His idea! With Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez‘s recent reunions sparking speculation that the former flames are back together, Kevin Smith found it the perfect time to look back on the real story behind their couple’s name.“‘Bennifer’ is trending,” the director, 50, tweeted on Monday, May 10, after the exes were spotted together in Montana. “It’s a name I first gave the kids during ‘Jersey Girl’ pre-production, before the world found out they were dating.”Smith continued, “I’d later drop the name in an interview with the @nytimes.
Shortly thereafter, it appeared in the article and then entered the vernacular.”Lopez, 51, and the Gone Girl star, 48, met in 2001 while working together on Gigli.
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