-old said, referring to her husband Steve Janowitz.
‘Tell everyone how much you love each other and write it on Instagram and Facebook, and then you get divorced and everyone says, “You see.”
“Elizabeth Taylor’s story was much juicier than this,” the redhead continued. ‘She left a husband and picked up Eddie Fisher married to Debbie Reynolds at the time, it was really interesting. This is not it!’
The comedian then called her co-host Sunny Hostin an “apologist” for insisting that Jennifer and Ben are “madly in love.”
The 55-year-old went on a tirade of sorts, telling the panel: ‘You know what? This is how I feel: they are in love, I just know it.
You know what I don’t like is that, I know the world is on fire but true love exists, it’s still here. They love each other, stop hating true love because you might not have it in your life! “That’s how I feel,” the mother of two fumed.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, who married her husband Justin in November 2021, weighed in on the discussion, saying: ‘I also think, how difficult must it be to navigate a public relationship?’
The View host Joy Behar suggested that Ben and Jennifer’s love story “isn’t really interesting.”
Ana (left) didn’t hold back when her co-host Sunny Hostin claimed that Ben and Jennifer are “madly in love.”
Jennifer and Ben, pictured here in December 2002, were originally supposed to get married in 2003, but they called it off and then split.
The star-studded couple, pictured here in February 2024, reconciled in 2021 and tied the knot in July 2022.
“The number of days I go out on a street corner and complain about my husband walking the dog, if you’re an A-list celebrity, people are going to read it and think there’s something going on that isn’t the case.”
Defending Jennifer and Ben not being photographed together for weeks, the 34-year-old added: “He’s filming The Accountant 2 right now, she’s here, she hosted the Met Gala, she’s doing whatever, I wish them luck “. ,’ as Sunny added: ‘They’re on two different coasts!’
However, Ana wasn’t done yet, and referring to Sunny’s earlier comment, she argued, “You can be madly in love and not work as a couple, the two are not mutually exclusive.”
Joy then joked: ‘I like that plan. Being madly in love and not working as a couple, I’m fine with that!’
Ana then suggested, “Maybe he should try someone who isn’t an A-list celebrity,” to which Sunny responded, “He’s already tried.” ‘She loves Ben!’
The couple, known as Bennifer, were together for more than two decades and became engaged in late 2002, but broke up a year later before calling it quits for good in 2004.
Then, in April 2021, JLo and Ben were seen together for the first time in over a decade, sparking relationship rumors. They eventually went public with their rekindled romance and married in July 2022.
Now, a source claimed In contact that Ben has moved out of the $60 million home he shares with the singer and is now said to be focusing on his job and his children.
“Ben has already moved out and they’ll probably have to sell the dream home they’ve been looking for for two years,” the source continued. “They will never stop loving each other, but she can’t control him and he can’t change her. There’s no way it could have lasted.
The public got a glimpse of the relationship when Jennifer released her Amazon Prime documentary, ‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told,’ in February, which chronicles her love story with Ben. But while she may have had romantic intentions, she apparently put a strain on the couple’s marriage.
The heartfelt show was the third part of her $20 million public tribute to Ben, which also consisted of ‘This Is Me… Now: A Love Story,’ a semi-autobiographical ‘sci-fi musical romantic community’ film. action’ and its single. , This is me now.
The source said: “Ben would never try to suppress [Jennifer]’s dreams or tell him that he can’t do something that will advance his career, although she can be quite controlling with him.’