You may or may not know that Jennifer officially took Ben’s last name upon getting married, meaning that she now legally goes by Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
In a new interview with Vogue, Jennifer revealed why she made that decision.
After acknowledging that most people are “still going to call me Jennifer Lopez,” she explained that it was important for her to take Ben’s last name legally because “we’re joined together.”
“We’re husband and wife,” Jennifer said. “I’m proud of that…It feels like it’s a power move, you know what I mean?”
Jennifer also asserted that she is “very much in control of my own life and destiny and feel empowered as a woman and as a person” — and she acknowledged that taking your husband’s last name isn’t something that people do as often anymore.
“I can understand that people have their feelings about it, and that’s okay, too,” she said. “But if you want to know how I feel about it, I just feel like it’s romantic.”
“It still carries tradition and romance to me.”
Read the entire interview with Jennifer here.