Filmmaker Kevin Smith, who directed Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in the 2004 film “Jersey Girl,” got emotional at the A-list couple’s nuptials in Georgia over the weekend.
“I’m a crier,” the “Clerks” star, 52, explained to ET Canada on Monday. “I cry all the time. I cry watching episodes of ‘The Flash.’ I cry watching ‘Degrassi’ for heaven’s sake. But I bawled throughout [the wedding] because it was goddamn beautiful. So beautiful.”
Smith shared a photo on Instagram Saturday of him, his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, his friend Jason Mewes and Mewes’ wife Jordan Mansanto all dressed in white.
The “Jay and Silent Bob” star played coy when asked whether the picture was taken during the Afflecks’ big day, and joked to ET, “I just happened to be wearing white.”
However, Kevin then divulged a bit more about the wedding, sharing it was “one of the most beautiful events I’ve ever been present for in my life.”
“I cant share details because it would be theirs to share,” he said, before adding that the ceremony was “overwhelmingly emotional.”
Kevin and Affleck had a falling out when the “Armageddon” star was married to his first wife, Jennifer Garner.
The “Chasing Amy” director told Yahoo Movies in 2014, “He’s got a wife [Jennifer Garner] that don’t [sic] care for me at all. And plus, honestly, he probably don’t care for me at all anymore, [either].”
Kevin added at the time, “He’s a triple-A-list movie star and s–t like that. If he’s Jimmy Carter, I’m Billy Carter, to put it in ’70s terms. And I’m not even related and s–t.”
Since Affleck’s split from Garner, the “Deep Water” star has apparently rekindled his friendship with the “Clerks III” director.
Kevin likely has a better relationship with Lopez, 53, whom he hired to star in “Jersey Girl” alongside Affleck, 50.
The comedy-drama premiered in March 2004, two months after the couple called off their first engagement.
However, nearly 20 years after that breakup, they rekindled their romance in April 2021.
After dating again for a year, Affleck proposed a second time with an 8.5-carat green diamond ring estimated to be worth up to $10 million.
The “Wedding Planner” star and “Argo” director first tied the knot in a surprise wedding at a Las Vegas chapel on July 16.
The pair then had a much more lavish celebration organized by celebrity event planner Colin Cowie. Aside from Kevin, other notable names who attended the wedding were Affleck’s BFF Matt Damon, Jay Shetty, who officiated their wedding, and top Hollywood talent agent Patrick Whitesell.
