‘Stop, look more friendly… look motivated’: What JLo really said to Ben Affleck during tense Grammys exchange – one week after they looked strained with each other at her movie premiere

Jennifer Lopez ordered her husband Ben Affleck to make more of an effort during the Grammy Awards on Sunday night – snapping at the 50-year-old and demanding he pretend to be enjoying himself, in an embarrassing exchange caught on camera.

Lopez and Affleck, who frequently looks strained and angry when in public, were seen exchanging tense words during the ceremony, right as host Trevor Noah sat down next to them.

‘Stop,’ Lopez tells him. ‘Look more friendly. Look motivated.’ Affleck replies: ‘I might.’

The couple’s exchange was transcribed by a lipreader, commissioned by DailyMail.com.

It came after Affleck was caught on camera angrily confronting Lopez at the January 18 premiere of her film, Shotgun Wedding.

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The tense moment begins with Affleck whispering into his wife’s ear, only for her to seemingly snap at him in response

Mystery solved! But a lip reader revealed to DailyMail.com that she was just trying to get him to put on a happier face. 'Stop,' she told him. 'Look more friendly. Look motivated.' Ben replied: 'I might'

The 53-year-old snaps at her husband, seemingly angered by his comments

Affleck looks furious, as Lopez tries to keep her calm in the clip filmed at the Grammys

Affleck looks furious, as Lopez tries to keep her calm in the clip filmed at the Grammys

Their expressions turn blank once they realize their interactions were on camera

Their expressions turn blank once they realize their interactions were on camera

No fuss: Jennifer didn't sound too upset in her subsequent Instagram post, which featured a video of the lovebirds kissing on the red carpet. 'Always the best time with my love, my husband,' she captioned the post

Affleck’s vacant expression and scour at the Grammy Awards went viral on social media

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Lopez looks on serenely as a red-faced Affleck challenges her. She refuses to respond to his aggressive posturing, which seems to irritate him further.

The tense exchange on Sunday began with Affleck, 50, whispering into his wife of six months’ ear – only for her to jerk away and seemingly snap at him in response.

He frowns, straightens up his vest and his posture, before it quickly dawns on them it was caught on camera.

Frosty-faced Lopez tried to cover up the moment, though her husband had a vacant expression throughout the evening.

TikTok users watching the moment on the platform immediately flooded the comments section with their observations.

‘Jennifer Garner at home eating popcorn like …. ‘Girlllllll he’s your problem now,” one said.

‘The Grammy producers are so messy for this but I love it,’ another wrote.

‘HER FACE WHEH SHE SAW THE CAMERA LOL,’ another chimed in.

On Monday, Lopez gushed about Affleck, as she posted highlights from their Grammy night.

‘Always the best time with my love, my husband,’ she captioned the post.

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