He has built a solid relationship with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner over the years since their divorce in 2018.
And Ben Affleck continued the positive interactions when he met the 51-year-old actress for a quick date in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old actor turned director stopped by to pick up his son Samuel, 11.
Although he usually looks at the moon when spending time with his kids, Ben looked less than enthusiastic as he had a tense conversation on his cell phone.
The family pickup comes after Ben’s wife Jennifer Lopez – who herself had two children in their blended family – admitted that she ‘cannot protect’ the youngsters from online gossip about their relationship because the children have been online from such a situation. young age.
Ben Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, both 51, reunited in LA on Wednesday when he picked up their son Samuel, 11. The director had a tense telephone conversation.
He wore a black sweater with jeans and Nike sneakers, while Jennifer wore a casual white T-shirt, black sweatpants and colorful platform shoes
Ben was dressed in a casual-cool outfit when he met his ex.
He wore a sleek black sweater worn over a white shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows.
He paired it with slim jeans and a cool pair of blue, white and black Nike sneakers.
He had an iced drink with him to get his caffeine fix, and he had his cell phone stuck to his face.
Jennifer rocked a similarly relaxed outfit with a white T-shirt adorned with red text across the chest.
She contrasted it with black sweatpants and colorful platform shoes, and she wore a black jacket on her arm.
She wore her dark brown hair parted in the middle and wore thick black sunglasses.
The Alias star recently supported her 13 Going On 30 costar Mark Ruffalo as he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Alias star recently supported her 13 Going On 30 costar Mark Ruffalo when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8. They are pictured imitating Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance, which they performed in the film.
Ben and Jennifer announced their divorce in 2015 after ten years of marriage, but since then they have remained friends and devoted co-parents; seen in 2014 in West Hollywood
“Why wasn’t I asked to do that in the first place?” she joked during her humorous speech praising him, which culminated in her recreating the dance from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, which they performed in the film. “I kicked off Mark Ruffalo’s rom-com era!”
She revealed during her speech that the Zodiac actor tried to get out of his contract for the film after the first rehearsal of the Thriller dance sequence.
“Mark went from kind of shocked that we actually had to do this, to antsy, to deathly silence, to ‘Bro, this isn’t for me,'” she recalled.
Jennifer and Ben began their romance in 2004, after becoming friends through their work on Pearl Harbor (2001) and Daredevil (2003).
They married the following year and welcomed three children: Violet, 18; Serafina, 15; and Samuel, 11.
But the couple announced they were divorcing in 2015, and Ben – who described himself as an alcoholic – later spoke openly about how his struggles with alcohol addiction at the time led to the demise of their marriage.
He and Jennifer later finalized their divorce in 2018, the same year he entered a rehab program.
A few years later, he found love again with his former fiancée Jennifer Lopez, whom he dated from 2002 to 2004 before calling off their wedding as they struggled with constant media attention.
After previously getting engaged in the early 2000s, he and his ex Jennifer Lopez reunited in 2021 and married the following year.
In addition to his three children: Violet, 18; Serafina, 15; and Samuel, 11 — Ben has developed a strong relationship with Jennifer’s twins Max and Emme (pictured), who turn 16 next week; seen in May 2023 in LA
After her breakup with Alex Rodriguez, Ben started catching up with her through romantic emails, and the two started dating in April 2021, twenty years after they first met.
They were engaged the following year and later married in 2022, first with a quick wedding in Las Vegas before hosting a more lavish ceremony at Ben’s estate in Georgia.
Since reuniting with Jennifer, Ben appears to have developed a strong relationship with her two children, twins Max and Emme, who turn 16 next week.
Jennifer recently shared that reuniting wasn’t “something we ever planned,” and the Out Of Sight star admitted that she and her soulmate “had to grow and do other things” before they were ready to be together long-term are.