Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez were loved up in the Hamptons for the 4th of July

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck go for an evening stroll in The Hamptons

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are in the Hamptons! They are presumably spending some downtime at Jennifer’s Hamptons estate, which saw a flurry of activity last week, as Page Six noted. Ben and Jennifer were photographed taking an evening stroll around the neighborhood on Saturday. Can I just say? She’s already started grooming and styling him. He got a recent haircut, his beard is freshly trimmed, his skin looks fresher (like he just had a facial) and she’s got him nice khakis and an expensive-looking cream pullover. I wonder if she had a concept board for how he should be styled in the Hamptons and how they would coordinate in soft creams and pale browns.

Incidentally, no one knows who those other people are. I would assume they’re Jennifer’s neighbors, perhaps on a walk that evening as well. They seem to chat with one another, probably about the paparazzi gathered down the street. Personally, I don’t think J.Lo and Ben look all lovey-dovey. I think they look mad about the paps. Update: Apparently, the other people are Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and her husband. Elaine is J.Lo’s producing partner.

The trip to the Hamptons wasn’t the only Bennifer activity in recent days. Before Ben and Jen jetted off from LA, they took their kids to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. There was some debate about which kids were around – from what I could see, it looked like Max and Emme Anthony were there and so was Samuel Affleck. I bet Jennifer Garner is sh-tting bricks.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck go for an evening stroll in The Hamptons

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck go for an evening stroll in The Hamptons

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck go for an evening stroll in The Hamptons

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  1. Lili says:

    I’m just now realising how dour looking he is, he doesnt seem to look happy, no smiles. physically he looks great and fit. but crack a smile would ya

    • Leanne says:

      I don’t always smile when I am taking a walk. Also they could be talking about something serious. Someone could be sick, their kids could be in trouble, who knows. They are human after all.

      • Pao says:

        Or maybe like this article states he was upset at the paparazzi. I know i would be.

      • DiegoInSF says:

        Yeah, Elaine’s mom just passed and that’s why JLo had flown back to LA after the hung out in Miami a couple weeks ago, to be with Elaine as they’re quite close.

    • Jules says:

      yea he looks miserable… and of course the paps are there, Bennifer has them on speed dial.

      • Paige says:

        He is definitely being “groomed” and is pissed but also he still looks a little ‘methy’ in the face?-what is it? does anyone else see? maybe just the natural thinning of the face has one ages?

      • LMR says:

        He is probably jonesing for a drink. It’s a daily struggle and he knows he can’t fuck it up and relapse again.

    • Meg says:

      His expressions do look more tired in more than once pic since his reunion with jlo doesn’t he? Also very thin in his face too honestly is the beard covering up how gaunt his face is? Is he losing weight for a role?

      • LaurenMichelle says:

        Ben looks exhausted. Keeping up with J- Lo would be challenging. Perhaps Ben is wishing he was at a casino with J-Lo’s mum, instead of being chased around by the paps.

    • Size Does Matter says:

      He looks plaintive, like it’s a silent cry for help. He’s trapped in the beige palace and longing for a cigarette and some Dunkin.

      • LaurenMichelle says:

        I forgot about the Dunkin’ routine! Ben looks worn out and probably wants to chill, but now he’s on the J-Lo train and can never relax.
        I believe he loves J-Lo, but this whirlwind pace of life looks like it’s killing him.

  2. a0 says:

    According to People, the other couple are JLo’s best friend and producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and her husband.

    They’re cute!

    • Hyperbolme says:

      I like that last photo where Jen is obviously eying her ring finger wondering if Ben will get the subtle hints she’s been dropping to propose at the Met Gala.

