How Ben Affleck feels about Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner

Ben Affleck He seemed to be in his element during an appearance in Cinemacon in the famous Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 2. There to promote your new and expected movie, ‘The accountant 2 ′the actor, with visibly darker hair, looked relaxed and in a good mood while talking on stage about the film and joking with his co -star, including Jon Bernthal.

A year has passed since AFFleck’s marriage with Jennifer Lopez He came to an end (Lopez, 55, filed the divorce demand in August on his second wedding anniversary, but the separation date was listed as April 26; the divorce was completed in January). Since then, the father of three children (he and his first ex -wife, Jennifer GarnerThey share Violet, 19, End, 16 and Samuel, 13) has been recalibrating silently. Far from the intense attention around “Bennifer 2.0”, the 52 -year -old star is recovering his rhythm while focusing on his children, his work and his sobriety (he recently told him to GQ which has been sober for more than five years). “Ben does not feel so exposed, and that likes it,” reveals a source to Us Weekly. He adds a second source: “He is focused on himself and his work, and seems very happy.”

Advancing

Affleck spoke for the first time about the end of his relationship with Lopez on the top article of April of GQtelling the magazine that “there was no scandal, there was no telenovela, there was no intrigue” behind his break. “There is no ‘this is what happened,” Affleck insisted. “It’s just the history of people trying to discover their lives and relationships like all of us do it in a normal way.”

He dismissed the speculation that the couple’s break could go back to a moment in his 2024 documentary, ‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told ‘in which he talked about navigating his different approaches to live under the public eye (“Do not marry a ship captain and then say,” I don’t like going out into the water, “he said in the documentary). “It is important to say that this was not the cause of an important fracture. It is not as if you could see that documentary and say, ‘oh, now I understand the problems that these two had'”.

Even so, there is no doubt that the attention they attracted bothered him (who can forget the viral videos of an AFFleck less than pleased walking with Lopez to his car in May 2023 or his gloomy appearance in the Grammys of that year, which he then discarded as something “of husband and wife”). “Ben never really liked the public appearance of his relationship,” says the first source, adding that the star “was frustrated with the nickname Bennifer 2.0 and never really comfortable with all that.” (Affleck told GQ that her temperament “is to be a bit more reserved and private than her”).

The ex have remained in good terms, but they are not as connected as they were during the immediate period of separation. “They are not in very often contact,” says the second source. A third one says to ‘Us’ that communication between the two is limited, but that they are “in a place where they know that messages can be called or sent at any time and be cordial.” Affleck’s children and 17 -year -old twins from Lopez, Emme and Max (his father is the singer Marc Anthony), They are still close, even when “Ben and J. have taken a step back on each other,” says the first source. “They are still in contact, but they were more during divorce because they had a reason to be, especially for the children. The mixed family vibrates has softened with distance, but there is still a lot of love” (the source points out that Lopez and Garner, who became friends while Lopez and Affleck were together, “have spoken a couple of times. Jennifer is one of the few people in which J.

Former friendly

Affleck and Garner, 53, have approached from their separation from Lopez. The holidays together with the children passed (they were seen offering their help with The Midnight Mission on Thanksgiving) and they monopolized headlines after AFFleck hugged Garner playfully during a Paintball departure for Samuel’s birthday in early March. “His relationship has been deepened since divorce (from Ben), but there is nothing romantic among them,” says the first source, adding that the couple occasionally spends time together without the children being present (AFFleck and Garner broke in 2015 after 10 years of marriage; Garner has been dating the businessman John Miller since 2018). “There is real confidence and familiarity there … which makes shared upbringing easier,” continues the first source. “They are family for life.”

Happy place

In his home in Los Angeles, his Brentwood mansion of $ 20 million is just a few minutes from Garner’s house, Affleck’s life revolves around work and his children. “They are all for him,” says the first source. Affleck told GQ that began to produce more than act and direct to be closer to them. “The most important thing for me was to be a father and be present.” He explained, “and that for my own good, go to Austin or Louisiana or somewhere to make some movie, I was really wasting some time that I could never recover.”

When he is not filming, he basically works from 9 to 5 in Artists Equity, the producer that he and his close friend of a lifetime Matt Damon They started at the end of 2022. “I will be at home at 3:45 when my children arrive from the bus,” he said. “And I can build a life that does that. And that means more for me than any of the other elements. That makes me happier.”

Work has remained a source of stability. “Ben doesn’t know how to stay still. He is always planning his next project,” says the third source. The first points out that the Oscar winner is focusing on roles that “challenge him and stories that mean something.” In Cinemacon, he told the audience that he is “excited” to play again his role for ‘The accountant 2 ′ (which opens on April 25), the sequel to the surprising action tape of 2016, adding, “it really feels good to continue the story.”

I also look forward to ‘Rip‘The criminal thriller of Netflix in which he stars (and produces) next to Damon, which will be released in autumn. The stars of ‘Good Will Hunting ‘ They worked together in ‘The Last Duel ‘ of 2021 and ‘Air ‘ of 2023. “Ben’s meeting with Matt for ‘RIP’ has been a great brilliant point for him,” says the first source. “There is no ego among them; it’s just fun.” Add the third source: “Matt is a family for Ben and one of his greatest support. Ben loves when they can be in the same room … and knows that they thrive together.”

His love life

Affleck has been dating casually, but is not ready for anything serious. “It is very casual,” says the third source, noting that the top -level star is not “having appointments in public” and is “very discreet” about the women he sees. The second source counts to ‘Us’ that Affleck has been linked to “a couple of people” and “has once again lived the life of single.”

The star expects to find love again, eventually. “Ben wants to settle (when the moment is adequate),” says the first source, noting that Affleck was briefly again in the application of exclusive dating lines, but “it is no longer theirs.” The third source says that the actor is constantly presented by friends and colleagues, “it is a habitual joke that someone always has a person for Ben to come out”, but it is “difficult for him to be tied. He feels relieved to have some independence and is very comfortable with his life now.”

In the year since his separation from Lopez, the new and improved Affleck has learned from his mistakes. “He and J. They moved very fast,” says the first source, adding that the actor has no desire to hurry in a relationship. “In the future, it will be more cautious. It is much more focused and reflective now.” The third source agrees that Affleck needed to be alone for a while. “Ben is really happy and in a good mental state,” shares the third source. He is hugging this next chapter. ”

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With reports by Travis Cronin, Andrea Simpson & Amanda Williams,