{"id":2199532,"date":"2025-12-15T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2199532"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:43:03","slug":"ben-affleck-awkwardly-reunites-with-exes-jennifer-lopez-and-jennifer-garner-at-kids-school-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ben-affleck-awkwardly-reunites-with-exes-jennifer-lopez-and-jennifer-garner-at-kids-school-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck awkwardly reunites with exes Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner at kids\u2019 school play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two\u2019s company, three\u2019s a crowd?<\/p>\n<p>Ben Affleck was spotted in an awkward triangle with both of his ex-wives, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner, on Friday night, as Affleck and Garner\u2019s child Seraphina and Lopez\u2019s child Emme starred in a play together.<\/p>\n<p>In photos obtained by Page Six, Affleck and the \u201c13 Going on 30\u201d star can be seen walking into a Los Angeles playhouse with their son Samuel, 13, while the singer appeared to arrive separately.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ben Affleck was seen along with both of his ex-wives Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner as their children starred in a play together Friday night. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In photos obtained by Page Six, Affleck and Garner can be seen walking into the playhouse with son Samuel, while the singer appeared to arrive separately. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cWaiting for Tonight\u201d hitmaker, 56, was accompanied by her manager Benny Medina and her mother, Guadalupe, and was pictured chatting with other parents and kids.<\/p>\n<p>She seemingly did not interact with her ex or Garner \u2014 at least not outside.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Lopez and Affleck, 53, were in eyeshot of each other, but the latter\u2019s back was to her as they were talking to separate groups.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At one point, Lopez and Affleck were in eyeshot of each other but the latter\u2019s back was to her as they were talking to separate groups. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Samuel did take time to talk to the \u201cHustlers\u201d actress though, as the pair were seen smiling and laughing outside the playhouse.  <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Samuel did take time to talk to the \u201cHustlers\u201d actress though, as the pair were seen smiling and laughing outside the playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Affleck and Garner, 53, wed in 2005 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/06\/30\/ben-affleck-and-jennifer-garner-to-divorce\/\">called it quits<\/a> in 2015. Even after their split, the \u201cJuno\u201d actress continued to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/03\/14\/ben-affleck-went-to-rehab-for-alcohol-addiction\/\">support her ex<\/a> through his addiction battles and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/07\/parents\/ben-affleck-makes-rare-comment-about-co-parenting-with-ex-wife-jennifer-garner\/\">maintain a close co-parent relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the \u201cGone Girl\u201d star\u2019s divorce, he reconnected with Lopez in 2021, who he was<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-relationship-timeline\/\"> previously engaged to in 2002<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Samuel and Lopez formed a close bond while she was his stepmom. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By July 2022, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-relationship-timeline\/\">they were married <\/a>and successfully blended their families. Lopez shares 17-year-old twins, Emme and Max, with ex-husband Marc Anthony.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2024, news surfaced that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/16\/entertainment\/ben-affleck-reportedly-staying-at-separate-house-from-jennifer-lopez-as-split-rumors-loom\/\">they had been living separately<\/a> and divorce rumors started to run rampant. Lopez officially<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/20\/entertainment\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-divorcing-after-2-years-of-marriage\/\">\u00a0filed to divorce<\/a>\u00a0Affleck on Aug. 20, 2024, after two years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, Page Six exclusively reported that Lopez was<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/06\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-lopez-furious-over-photos-of-ben-affleck-and-jennifer-garner\/\"> \u201cfurious\u201d over cozy photos of Affleck and Garner<\/a>. A source told us that the dancer was \u201cnot happy with constantly seeing photos\u201d\u00a0of the two and they have been a \u201csalt in the wound.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Affleck and Garner wed in 2005 and called it quits in 2015 but have maintained a close friendship. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Lopez and Affleck were married from 2022 to 2024 and the dancer was reportedly \u201cfurious\u201d of cozy photos of her ex and Garner that surfaced in after their divorce. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That same month, another insider exclusively told Page Six that Affleck <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/04\/celebrity-news\/ben-affleck-would-love-another-chance-with-ex-jennifer-garner-if-timing-is-right\/\">\u201cwould love another chance\u201d with Garner<\/a>, although she is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/28\/celebrity-news\/jennifer-garner-sparks-engagement-rumors-with-boyfriend-john-miller-again\/\">in an on and off relationship with John Miller<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Despite any ill feelings Lopez may have towards her ex\u2019s situation with his first wife, she does not let that get in the way of maintaining a relationship with his children. <\/p>\n<p>Back in September, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/06\/parents\/jennifer-lopez-takes-ben-afflecks-son-samuel-shopping\/\">took Samuel on\u00a0a lunch and shopping outing<\/a>, just the two of them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two\u2019s company, three\u2019s a crowd? Ben Affleck was spotted in an awkward triangle with both of his ex-wives, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Garner, on Friday night, as Affleck and Garner\u2019s child Seraphina and Lopez\u2019s child Emme starred in a play together. In photos obtained by Page Six, Affleck and the \u201c13 Going on 30\u201d star [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2199533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[29466,24188,49106,40151,70626,32366,24003,39283,22265,21912,21800,22507,21913],"class_list":["post-2199532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-jennifer-garner","tag-jennifer-lopez","tag-movies","tag-music","tag-parents","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ben-Affleck-awkwardly-reunites-with-exes-Jennifer-Lopez-and-Jennifer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2199534,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199532\/revisions\/2199534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}