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

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)

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.