He’s developed a solid relationship with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner over the years since their 2018 divorce.
And Ben Affleck continued the positive interactions when he met up with the 51-year-old actress for a brief rendezvous in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old actor-turned-director was stopping by to pick up his son Samuel, 11.
Even though he usually looks over the moon when he spends time with his children, Ben looked less than enthused as he carried on a tense conversation on his cell phone.
The family pickup comes after Ben’s wife Jennifer Lopez — who brought two children of her own into their blended family — admitted that she ‘can’t protect’ the young ones from seeing online gossip about their relationship because the kids have been online from such a young age.
Ben Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, both 51, reunited in LA on Wednesday as he picked up their son Samuel, 11. The director was seen having a tense phone conversation
He wore a black sweater with jeans and Nike sneakers, while Jennifer rocked a casual white T-shirt, black sweat pants and colorful platform trainers
Ben was dressed in a casual-cool outfit when he met up with his ex.
He rocked a slim black sweater that he wore atop a white shirt and with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows.
He paired it with slim jeans and a cool pair of blue, white and black Nike trainers.
He carried an ice drink with him to get his caffeine fix, and he had his cellphone plastered against his face.
Jennifer rocked a similarly relaxed outfit with a white T-shirt decorated with red text on the chest.
She contrasted it with black sweat pants and colorful platform sneakers, and she carried a black jacket in her arm.
She wore her brunette hair parted down the middle and rocked a chunky set of black sunglasses.
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.
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’re pictured recreating Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance, which they performed in the film
Ben and Jennifer announced their divorce in 2015 after 10 years of marriage, but they have remained friends and committed coparents since then; seen in 2014 in West Hollywood
‘Why wasn’t I asked to do this in the first place?’ she joked during her humorous speech praising him, which culminated in two recreating the dance from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, which they performed in the film. ‘I kicked off the Mark Ruffalo rom-com era!’
She revealed during her speech that the Zodiac actor tried to get out of his contract on 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 a deathly quiet to ‘Bro, this is not for me,” she recalled.
Jennifer and Ben began their romance back in 2004, after becoming friends via their work together on Pearl Harbor (2001) and Daredevil (2003).
They married the following year and went on to welcome three children: Violet, 18; Seraphina, 15; and Samuel, 11.
But the couple announced in 2015 that they were divorcing, and Ben — who has 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 that 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 their wedding off 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 kids — Violet, 18; Seraphina, 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
Following her split with Alex Rodriguez, Ben began catching up with her via romantic emails, and the two began dating in April of 2021, two decades after they first met.
They were engaged the following year and married later in 2022, first with a quick Las Vegas wedding before hosting a more opulent ceremony at Ben’s Georgia estate.
Since reuniting with Jennifer, Ben has appeared to develop a strong relationship with her two children, twins Max and Emme, who will 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 ‘needed to grow and do other things’ before they were ready to be together for the long haul.