Jessi Ngatikaura, Jen Affleck, Zach Affleck, Ben Affleck
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images; Courtesy of Jen Affleck/Instagram; Gary Miller/WireImageThe secret lives of Mormon wives star Jessi Ngatikaura believe it is possible Zac Affleck He could have lied to his wife, Jen Affleckabout his relationship with Ben Affleck.
While addressing speculation that Jen, 25, and her husband are not related to Ben, 52, Jessi admitted, “I don't know if this is true.”
“But I will say that I could see a world where Zac told her that and she believed it because why wouldn't you?” Jessi, 32, said on the Friday, September 27, episode of Sheana Shay's “Scheananigans” podcast. “I don't think Jen lied about that. Not really, but maybe he could. I mean, we've seen a little bit of what it can be like.”
He continued: “But also maybe Ben Affleck's team will say, 'We don't want anything to do with you.' So let's investigate and plant this story because Zac looks a little bad.”
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After the casting was announced for He Secret Lives of Mormon WivesJessi recalled that Jen drew attention because of her relationship with Ben. (Jen explained on the show that Zac's father, David AffleckHe is Ben's second cousin.)
The Hulu series also leaned into the connection, writing Jen's last name during scenes while other cast members, including Jessi, were only tagged by their first names.
Jen Affleck and Zach Affleck
Courtesy of Jen Affleck/Instagram“On the show they were like Jen Affleck, in every scene,” Jessi said. “Everyone else was like, 'Jessi, 31.' I'm like, 'You could have left out my age, but that's okay.' “It’s just funny because I think they made the last name something like that.”
Since the series came out earlier this month, reports have surfaced that Jen and Zac are not related to Ben. Jen, who connected with the A-lister after marrying Zac in 2019, exclusively revealed to Us weekly that have never crossed paths.
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“We've never met him,” he said earlier this month. “Zac's dad did it, a long time ago.”
Despite not meeting Ben yet, Jen expressed her desire to connect with him in the near future. “Hopefully we'll meet him soon because we're family,” Jen said, while co-starring mikayla matthews He joked that “a family rebirth is coming.”
Jen went on to call herself the “new Jenny of The Block”, a reference to Ben's estranged wife. Jennifer Lopez. “That's me, honey,” Jen joked. “The last Jen standing. That's me.”
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Ben's drama aside, Zac and Jen's relationship on the Hulu series drew attention, particularly during an episode of the Hulu series where he threatened to end their marriage after she went to a Chippendales show with his co-stars in Las Vegas.
“I would say that you just saw a small fragment in the program. [Zac and Jen] They were a dynamic we were familiar with throughout filming. So it wasn't the first time we talked about how we felt about it,” Jessi shared on Us' latest cover story. “I'd say it was just the straw that broke the camel's back, that's why you saw me and demi [Engemann] in particular to express our opinions because it was not the first time.”