They were really hard on us in the press when we dated back in the day

When Ben Affleck won best director at the Golden Globe Awards for "Argo," ex-fiancee Jennifer Lopez was among those cheering - https://www.jamendo.com/en/search?qs=fq=license_cc:(-nc%20AND%20-nd)&q=cheering for him.

Lopez said she gave Affleck a standing ovation.

"[Argo] was a great movie," she said during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," airing Wednesday. "We got, you know, a lot of like ... They were really hard on us in the press when we dated back in the day. On movies and things like that. So it was a nice moment. It was nice to see him have that moment. I was really happy for him."

Lopez and Affleck broke off their engagement 10 years ago. The two, dubbed "Bennifer," were always in the tabloids and became a source of derision, and their movie together, "Gigli," bombed, hurting their careers.

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Affleck, 40, is now married - https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=married and has three children with actress Jennifer Garner. Lopez, 43, ended her marriage to singer Marc Anthony, with whom she has twins, https://www.mfclfnb4v.online - https://www.mfclfnb4v.online in 2011.

Lopez told DeGeneres that it's not awkward seeing her exes, like Sean "Diddy" Combs and Affleck, at events like the Golden Globes.

"[It's not awkward], because I see them a lot," she said. "Because we're in the same business. We run in the same circles."