![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ralph-fiennes-says-he-was-set-up-by-j-lo-during-first-ben-affleck-romance/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Jennifer-Lopez-Ralph-Fiennes-and-Crew-Celebrate-Filming-Wrap-of-Maid-in-Manhattan.jpg&description=Ralph Fiennes was working with Jennifer Lopez in 2002 romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan when rumours of her romance with Ben Affleck started to circulate but was yet to be officialRalph Fiennes spoke about how Jennifer Lopez duped him into being a 'relationship decoy'Ralph Fiennes has revealed how he was used as a "relationship decoy" for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck during their first romance in 2002. The Hollywood actor, 59, was working with the singer and actress in Maid in Manhattan when rumours of Lopez's romance with Affleck started to circulate but was yet to be official. Fiennes and Lopez were onscreen lovers but it appears that she also planned for him to be a pawn in her game with the press that he could be her romantic partner off-screen as paparazzi scoured for information on her new beau. Ralph, who played Voldemort in the Harry Potter franchise, was on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen when a fan asked the actor how he reacted when Bennifer were back together, especially as he was a decoy for their relationship first time around. Jennifer and Ralph were co-stars in Maid in Manhattan during her first romance with Ben Affleck ( Columbia Tristar) Host Andy was left gobsmacked by the revelation and the response by Ralph, who said: "I was. I was. I was set up." He divulged on the details of his "decoy" date with Jennifer, where the pair and her two agents went for dinner at high-end restaurant Cipriani's in Soho. "We had a nice dinner - chatty, chatty chatty - and I went to my car. Actually I think I was walking home," Ralph continued. "[I gave her a] peck on the cheek. A paparazzi - one - pops up just as we did it, the goodnight chaste kiss. Ralph says he was 'set up' as the press tried to work out who Jennifer was dating ( Rex Features) "But somehow, the pictures were angled so she's walking away and I'm walking after her. And I think it said the next day on The Post, it said, 'It's Ralph! We know who it is!''" Ben and Jennifer had a high-profile){kind=link}
Ralph Fiennes was working with Jennifer Lopez in 2002 romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan when rumours of her romance with Ben Affleck started to circulate but was yet to be official
Ralph Fiennes has revealed how he was used as a “relationship decoy” for Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck during their first romance in 2002.
The Hollywood actor, 59, was working with the singer and actress in Maid in Manhattan when rumours of Lopez’s romance with Affleck started to circulate but was yet to be official.
Fiennes and Lopez were onscreen lovers but it appears that she also planned for him to be a pawn in her game with the press that he could be her romantic partner off-screen as paparazzi scoured for information on her new beau.
Ralph, who played Voldemort in the Harry Potter franchise, was on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen when a fan asked the actor how he reacted when Bennifer were back together, especially as he was a decoy for their relationship first time around.