Yahoo Lifestyle Kevin Smith Says Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's Split 'Breaks My Heart': They're 'Wonderful' (Exclusive)
'The 4:30 Movie' writer/director jokes to PEOPLE about his "loose lips," saying he's Affleck's "least trustworthy friend on the planet"
Kevin Smith has nothing but love for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez during their divorce.
The 4:30 Movie writer-director tells PEOPLE that his longtime friend and collaborator Affleck, 52, is "one of my favorite people on the planet," and Lopez, 55, is "wonderful too."
"And if they're not going forward, that breaks my heart and stuff, but I've always adored him," says Smith, 54, of Affleck.
Lopez filed for divorce on Aug. 20, which marked the second anniversary of their traditional wedding ceremony in Georgia. She and Affleck initially married in Las Vegas on July 17, 2022.
"They want to stay friendly. There’s still a lot of love," a source close to Lopez recently told PEOPLE of her and Affleck, who were first engaged in the early 2000s before reconciling in 2021.
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Affleck and Smith go way back, with the two-time Oscar winner first having appeared in Smith's Mallrats (1995), followed by Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and more, including 2004's Jersey Girl alongside Lopez.
Smith was even present at Affleck and Lopez's wedding celebration in Georgia — as was their friend and longtime collaborator on several of Smith's films, Jason Mewes.
The Clerks auteur managed to pull together a pristine version of his signature look that stuck to the color scheme: a backward baseball cap, blazer, vest, T-shirt and shorts, all in white. He and Mewes (a.k.a. the Jay to his Silent Bob), 50, attended along with their respective wives Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and Jordan Monsanto.
"For those who say 'He always wears the same outfit ... ' @JenSchwalbach, @JordanMonsanto, @JayMewes & me, all cleaned up," Smith wrote with the photo on X (formerly Twitter). "This is as formal as I've been dressed since maybe my First Communion when I was 7."
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Asked about Affleck and Lopez's breakup, Smith says his wife Jennifer, 53, suggested he reach out to his friend, but Smith feels like "that would be very threatening."
"That guy right now. He'd be like, 'Oh my God, Kevin Smith with his loose lips,' " he says, joking that he is Affleck's "least trustworthy friend on the planet."
While he hasn't spoken to Affleck since last year, Smith tells PEOPLE, "I'm sure I'll run into him again."
"Of course, there's always something that I'm like, 'Oh my God, I need a movie star. Let's call Ben,' " he adds.
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