Jennifer Lopez Took Ben Affleck's Last Name Because It's "More Traditional" and "Romantic"

glamour.com:

to all of us, there was a bit of a hullaballoo when she revealed that she'd taken her new husband's (that would be Ben Affleck) last name when they married—which she doesn't really get, to be honest.

In a cover profile for , Lopez says she changed her legal name to Affleck because it's more romantic that way. Not because she's anti-feminist or whatever. “People are still going to call me Jennifer Lopez,” she pointed out. “But my legal name will be Mrs.

Affleck because we’re joined together. We’re husband and wife. I’m proud of that. I don’t think that’s a problem.” She was surprised to learn that the New York Times had published an op-ed about the politics of her taking Affleck's last name in such trying feminist times.

As did , by the way, to say nothing about the Lopez told the mag she's just an old-fashioned girl. This is also why there was never a possibility of Affleck becoming Mr.