Jennifer Lopez’s first husband recalls her ‘anxieties and insecurities,’ says he relates to ‘amazing’ Ben Affleck

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split from Ben Affleck.“Stay single for a while, take 12 months off,” Noa, 50, said in an interview with the Daily Mail published over the weekend. “If she meets someone new, maybe keep it private and not get ­married again,” he added.Lopez met the former waiter in 1996 at Gloria Estefan’s restaurant in Miami.

They married in February 1997, only to get divorced 11 months later. Noa said that based on his history with Lopez and watching her documentary “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” he can relate to Affleck, 52, who is getting divorced from the “Hustlers” star after two years of marriage.“I can tell you in my own ­experience, we would have ­disagreements in the car and then 20 minutes later, we’d have to sit and pretend everything was fine,” he said, in relation to the many photos of Affleck looking miserable when he was out with Lopez.“But you can only pretend so much,” Noa added. “When we were going through hell and going out as a couple, I was in a bad mood too.

Because I knew inside we were not good.”“I hated going on the red ­carpet,” he also said. “She would try and get me to come and I’d say: ‘No way.

I’m not going to pretend.'”Noa said he’s met Affleck before and called the “Argo” actor an “amazing guy.” “Even though they’re both in the spotlight, you can tell that he’s a really private man,” Noa added about Affleck.