      • Linny says:

        I don’t know, it seems she is hiding into his chest and Ben is growling, probably at paps; before that I see a look on Ben’s face I read as finally I am free to be me and be with Jennifer (I always believed he was forced to break off with Lopez by his mother & Damon and his previous marriage was stable but loveless and quite honestly I believe not his choice)

      • milliemollie says:

        @Linny, so they forced him to cheat on JLo?! He ruined it, no one else is to blame

      • Lena says:

        @Linny You really do see Ben as a helpless man-child, no man-baby who has absolutely zero power over his own personal choices. And I guess that excuses his episodes of being an assaulter because Hilarie Burton and Anna Marie Tindler must have made him do that too.

  3. christina says:

    He looks miserable and her outfit does her no favors.

    • Chic says:

      That’s the similar outfit Arod wore last year. So uncomfortable with her kids meeting Mommy’s new boyfriend so quickly after blending families with previous boyfriend.

    • Truthiness says:

      Yeah, he looks tired and miserable. Plus weight loss can make you look gaunt. Their demeanor could be appropriate for whatever they were discussing.

  4. Rapunzel says:

    Interestingly, Blindgossip called this. They had a blind saying J.Lo wanted Ben’s kids as part of the PR, and Jen Garner was refusing to allow it. I’m curious how it was managed by Ben.

    And could they be anymore obvious with the Pap walks? I mean– they’re virtually wearing matching outfits in the Hamptons pics.

    • Chaine says:

      Managed by Ben because Jen Garner and daughters were touristing in France according to a different tabloid article. I think his son must have been staying with Ben.

  5. milliemollie says:

    They don’t look good in those pics.
    And it’s irresponsible to aleady drag the kids into it. The twins probably still miss Arod and his kids and Affleck’s kids meet a new gf like every other year who’s gone in a year.

    • a0 says:

      Ben’s kids didn’t meet anyone except for Ana de Armas

      • milliemollie says:

        So they didn’t meet the snl producer who was in his life for quite some time, but he used his kids for pap walks with his pandemic girlfriend? Wow, what a great dad…

      • a0 says:

        He publicly dated Lindsay and Ana for similar amounts of time but the Lindsay thing was more complicated because of their messy history and because he was really struggling with sobriety during their relationship.

        Jen G also introduced her last boyfriend to her kids and did blended family vacations in Montana.

      • B says:

        Is there any proof they never met Shookus? I bet they did privately. None of us know these strangers and what goes on in their lives.

      • a0 says:

        No proof but People or Us Weekly said Jen G wasn’t comfortable with it. Ben was photographed with Shookus’s daughter but not vice versa

  6. tempest prognosticator says:

    Oh, to be a fly on the wall during the makeover conversation.

  7. Darla says:

    Boy, Ben towers over everyone. I don’t think I realized how tall he is. So they’re in the Hamptons, the whole SNL crew has been in Montauk a lot, including Scarjo. And not even at Scarpetta’s where you expect to see celebrities, but at the Crow’s nest. I don’t know if Shookus has been with them though.

  8. Jan says:

    Honestly, I don’t think Garner cares at this point what Ben is up to, only if it effects their children.
    It was the producer from SNL, on and off for a few months/years, then the Cuban actress, plus a few strippers in between.
    Next, they will be a Red Socks vs Yankees game, with ARod commentating for the Yankees.
    I think Ben’s girls maybe at the age where they’re embarrass of Dad.

    • iconoclast59 says:

      Remember when Ben was doing his pap walks w/ Ana, and Jen G did the competing pap walks with stroller cat and the kids? On one of the walks Violet and Seraphina were hanging all over each other. It looked like they were imitating Ben and Ana, trolling their dad big time.

  9. Char says:

    They are so thirst for the attention! We all know how it will end.

  10. dea says:

    Lol at least in the pap walks with Ana he looked happy (or pretended better), this time around he looks completely miserable. I’ve said this before, this PR stunt will blow up in her (thirsty) face.

  11. Lena says:

    I fell over laughing at the comment their dour faces are a ‘mad at the paps’ thing. You know it was Benny who tipped off page six that the grounds were being readied for a Hamptons Fourth of July. It was an open invitation. These two are equally thirsty and it’s a shame their kids are made a part of it. I believe that blended family for p.r. Purposes blind but I think Instagram with his kids is a no for Ben. Paps documenting every outing yes.

