Ben Affleck Is 'Healthy, Single and Enjoying Life' After Jennifer Lopez Split: He's 'Excited' for Holiday with His Kids (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Affleck in 2021.Photo:Dominique Charriau/WireImage

Dominique Charriau/WireImage

Ben Affleckis having a happy holiday season.Months after his exJennifer Lopezfiled for divorce, Affleck, 52, is “healthy, single and enjoying life,” a source exclusively tells PEOPLE.As 2025 approaches, the actor-filmmaker is enjoying quality time withViolet Anne, 19 — on break from her first yearat Yale University— as well asSeraphina Rose, 15, andSamuel, 12, hiskidsshared with ex-wifeJennifer Garner.“Ben is spending the holiday with his children and is excited to have Violet home for break,” the insider tells PEOPLE.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Affleck and Garner, 52, have beenspotted togetherthis month afterspending Thanksgivingas a family, when they and their kids served free meals to the Los Angeles homeless community atThe Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Street Fair.Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner on Nov. 28.BACKGRIDGarner, who is dating businessmanJohn Miller, “truly just wants her kids to be happy,” a sourceshared with PEOPLE. “She will continue to make sure that they spend time together as a family and include Ben… The kids enjoy when they all spend time together.“Speaking to PEOPLE earlier this month, Garner said that cooking, seeing a production ofThe Nutcrackerand “just being together with family” were among her priorities this holiday season. “I have one kid who specializes in mashed potatoes, that’s their specialty. I have one kid who is all about making an apple pie, that’s their specialty, and then I have one who goodness only knows what she will make,” theDeadpool & Wolverinestar said.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Jennifer Lopez; Ben Affleck.Marc Piasecki/WireImage; Gary Miller/WireImageLopez, 55, filed for divorce from Affleck in August. Theformer couple, following an initial romance and engagement that ended in 2004, were married in July 2022. A source close to the actress-musician told PEOPLE that she “has had a rough year but is doing well. She’s ready for Christmas and tostart the new year fresh.”Affleck recently joined both Lopez and Garnerat a school playfeaturing Seraphina and Lopez’schildEmme, perTMZ. The Oscar winner has been filmingThe Accountant 2, due in theaters April 25, 2025.His other movie projects as a producer alongsideMatt DamonareUnstoppable(in theaters now and streaming on Prime Video Jan. 16, 2025) andKiss of the Spider Woman, which both star Lopez.

Ben Affleckis having a happy holiday season.

Months after his exJennifer Lopezfiled for divorce, Affleck, 52, is “healthy, single and enjoying life,” a source exclusively tells PEOPLE.

As 2025 approaches, the actor-filmmaker is enjoying quality time withViolet Anne, 19 — on break from her first yearat Yale University— as well asSeraphina Rose, 15, andSamuel, 12, hiskidsshared with ex-wifeJennifer Garner.

“Ben is spending the holiday with his children and is excited to have Violet home for break,” the insider tells PEOPLE.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Affleck and Garner, 52, have beenspotted togetherthis month afterspending Thanksgivingas a family, when they and their kids served free meals to the Los Angeles homeless community atThe Midnight Mission’s annual Thanksgiving Street Fair.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner on Nov. 28.BACKGRID

BACKGRID

Garner, who is dating businessmanJohn Miller, “truly just wants her kids to be happy,” a sourceshared with PEOPLE. “She will continue to make sure that they spend time together as a family and include Ben… The kids enjoy when they all spend time together.”

Speaking to PEOPLE earlier this month, Garner said that cooking, seeing a production ofThe Nutcrackerand “just being together with family” were among her priorities this holiday season. “I have one kid who specializes in mashed potatoes, that’s their specialty. I have one kid who is all about making an apple pie, that’s their specialty, and then I have one who goodness only knows what she will make,” theDeadpool & Wolverinestar said.

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Jennifer Lopez; Ben Affleck.Marc Piasecki/WireImage; Gary Miller/WireImage

Marc Piasecki/WireImage; Gary Miller/WireImage

Lopez, 55, filed for divorce from Affleck in August. Theformer couple, following an initial romance and engagement that ended in 2004, were married in July 2022. A source close to the actress-musician told PEOPLE that she “has had a rough year but is doing well. She’s ready for Christmas and tostart the new year fresh.”

Affleck recently joined both Lopez and Garnerat a school playfeaturing Seraphina and Lopez’schildEmme, perTMZ. The Oscar winner has been filmingThe Accountant 2, due in theaters April 25, 2025.

His other movie projects as a producer alongsideMatt DamonareUnstoppable(in theaters now and streaming on Prime Video Jan. 16, 2025) andKiss of the Spider Woman, which both star Lopez.

source: people.com