Ben Affleck Spotted with New Woman Following Jennifer Lopez Divorce Crisis

Ben Affleck might already be moving on from Jennifer Lopez after the latter filed for divorce on Aug. 20. The Air actor is allegedly “hanging out” with a new woman.

According to Page Six, which got the information from a reported “Hollywood insider,” Affleck has been spotted at various places around Los Angeles, including the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, with Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy. She is the 36-year-old daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. —who recently ended his presidential campaign—and his first wife, Emily Black.

While her father went into politics, Kick has pursued a career in acting, most recently appearing in the film Fear and Loathing in Aspen. She has an older brother, Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy III, and four half-siblings, whom Kennedy Jr. shares with his late second wife, Mary Kathleen Richardson.

The status of Affleck’s relationship with Kick is not officially confirmed.

The surprising news comes in the wake of the divorce filings from Lopez, who listed “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split. She also indicated the date of their separation as April 26 and requested the court return her legal last name to “Lopez,” as she previously adopted Affleck’s last name when they got married.

Neither Lopez nor Affleck has shared a public comment on the split, although rumors of issues between the two have been ongoing for months.

While the two were previously engaged in the 2000s, Affleck and Lopez reunited in early 2021 a few years after the former divorced Jennifer Garner. They had another whirlwind romance, getting engaged early the next year and tying the knot months later. Affleck and Lopez first married in Las Vegas before having a bigger ceremony in Georgia in August 2022.