    • Jules says:

      this ^

    • Summergirl says:

      Agree! Many big celebrities have shown that they can fly under the radar when they want to. These two are being documented at every step because they want to be.

  12. Tina says:

    Honestly, I don’t think this whole roll out is a good look for either one of them. One good point is that with Lopez’s constant entourage Ben can’t get into much trouble. That might prove too much for him as time goes on. I’ve always thought of him as a loner..

  13. Eleonor says:

    I am still recovering from Britney testimony, I am really grateful to these two!
    At least Ben looks good.

  14. teecee says:

    The venom people have for J.Lo whose worst crimes are wanting attention and approval vs Affleck who wants the same things, but is also a serial sexual harasser and assaulter to boot is…something.

    • Pilar says:

      Well he’s a white male…. Its funny how the pap walks are attributed solely to JLo calling the paps when he litteraly had daily pap walks last summer with his previous girlfriend. In fact there’s been pap walks with all his recent girlfriends including his former wife. Of course both his former wife and Ana were accused of calling the paps. Despite him being the common denominator in all of this people still blame whatever woman he’s involved with.

    • Myra says:

      Hmmm. If you weren’t alive for the past two decades, you’d think that JLo was some young Insta influencer in her early 20s by some of the comments. People are interested because it’s Bennifer 2.0. Could they be more private? Sure, but they are in their 50s. If you’re 50 and have your 10th chance at love. Why hide? Especially if you’re JLo.

  15. SarahCS says:

    Oh wow he’s well into the makeover phase of whatever this is.

    I for one am very much enjoying this season of this show. Yes it’s a bit repetitive in the writing but given all the stress of the pandemic I’m enjoying watching known and familiar shows/characters more than totally new stuff.

  16. Hell Nah! says:

    They both look stressed, and in the top pic especially, Ben looks super weary. If it was about the paps dogging their every step, I feel sorry for them.

    And yes, I am aware celebrities call the paps all the time but from their pinched expressions, I just can’t imagine they’d call them to document this stroll if they weren’t prepared to put on their best PR faces.

    • LillyfromLillooet says:

      Weary is right. They flit around the country the way I flit to the grocery store across the street. Start in Miami, then Disney in Cali; next day, Hamptons. Honestly, they may have just been trying to stay awake to adjust to their latest time zone.

  17. DuchessL says:

    I’m just focusing on how deep jlo’s pockets are. That phone is secure!

  18. FHMom says:

    That look on Ben’s face is giving me giggles. The mismatch between the normal looking couple with them and their coordinated outfits is hysterical. I’m glad she gave him a glow up, but he looks like he needs a drink badly. I have no idea how long they will last, but we should enjoy every minute of it. She is exhausting, and he will tire of her and schlep back to a stripper when he’s done.

    • Pilar says:

      She is the exhausting one? I am no fan of her but he has serious addiction issues and is a notorious cheater. I am pretty sure he’s the one that’s exhausting to be with. Your making it sound like it’s her fault he will cheat and drink again. Pretty misogynistic.

    • Lara says:

      No, I’m pretty sure the immature man baby with gambling and addiction issues and an ugly tattoo who cheats with nannies and strippers is the exhausting one.

    • Merricat says:

      They’re both exhausting. It’s not like they both don’t know who each other is.

  19. Chaine says:

    Too matchy-matchy. And he looked better with his salt & pepper natural hair. It appears as if it’s been dyed now, very unnatural and aging. He needed a makeover, but this aint it.

  20. Mary says:

    Paparazzis were literally there during affleck’s downfall, there are the reason why videos of him drunk in the car when garner staged an intervention are all over the net. I don’t think he’s calling them. He’s a mess so he’s selling papers.
    I do wonders why he did look happier with Armas even with them being present tho.
    But like someone said we never know what those celebs are going through

    • Lara says:

      Why is it always the women who are blamed for calling paparazzi? Ben plays the game just as much, he’s just a hot mess as well.

