Clerks Director Kevin Smith Says Ben Affleck Wrote "A 12-Page" Wedding Speech: "Very Inspiring"

Ben Affleck wrote a "12-page speech" for his wedding day.

Affleck, 50, married Jennifer Lopez in August, and his filmmaker pal Kevin Smith — who attended the star-studded ceremony in Savannah, Georgia — has revealed that the  wrote a "breathtaking" speech for the occasion.

The Clerks director, 53, told The View: "He’s one of my favourite writers on the planet. He wrote his vows — they [both] wrote their vows, but he wrote a big speech that he read to her at the wedding, which was breathtaking. And it was long.

"That's one of my favourite things about Ben; he's his own biggest fan, so he wrote like a 12-page speech. I was like, 'Keep talking, keep talking.' "

Smith quipped, "It was wonderful. Very inspiring. I was happy for them. They deserve it."

Smith — who directed Affleck in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jersey Girl — also revealed that he was "bawling" throughout the ceremony.

"Even a cold-hearted robot would walk away from that ceremony like, ‘Oh my God, true love can happen!'

"It was a real fairy-tale ending. And [Jennifer] has impeccable taste, the whole place looked amazing. [Jennifer] looked fantastic. They all looked fantastic."

In her On the JLo newsletter, Lopez, 53, shared more details about her special day.

"'This is heaven. Right Here. We're in it now.' That is one of my favourite lines that Ben wrote from a movie he directed called Live By Night. He also said it the night of our wedding reception in his speech, and I thought ... how perfect," she wrote.

Lopez added: "Years ago, we had no idea the road ahead would mean navigating so many labyrinths and hold so many surprises, blessings and delights. It all culminated in this moment, one of the most perfect of our lives. We couldn't have been happier."— BANG SHOWBIZ

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