Ben Affleck He seemed to be in his element as he appeared in Cinemacon at the famous Caesar Palace in Las Vegas on April 2. There to promote his loud movie, Accountant 2The actor – who was wearing a noticeable darker hair – was comfortable and in good spirits while he was talking on the stage of the movie and his journey with his cassation, including John Burnas.

One year has passed since Affleck’s marriage Jennifer Lopez I finish. (Lopez, 55, I came to divorce In August on their second anniversary, but the date of separation was included on April 26; the Divorce has been completed In January.) Since then, my father was three (he and his former wife Jennifer Garner Violet, 19, Fin, 16, and Samuel, 13) Share calmly re -calibrated. Away from the intense scrutiny surrounding “Bennifer 2.0”, the 52 -year -old star regains his groove while focusing on his children, work and penny (recently told. Gq It was sober for more than five years). “Bin does not feel exposed now, and he loves it,” says one of the sources US weekly. Another source adds: “He focused on himself and worked, and it seems very happy.”

Make a feet

Open Affleck for the first time about The disappearance of his relationship With Lopez in GqThe April cover story, the magazine told that there was no “scandal, no soap opera, no politicization” behind its disintegration. “There is no, that’s what happened,” Affleck insisted. “It is just a story about the people trying to discover their lives and relationships in ways that we all do all of them.”

He ignored speculation that the partition of the couple could be returned to a moment in her 2024 documentary The greatest love story you did not tellWhere he touched on the movement in their various approaches to live in the spotlight (“You do not marry the captain of the ship and then say:” Well, I do not like to go out in the water, “he said in the document). It is not as if you can watch this documentary and go, “Oh, now I understand the issues that these two have faced.” “

However, there is no doubt that the attention that attracted them disturbed him. (Who can forget viral videos to less than walking alongside Lopez to their car waiting in May 2023 or his amazing appearance in Grammys that year, which he later rejected as “a husband and wife”. Ben never says with Benname. (Affleke said Gq His mood “is to be more likely to be sliced ​​and special than her salary.”

Exes remained in good terms, but they were not as they were as they were during the initial effects of the division. The second source says: “They are not in contact with a lot.” A third tells we This communication between the two is limited, but “in a place they know they can contact or text messages at any time and be friendly.” Affleck children and The 17 -year -old Lopez twinsEmme and Max (Abi Mughni Mark AnthonyThe first source says: “Ben and J.LO have taken a step back from each other.” Vapi has eased the mixed family distance, but there is still a lot of love.

Exies friendly

Affleck and Garner, 53, has been close to Lopez. They spent holidays with children (they were all monitored volunteers with Midnight Mission in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day) and released newspapers after Affleck Garner embraced a vibratively during the picnic of the coating balls on Samuel’s birthday in early March. “Their relationship has been deepened since then [Ben’s] The first source says: “Divorce, but there is nothing romantic between them,” adding that the husband spends time without the presence of children. (Affleck and Garner separated in 2015 after 10 years of marriage; Garner It was dating back to the businessman John Miller Since 2018) “They are a life family.”

Happy place

At home in Los Angeles – Brentwood Palace of $ 20 million is a few minutes away from Garner’s home – Affleck’s life is about work and his children. The first source says: “They are everything for him.” Affleck said Gq More production and guidance began to be closer to it. He explained: “The most important thing for me was the father and reaching the attendees, and that for my interest, and going to Austin or Louisiana or somewhere to do some films, I was really missing, I could not return.”

When it is not depicted, it works mainly 9-5 in property rights artists, the production company is his long-term friend Damon died He started in late 2022. “I will be at home at 3:45 when my children start from the bus.” “I am able to build a life to do it. This means more than any of them. This makes me happier.”

Work has been a source of stability. The third source says: “Bin does not know how to sit steadfast. He is always planning for his next project.” The first notes that the Oscar winner focuses on the roles that “challenge him and the stories that mean something.” In Cinemacon, the crowd told that he was “pleased” to return in its nature Accountant 2 (Out of April 25), continued to Surprise 2016 Action Flick, adding, “It is great to continue the story.”

He also looks forward to to cutThe Netflix Crime Thriller, which starred (produced) alongside Damon, which is scheduled to come out in the fall. the Well -hired The stars worked together in 2021 The last duel And 2023 air. The first source says: “I did not reunite Ben with Matt for the sake of Rip, a bright point for him.” There is no ego [with them]; It is just fun. The third source adds: “He died is the milk family and one of its largest supporters. Bin loves when they are in the same room … and he knows that they flourish together. “

His emotional life

AFFLECK was a date to its width but it was not completely ready for anything dangerous. “It is very informal,” the third source says, noting that A-Lister is not “dates in public places” and “very low” than the women he sees. The second source tells we Affleck has connected “Two people” and “returns to live a single bachelor’s life.”

The star hopes to find love again – in the end. Ben wants to settle [when the time is right]The first source says, noting that Affleck has briefly returned to the exclusive dating application Raya, but “it is no longer so. The third source says that the actor is constantly prepared by friends and colleagues -” It is a ongoing joke that everyone has a person for Ben until now ” – but” it is difficult to be linked. He feels comfortable with some independence [and is] Very comfortable with his life now. “

In the year since his division of Lopez, the new Affleck learned the improved of his mistakes. The first source says: “He and J “In the future, it will be more careful. It’s more focused and reflected now.” The third source agrees that Affleck needs to be alone for a while. “Bin Saeed is really in a good head space,” the third source participates. It embraces this next chapter. “

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With reports of Travis Chronin, Andrea Simpson, Amanda Williams