Ben Affleck spending a lot of time with ex Jennifer Garner and kids as divorce from Jennifer Lopez is finalised

Ben Affleck is already dating, a day after his divorce from Jennifer Lopez was finalised, a new report has claimed.

Updated on: Feb 23, 2025, 12:16:21 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are officially single. Their divorce finally came through on Friday, six months after it was filed. And if a new report is to be believed, Ben has already moved on and is 'casually dating'. However, the report adds that the actor's focus remains his work. (Also read: Ben Affleck ‘casually dating’ as he attains legally single status after divorce from Jennifer Lopez)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck arrive for a special screening of Marry Me at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Los Angeles, February 8, 2022. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (AFP)

Ben Affleck is spending time with Jennifer Garner post divorce

People Magazine quoted a source close to Ben Affleck saying, "Ben's casually dating. This doesn't seem to be a focus, though. He is very focused on work. If he's not filming, he spends long days at his office.”

The source added that Ben is spending “a lot of time” with his and Jennifer Garner’s children, Violet Anne, Seraphina Rose, and Samuel, adding that he is especially close to his youngest child, Samuel.

Ben Affleck's divorce from Jennifer Lopez

On Saturday, AP reported that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved Jennifer and Ben's divorce settlement on January 6 and declared that it would take effect on February 21, after California's required six months passed since Lopez filed to dissolve their two-year-old marriage.

The document said they settled through mediation in September, avoiding the kind of drawn-out court fight that other celebrity couples have gone through. Jennifer Lopez has now dropped the Affleck from her legal name.

Jennifer and Ben, America's sweethearts, married in July 2022. But she filed for divorce in August 2024. Jennifer and Ben, America's sweethearts, married in July 2022. But she filed for divorce in August 2024. This was their second stint as a couple. In the early 2000s, they met, fell in love, got engaged and starred together in the infamous Gigli and Jersey Girl in 2004. However, they parted ways the same year before rekindling their romance 18 years later.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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