Jennifer Lopez blasts critics as she insists taking Ben Affleck's surname is 'power move'

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck married earlier this year, almost two years on from breaking off their first engagement.The glamorous pop star has since faced backlash from some critics who feel it was unfeminist of her to take her husband’s last name.The Jenny from the Block singer opened up about her choice to change her last name, despite still being known as Jennifer Lopez in the celebrity world.She explained that, while people would continue to use her maiden name, her legal name will now be Mrs.Affleck because the pair are "joined together".Jennifer went on to reflect on how keeping her changing her name after tying the knot feels like “a power move”.Asked if she was tempted to keep her own last name, she replied: "We’re husband and wife.

I’m proud of that. I don’t think that’s a problem… It’s not traditional. It doesn’t have any romance to it. It feels like it’s a power move, you know what I mean?"The star went on to add that she liked the “tradition” and “romance” of taking Ben’s surname."I’m very much in control of my own life and destiny and feel empowered as a woman and as a person.

I can understand that people have their feelings about it, and that’s okay, too,” she said. “But if you want to know how I feel about it, I just feel like it’s romantic.