A Seat Filler Has the Last Word on JLo and Ben Affleck at The Grammys

Ben Affleck has gotten some grief this week over his dour expression at The Grammys, although most of that grief was in jest. Ben Affleck’s exasperated expressions and Dunkin runs are the most relatable things about the director and star of the forthcoming AIR. If a photographer was taking photos of me during my wife’s events and a web editor were cherry-picking them, I’m sure there would be moments where I looked like a grumpy asshole who wanted to be at home in sweatpants. In fact, it would probably be hard to find moments where I looked otherwise.

Still, JLo and Ben Affleck have been married for a whole seven months, so obviously it’s time for the tabloids and gossip blogs to insinuate that the relationship is going through a difficult patch. This particular moment, for instance, has been mocked, meme’d, and analyzed all week long.

Jlo and ben affleck were really going through it lol #grammys #Grammys2023 pic.twitter.com/Ae5c5wAG6E

— 💯 (@UnrulyBR) February 6, 2023

The Daily Mail, in fact, asked a lip reader what was going on, and according to the lip reader, the exchange went like this:

Lopez: Stop. Look more friendly. Look motivated.”

Affleck: “I might.”

Really, The Daily Mail? Really? That’s the best your lip reader could come up with? Thankfully, we don’t have to rely on a lip reader to tell us what was said because there was a seat filler at the table at that very moment who overheard the exchange. You can see the seat filler in the image above, and she even made a TikTok about the experience.

@almostannna Replying to @canadiansupernova #greenscreen this is prob the funniest story i have it was so silly. Feeling overhelmed by this attention so im gonna take a break from all of this, i shared the big things and the how-to but all this attention is a lot haha :) I answered all the important questions already, good luck guys! Hear about it more on @hitqldbreakfast tonight! #seatfiller #grammys ♬ Selfcare-demo - Bella Moulden

“I was just so lucky to be next to them!” the woman said. “The whole time they were cute and shit. JLo showed Ben Affleck the phone and was like, ‘Oh my God, honey, look at this meme circulating about you!’ And he was like, ‘Oh God, this again.’ Like he knew during the performance that he was a meme!”

The seat filler, in fact, was impressed that Affleck knew he was a meme and didn’t give a shit and made no effort to change his expression to please the Internet masses. However, she also added that the couple was “lovey-dovey” the whole time and that their hands remained intertwined during the entire ceremony.

Now I understand a little more why the pressure surrounding their relationship the first time around might have led to their breakup. We are monsters.