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Matt Damon felt that Ben Affleck's earlier relationship with Jennifer Lopez was killing his career in the 2000s, which he felt Affleck knew.

There’s not enough liquor in the world for you to get me to say something about that,” Damon told But Damon shared that he and Affleck rarely touch on matters that personal. Damon has been asked a couple of times about his opinion on Affleck and Lopez’s reunion. “Why would you go see the movie of somebody who you see, ‘Monday, buying a Starbucks. Apart from starring in a few films that didn’t too well, his relationship with Jennifer Lopez was the center of attention for many tabloids. Damon made it a point to avoid the attention of tabloids back in the 2000s. He was adamant that once certain publications focused on a particular actor, that would only have negative consequences for the actor’s work. Damon was against the notion that Affleck and Lopez were somehow encouraging the attention on them. To the actor, Affleck remaining with Lopez was “proof that he stayed in that relationship for the right reasons. Because there is an absolute relationship between how f***** you are, if you’re on the cover of their magazines, and what happens to you as an actor. With him directing the film, the project had a lot at stake. Affleck hoped that Gone Baby Gone wouldn’t experience the same fate as his prior movies.