{"id":83889,"date":"2025-07-01T13:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=83889"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:22:53","slug":"ben-affleck-reportedly-feels-brett-goldstein-may-be-chewed-up-and-spit-out-as-rumors-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/ben-affleck-reportedly-feels-brett-goldstein-may-be-chewed-up-and-spit-out-as-rumors-swirl\/83889\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck reportedly feels Brett Goldstein may be \u2018chewed up and spit out\u2019 as rumors swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans have been buzzing ever since Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck\u2019s marriage hit a rough patch last year, culminating in Lopez filing for divorce on their second anniversary. Now, rumors swirling around Lopez and <em>Ted Lasso<\/em> star Brett Goldstein have reignited interest\u2014and Ben Affleck reportedly has some strong feelings about it.<\/p>\n<p>The sparks began flying on the set of <em>Office Romance<\/em>, a Netflix romantic comedy starring Lopez and Goldstein, where sources say the atmosphere was a \u201cflirt fest.\u201d Goldstein has long admired Lopez; a resurfaced podcast clip reveals him gushing over her performance in <em>Hustlers<\/em> and confessing, \u201cI\u2019d never wanted to be cuddled more.\u201d This has only fanned the rumors about a possible off-screen connection.<\/p>\n<p>According to insiders, Affleck is aware of the buzz surrounding Lopez and Goldstein. He reportedly respects Lopez\u2019s freedom to live her life but has a warning for Goldstein. Affleck believes Goldstein is \u201ctoo swept up by Jennifer\u2019s charms\u201d and is unaware of the challenges ahead. \u201cJennifer is hard on guys,\u201d the source said, adding that Affleck sympathizes with Goldstein, seeing him as a kind and unsuspecting person who might get \u201cchewed up and spit out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Affleck feels Lopez\u2019s high expectations and lavish lifestyle are tough to meet, making it difficult for anyone to keep up. This dynamic leaves Affleck feeling sorry for Goldstein and cautious about how things could unfold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans have been buzzing ever since Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck\u2019s marriage hit a rough patch last year, culminating in\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":83890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1876],"class_list":["post-83889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-ben-affleck"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}