Isn’t there something glorious about being single at the same time as your best friend? You can bond over the highs and lows of dating together And, when one of your hearts gets broken a little, you can depend on the other to give you a pep talk and perhaps take you out to dinner and remind you it’ll all be OK as long as you have your BFFL. One of the greatest Hollywood best friends has to be Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but I just learned the timeline of love for the two actors/filmmakers really did not necessarily line up. It turns out Damon met his current wife the same year Affleck broke up with Jennifer Lopez.
As you probably know, both stars are now happily married to their people and are family men when they’re not busy with their Hollywood obligations. The Jason Bourne actor has remained married to Luciana Barroso since 2005, whilst the former Batman actor has been the husband to Jennifer Lopez since they tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2022 after a romantic rekindling. So I was definitely surprised to learn just learned that Damon actually met the love of his life the same year that the Argo director and JLo first broke up back in the day, and I really feel for that time in the pair’s friendship.
