So they’re both recently single,so what?
Just days before JRod’s split,anInStyle profile on the actress/singer was published which featured Affleck offering glowing words on Lopez’s work ethic and drive. “She has great talent,but she has also worked very hard for her success,and I’m so happy for her that she seems,at long last,to be getting the credit she deserves,” Affleck said.

Go on.
On May 2,both Lopez and Affleck appeared at Global Citizen’s Vax Live concert,where fan interest really exploded. As obsessives noted,Lopez performed a cover of Neil Diamond’sSweet Caroline,a song that’s apparently recognised as the anthem of the Boston Red Sox,which we all know is Affleck’s hometown ball team because of his accent inGood Will Hunting.

Hmm,interesting.
“Jennifer Lopez performs Red Sox anthem while Ben Affleck is in the house,” wentPage Six’s viral headline,assuming a lot of inside knowledge from its readers.

Anything else?
Accordingto TMZ, the relationship has been rekindling since February,when Affleck “started flooding her with emails” while Lopez was filming a movie in the Dominican Republic. “Our sources say the emails also referenced J Lo’s love for Ben’s writing,and included a line about him being able to ‘own her heart’ with his pen,” TMZ reported.

Well,he does have a screenwriting Oscar. But why are people so excited for their reunion? Didn’t we all force these guys to split up at the turn of the millennium ’cause we were sick of seeing their pretty,loved-up faces everywhere?
You’re not wrong. The critical and public mockery that greeted their films together at the time -Gigli (2003) andJersey Girl (2004) - more or less destroyed their screen careers for a while,while the tabloid scrutiny put immense pressure on their relationship.

LopeztoldPeople as much in 2018,saying:“We didn’t try to have a public relationship. We just happened to be together at the birth of the tabloids and it was like,‘Oh my god.’ ... I think different time,different thing - who knows what could’ve happened? But I will say that there was a genuine love there.”

We should all be ashamed. AndJersey Girl is underrated.
It’s beautiful.

So this is like a Britney Spears moment,a matured generation revisiting its toxic relationship to the formative celebrities of its past?
Sure,whatever. People just also love reboots. Remember when the internettried to get Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston back together last year?

That was embarrassing. What are Bennifer’s friends saying about it?
Funny you should ask - Matt Damon was on the US’sToday show overnight,where he was delightfully ambushed for inside gossip on the couple. “There’s not enough liquor in the world for you to get me to say something about that,” he joked from a pub somewhere in Australia where he’s filmingThor:Love and Thunder,before adding,“I hope it’s true,that would be awesome.”

Oh come on,so it’s pretty much true then?
Probably. But don’t start complaining when Netflix announcesGigli 2,you’ve brought it on yourself this time.