Ben Affleck played the role of supportive friend on Tuesday night.
The 49-year-old actor was spotted in the audience at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles cheering on his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez as she accepted the prestigious Icon Award.
The “Tender Bar” star was sit in the front row with his 10-year-old son Samuel and Lopez’s 14-year-old daughter, Emme.
“I appreciate that so much, so much, very much. I wish I could tell you that awards were the most important thing to me, but that’s not true,” Lopez, 52, said onstage as she accepted her award from host LL Cool J.
“And don’t think I don’t appreciate the shiny, sparkly things, because I do! I can’t lie, everyone knows I do. But that’s not why I’m doing this. It’s not the most important thing for me. I really do this for you.”
Lopez’s supportive boyfriend sat in the front row with her 14-year-old daughter Emme. Getty Images for iHeartRadio
Lopez added that because of all of her supportive fans, she gets to wake up every day and do what she “loves most in life.”
“This is the greatest blessing. It’s a gift you’re giving me and I just want to thank you for it,” she gushed. “You are the ones who give me the opportunity every day to live a life that I never even imagined would come true when I was a little girl growing up in the Bronx.”
She continued, “You did that for me! You made this dream come true and I’m shaking! I will always be grateful to each and every one of you for that. And I’ll never forget it, and I’ll never take it for granted.”
The singer later took the stage to perform some of her classic hits, including 2005’s “Get Right.” Getty Images
The “Let’s Get Loud” singer ended her speech by thanking everyone who has “believed” her over the years.
“Thank you for teaching me who I really am. Symbol. I can overcome negativity, and so can you, every single moment,” she said. “And let me tell you something else… I’m just getting started.”
Affleck shares son Samuel with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, along with daughters Violet, 16, and Seraphina, 13. Lopez shares 14-year-old twins Emme and Maximilian with ex-husband Marc Anthony.
Lopez and Affleck rekindled their romance after she ended her engagement to Alex Rodriguez, per FilmMagic
Lopez and Affleck, previously engaged, rekindled their romance in April 2021 following the singer’s split from Alex Rodriguez.
“I don’t think anyone was more surprised than we were,” the Marry Me star recently said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, adding, “You never imagined something like this could happen. It’s a beautiful thing.”