Ben Affleck was in a rare good mood on Wednesday as he mingled with fans in New York City.
The Oscar-winning actor was seen talking animatedly while in Manhattan with a bystander holding a hand near his neck.
The father of three had been attending a conference in a high-rise building downtown when he came across some fans.
Affleck appeared tired but happy while dressed in a blue suit while surrounded by fans and fellow conference attendees.
Meanwhile, his estranged wife Jennifer Lopez – who filed for divorce from him in August – is in Los Angeles with her twins Max and Emme.
Lopez looked especially dazzling in a gold dress at Saturday’s Wicked premiere with Emme.
Ben Affleck speaks with a man in New York City on Wednesday.
Affleck was particularly animated as he chatted with one man at the event
Emme, who uses the pronouns, did not walk the red carpet with their mother – who modeled a glamorous dress for the event – but later accompanied her to the theater.
In the sweet snapshot, the teen wore a beige patterned button-down and black pants to watch Wicked – which is set to hit theaters later this month on November 22.
Lopez posted the photo over the cherry blossoms from a promo image from the Wicked movie.
She paired the post with a Cynthia Erivo instrumental and Ariana Grande’s Defying Gravity duet from the musical.
Alongside the photo, the Atlas actress wrote, “Wicked!! We loved it.’
She also shared green and pink heart emojis, as well as one of a witch and one of a fairy, to symbolize the two protagonists’ respective characters.
Lopez is also mother to Emme’s 16-year-old twin brother Max.
She shares both children with her ex, Marc Anthony.
The Bronx native was previously married to the singer-songwriter from 2004 to 2014.
The star looked happy as he left his fan meeting
At the premiere, she showed her exes what they’re missing — including her estranged husband Affleck, who has looked “miserable” in public since their divorce.
The brunette bombshell turned heads in a colorful halter dress adorned with intricate gemstone embellishments and sexy side cutouts from the Zuhair Murad Couture Spring 2024 collection.
After attending the premiere, she also shared a short video of herself walking the red carpet and posing in the glamorous dress.
Meanwhile, his ex Jennifer Lopez brought her child, Emme Muñiz, to the Wicked premiere in Los Angeles on Saturday
At the premiere she showed her ex what he is missing in this sexy dress
Her latest observation comes after she said canceling her summer tour earlier this year was the “best thing she ever did” amid her divorce from Affleck.
The singer pulled the plug on her This Is Me… Live concerts in May, telling fans at the time that she was “heartbroken and devastated” to be “letting them down” before later confirming in divorce documents that the couple had spent the month had broken up before it.
A statement at the time said JLo was stepping back from the spotlight “to be with her kids,” and on Friday’s Graham Norton show she said, “I took the summer off to be home with the kids, that’s it best I have. ever done’.
She stuck to her word and took Emme to the premiere to enjoy the highly anticipated Broadway adaptation of Wicked.
Lopez is also mother to Emme’s 16-year-old twin brother Max. She shares both children with her ex, Marc Anthony
Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire, the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked told the backstory of the Wicked Witch Of The West from The Wizard Of Oz.
In the films, Cynthia Erivo plays the title character Elphaba with Ariana Grande as her best friend Galinda, who later becomes Glinda the Good Witch of the North.
Lopez is currently working on a Broadway adaptation of his own – a film of the 1990s musical Kiss Of The Spider Woman, with a score by Cabaret and Chicago songwriting team Fred Ebb and John Kander.
Wicked will be released in two parts; Wicked: Part One opens in theaters on November 22, while Part Two is scheduled for release in November 2025.