United Kingdom, July 27 -- 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...