Ben Affleck 's appearance in the song 's music video became notorious , having been released at the peak of the couple 's " frenzied " tabloid coverage . '' Paper '' magazine wrote : " Love makes people do crazy things , and that 's our only explanation for this . " Following Lopez 's marriage to Marc Anthony , she was reportedly attempting to have the music video blocked from television networks such as VH1 and MTV . During an interview in 2008 , Affleck stated that he nearly " ruined " his career by starring in the clip , " If I have a big regret , it was doing the music video . But that happened years ago . I 've moved on . " He also stated : " It not only makes me look like a petulant fool ( to blame Lopez ) , but it surely qualifies as ungentlemanly ? For the record , did she hurt my career ? No . " In response , '' Latina '' magazine wrote : " Riiiigght . So it was n't a string of bad movies starting with '' Reindeer Games '' in 2000 and a general lack of on-screen appeal that ruined your career , right Ben ? It was a music video . What else can we blame on a music video ? Global warming ? " In the past decade since the song 's release , Lopez has been nicknamed " Jenny from The Block " in the media , a name news reporters and journalists often use . At the 68th Golden Globe Awards in 2011 , comedian Ricky Gervais referenced the song : " She 's just Jenny from the block . If the block in question is that one on Rodeo Drive between Cartier and Prada . " In October 2015 , a video clip filmed in Afghanistan years ago surfaced online of two U.S. marines singing " Jenny from the Block " moments before being fired at by the Taliban
68th Golden Globe Awards
68th Golden Globe Awards
Jenny from the Block