During a conversation with her co-star Chrishell Stause in the fifth episode of the show, Emma teases her 'connection' with the 'Triple Frontier' star through dating app Raya.
- Apr 23, 2022
AceShowbiz - Emma Hernan could have dated Ben Affleck. The real estate agent claimed the actor/filmmaker was actively pursuing her and asked her out on Raya before he rekindled his romance with Jennifer Lopez.
Emma made the revelation when she and her "Selling Sunset" co-star Chrishell Stause talked about whether Emma ever tried the celebrity dating app in the fifth episode of the show's season 5. Chrishell asked if Emma "remembered when Ben Affleck went viral because he, like, sent some girl [something]."
Turns out Emma was one of the girls who received messages from Ben. "He may or may not have been texting me," the model teased. "He may or may not have asked to grab … coffee a few times."
"You could've foiled Bennifer," Chrishell jokingly replied, referring to Ben and J.Lo's reconciliation not long afterwards. "He was on the hunt."
Emma went on revealing the "Argo" director's "opening pickup line," which was related to their shared home state of Massachusetts. "We have the Boston connection," she explained. "It was very sweet."
Despite Ben's DMs, he and Emma never met in real life.
Back in April 2021, Ben went viral after a TikTok user claimed the Academy Award-winning writer DMed her a video on Instagram after matching with her on the dating app. The user then added a video of Ben calling her by name and addressing the "unmatching" incident. "Nivine, why did you unmatch me?" he asked her in the clip, seemingly to convince her that he's not a catfish. "It's me."
Later in the same month, Ben began dating J.Lo again following her split from her ex-fiance Alex Rodriguez. The pair, who first got engaged in 2002 before they separated in January 2004, have since remained strong and became engaged again earlier this month. They have been spotted house hunting in Los Angeles.
