Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband Ojani Noa has claimed her short-lived marriage to Ben Affleck was just a "publicity stunt".

The On the Floor hitmaker married her first husband, Ojani, in 1997 but they split less than a year after their wedding and she went on to tie the knot with Chris Judd in 2001 and Marc Anthony in 2004 before she walked down the aisle with Ben in 2022.

Her marriage to Ben crumbled after less than two years and now Ojani has claimed the union was fake, telling The Sun newspaper: "That marriage was a publicity stunt. She needed people to talk about her again."

Ojani went on to insist Jennifer has always carefully curated her image and he is adamant she's exaggerated her working class background because her family were actually very comfortable when she was growing up.

He told the publication: "She was working on a TV show at 18. She had money and her mum was a teacher. She is a fake."

Ojani previously told The Sun on Sunday his relationship with Jennifer crumbled after she allegedly had an affair with shamed music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs.

It comes after Jennifer insisted she doesn't view break-ups as a "failure" despite having tied the knot four times.

The 56-year-old star - who finalised her divorce from Ben in 2025 - insists she's developed a philosophical attitude towards her love life, describing break-ups as a "launchpad" rather than a failure.

Speaking on the Subway Takes talk show, Jennifer reflected: "Breakups are not a failure. I honestly feel like it's a launchpad into your next best self.

"We should have a party when we break up. People should say, 'You broke up? Congratulations.' Because one, you made a decision. Two, it was probably the best thing for everybody."

Jennifer believes the person who is broken up with often ends up as the "winner". The singer said: "If you go around your life and you're breaking hearts … you're the loser."

Jennifer also declared break-ups create some important life lessons. The chart-topping star explained: "I just feel like the biggest growth spurts I've had emotionally, mentally, psychologically have always come from a heartbreak. And that's not just in romantic relationships, that's in work heartbreaks, all of it.

"It's the only time you dig. You're like, 'What the f*** happened? How do I do this? Why do I keep doing this? Or why didn't that happen? What could I have done better?' You change yourself."