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Ben Affleck 'Had Control' Over Documentary About Marriage to Jennifer Lopez: 'It Was His Idea'

Sources tell PEOPLE that Ben Affleck had creative control over Jennifer Lopez's Prime Video documentary, 'The Greatest Love Story Never Told,' despite appearing like he was 'hesitant and almost surprised' by the documentary.

"[Affleck] was very much in favor [of the project], and he was a driving force for [Lopez] to do the movie and the album and then he insisted on the documentary, where it looked like he was hesitant and almost surprised by it," the source adds, "but that was a false narrative." Additionally, the source notes that when The Greatest Love Story Never Told was first released, audiences thought the dynamic between the couple "was funny," but in the wake of their split, the documentary puts things into a new perspective. "At the time, people thought it was funny and now the press is reporting [Affleck] wasn't happy with that life [in the public eye]," the source says.

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