Kevin Smith ‘Cried Like An Old Woman’ At Ben Affleck And Jennifer Lopez’s Wedding

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes kiss Ben Affleck in 2019.
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes kiss Ben Affleck in 2019.
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Silent Bob isn’t conserving quiet about how he feels about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez s wedding ceremony. The truth is, it looks as if Kevin Smith needs to holler his approval of the couple from each rooftop in New Jersey.

The filmmaker — who knew Bennifer 1.0 from when he directed the couple in 2004’s “Jersey Woman” — appeared extremely moved at their second wedding ceremony in Georgia over the weekend, and described it as “achingly lovely” to Additional.

“I used to be crying like an previous lady at a marriage … like my mom at a marriage,” Smith gushed to the outlet. “Truthfully, like, one of the vital romantic moments I’ve engaged with in my life, and it wasn’t even my romantic second.”

However Smith didn’t cease there. Chatting with Additional, he went on:

“You’re watching two individuals who labored very exhausting to make their love occur and to stay the touchdown and shut the circle.”

And on:

“This dude wrote vows, they each wrote vows for one another, they usually have been achingly lovely. I’m telling you, this wedding ceremony would’ve made essentially the most hardcore cynic imagine in real love. It was beautiful. It was insanely properly carried out, very elegant and stuff, however emotional as hell. I cried all through the entire thing.”

And on:

“I’ve recognized Ben for, like, the higher a part of 27 years at this level and I’ve seen him be very glad. All of us watched him win an Oscar with Matt [Damon] for ‘Goodwill Looking’ again within the day. Take all of his glad moments you’ve ever seen … mix them, and you continue to don’t contact the radiating glow on the person’s face when he was standing on the prime of the aisle and Jennifer was strolling towards him.”

Alright, Smith …
Alright, Smith …
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Fortunately, Jason Mewes who has labored with Smith in most of the filmmaker’s films because the character Jay — the a lot louder counterpart to Silent Bob, Smith’s character in most of his initiatives — was additionally on the wedding ceremony. Very similar to his character, Mewes was fast to name out Smith for being an entire puddle of mush.

“I didn’t cry like Kevin did,” Mewes advised Additional. “It was humorous as a result of he was in entrance of me, and I swear, each time he, like, regarded down the aisle at them whereas they have been, you realize, doing the factor, I see tears working. It was fairly sizzling there they usually gave you these, like, followers in your seat, and Kevin stored, like, rubbing it off, making an attempt to cover it.”

Though Mewes did take the chance to crack on his good friend, he admitted the marriage was “fairly spectacular” and “candy.”

Smith labored with Affleck on a few of his best-known films. Affleck had roles in “Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again,” “Jersey Woman,” “Clerks II,” and “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.” He’s additionally slated to seem in Smith’s upcoming challenge, “Clerks III.”

Individuals who have adopted Smith’s profession most likely aren’t too shocked the director is an excellent Bennifer stan.

When the couple started courting within the early 2000s, he truly made a online game known as “Jen Saves Ben” through which an avatar of Lopez fights ninjas to avoid wasting Affleck.

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