‘Stop, look friendlier… look motivated’: What JLo really said to Ben Affleck at the Grammys

Jennifer Lopez ordered her husband Ben Affleck to try harder during the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, yelling at the 50-year-old man and demanding he pretend to be having fun, in an embarrassing exchange caught on camera.

Lopez and Affleck, who often looks tense and angry when out in public, were seen exchanging tense words during the ceremony, just as host Trevor Noah sat down next to them.

“Stop,” Lopez tells him. ‘He seems friendlier. Look motivated.

Affleck replies, “I might.”

The couple’s exchange was transcribed by a lip reader, commissioned by DailyMail.com.

It came after Affleck was caught on camera angrily confronting Lopez at the Jan. 18 premiere of his film, Shotgun Wedding.

Lopez looks on serenely as a red-faced Affleck challenges her. She refuses to respond to her aggressive stance, which seems to irritate him even more.

The tense exchange on Sunday began with Affleck, 50, whispering in his wife of six months’ ear, only for her to pull away and apparently yell at him back.

He frowns, straightens his vest and his posture, before they quickly realize it, it was caught on camera.

A cold-faced Lopez tried to hide the moment, though her husband wore a blank expression throughout the night.

TikTok users who saw the moment on the platform immediately flooded the comments section with their observations.

‘Jennifer Garner at home eating popcorn like… ‘Girlllllll he’s your problem now,’ one said.

“The Grammys producers are so hard on this but I love it,” wrote another.

“HIS FACE WHEN HE SAW THE CAMERA LOL,” another chimed in.

On Monday, Lopez gushed about Affleck, while posting highlights from his Grammy night.

“Always the best time with my love, my husband,” she captioned the post.

Affleck and Lopez had another very public fight at the Jan. 18 premiere of their new movie, Shotgun Wedding.

Lopez gushed about her husband as she shared highlights from their Grammy night on Monday morning.

The 53-year-old woman struck a pose as she got into the car.

Throughout the evening, Affleck was seen looking disinterested next to his wife, who seemed to be having a great time.

One particular moment that spawned a multitude of hilarious memes on Twitter was when the stone-faced Oscar winner caught sight of Stevie Wonder singing Higher Ground. “Looks like Ben Affleck would rather be in Dunkin,” one viewer tweeted, referencing Affleck’s famous passion for Dunkin’ Donuts.

The hilarious memes kept coming, with one viewer writing: “Looks like Ben Affleck would rather be at the dentist.”

Affleck’s undaunted response to Stevie Wonder singing Higher Ground was also taken advantage of.

“Looks like Ben Affleck would rather be in Dunkin,” one viewer tweeted, referencing Affleck’s famous passion for Dunkin’ Donuts.

Another wrote: “Looks like Ben Affleck would rather be at the dentist.”

“Ben Affleck blink if you’re okay,” another viewer tweeted.

One meme read: ‘Why does Ben Affleck always look like he’s 10 minutes away from crying during a well-deserved smoke break?’

Social networks were ruthless when it came to making comparisons

Standing next to Lopez in the darkened amphitheater, Affleck seemed less than amused by Wonder’s powerful performance, which brought the house crashing down.

“Whoever keeps cutting Ben Affleck down as he gets more and more exasperated, thank you,” wrote one amused viewer.

Standing next to Lopez in the darkened amphitheater, Affleck seemed less than amused by Wonder’s powerful performance, which brought down the house.

Another meme read: “Ben Affleck would rather be anywhere than front row at the #Grammys2023 watching Stevie Wonder smash Higher Ground.”

Other memes compared the Good Will Hunting star to small wet dogs shivering in a towel or sticking their faces under a faucet.

“Whoever keeps cutting Ben Affleck down as he gets more and more exasperated, thank you,” wrote one amused viewer.