Ben Affleck grabs daughter Seraphina in Santa Monica after boyfriend Matt Damon reveals advice he gave him in high school theater
Ben Affleck was photographed on Thursday in Santa Monica, California, having lunch with his daughter Seraphina.
The A-list actor, 50 – who is married to Jennifer Lopez, 53 – wore a black and blue checked western shirt with dark blue jeans held up by a black belt.
The Air star rounded out his ensemble with black and white Nike sneakers and sported a beard on the day out in Southern California.
Seraphina, 14, wore a black T-shirt with a multicolored graphic on the front with blue jeans and white sneakers. She sported a shaggy black hairstyle on the outing.
Affleck is a father of three with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, 51 — daughters Violet, 17, and Seraphina, and son Samuel, 11. Lopez is mother to twins Emme and Maximilian, 15, with ex-husband Marc Anthony, 54.
Out and about: Ben Affleck, 50, was pictured Thursday in Santa Monica, California, having lunch with his daughter Seraphina, 14
Affleck is nearly a year away from exchanging vows with Lopez in Las Vegas on July 16.
He and Lopez then took part in an Aug. 20 wedding ceremony at his estate outside of Savannah, Georgia.
Affleck recently took center stage in a funny story told by his longtime friend and frequent costar Matt Damon, 52, who appeared on the SmartLess: on the go podcast with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.
Damon opened up on the appearance about a discussion he had with Affleck when they were in the same high school theater program as teenagers in Massachusetts.
“When he got to high school, I had to straighten him out because I was the lord of that theater department,” Damon said.
He continued, “I went up to him like the first day and pulled him up and said, ‘Hey, you know it’s different here in the theater.'”
Damon said he told Affleck, “You’re not going to cut it with your looks,” adding, “And we were both about five feet tall.”
The A-list actor — who is married to Jennifer Lopez, 53 — wore a black and blue checked western shirt with dark blue jeans and a black belt.
Affleck showed up in LA with longtime friend Matt Damon in March to promote the movie Air
Damon said Affleck arrived with a bit of hype after appearing in an ABC after-school special in 1986, adding, “He was like the big star of our school.”
The friends would later appear in the 1992 film School Ties, five years before they both broke out with the 1997 classic Good Will Hunting, for which they failed to win the Best Screenplay Oscar together.
They have since collaborated on such films as 1999’s Dogma, 2001’s Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, 2021’s The Last Duel, and this year’s Nike film Air.