    • Darla says:

      Yeah I don’t believe Affleck ever calls the paps actually. He’s one of the few who are constantly stalked. His personal life is epic, of course they’re stalking him. But I don’t argue with the venom. Just shrug.

  21. girl_ninja says:

    These comments are just whew.

    • Darla says:

      People get so vicious about this, I really don’t get it.

    • y says:

      Yep. I don’t know what people here have against Jennifer, but the comments against her are vicious. I’m not a fan, but I’m not a hater either.

  22. Eenie Googles says:

    I like their outfits. That’s all I got.

  23. Abby says:

    They look cute and coordinated, but like “aw man here come the paps” to me. He looks very fit these days and she always looks good.

  24. Lara says:

    They both look like crap and their PR games are tiring.

  25. Elo says:

    They look tired but honestly it’s probably because we are so used to seeing airbrushed versions of them.

  26. Carolnr says:

    I don’t think that Voilet or Seraphina were interested in spending the day at Disneyland with JL. & her children. Samuel didn’t look so comfortable hanging out with teenagers. He is only 9 & that is a big age difference at that age! I bet JL was not happy that Ben’s daughters did not accompany them! She didn’t get the whole blended family pic!
    Ben & JL could go anywhere to spend a holiday weekend yet they chose the Hampton’s, where the paps knew she had a home there & the matching outfits ( although Ben did look nice, but probably couldn’t wait to put on jeans & a Tee-shirt!)
    They don’t have to be smiling like Cheshire cats…but there is a difference between no expression & not looking happy! ( and they don’t imo)

  27. Merricat says:

    Ben’s pained expression is disingenuous.

    • Lowrider says:

      Yes! Ben is exactly where he wants to be doing exactly what he wants to do. The pained expression is very disingenuous. Don’t be fooled, he is loving the attention!

  28. DiegoInSF says:

    Lol I knew the haters would be like they look miserable, Elaine’s mom passed recently so it’s be weirder if they were ROFLing while walking. They looked really happy at Universal just hours before. I am loving Bennifer 2.0 so much, it’s the best story out there at the moment. And she doesn’t have to call the paps as she is one of, if not THE biggest celeb out there right now, she’d be followed anywhere.

  29. Lola says:

    Matchy matchy!

  30. Pls says:

    Well you cannot be happy all the time for one. For two they becoming it couple they will be speculated. They are not any worse than most couple in the biz.It humour me when one celeb h. calls out another’s celeb over paps.
    ..some people seems not happy they get the second chance with each other …it’s not my supporting them it’s that everyone is for himself.

  31. Chimney says:

    Why would JLO bring her kids into this? It’s hella messy to end an engagement and bang your decades old ex, messy but fair and everyone needs an ego boost sometimes. But to pretend a relationship with Ben Affleck has legs is silly. Did JLO just see what a pr relationship did for the better-looking, younger, and apparently more sensible de Armas and decided it was just the ticket to relevance in a new decade?

    • DiegoInSF says:

      Woah misogyny, why pit women against each other? And saying Ana is better looking is a matter of opinion, and what did the relationship do to her career? If anything it hurt her career as she was red hot careerwise BEFORE Ben. Ana is a great actress and didn’t need Ben.

      • Chimney says:

        Comparing two women is not “pitting them against each other”, that’s such an knee jerk response. But if you disagree about who is more attractive that’s fine.

        I don’t remember ever hearing about Ana de Armas in entertainment/gossip news before her relationship with Affleck and her turn in Knives Out. I can’t be the only one. She was definitely not “red hot”

      • Jules says:

        @diego, oh please with the pitting women against each other comment. gotta love when people define things to their own benefit.

      • DiegoInSF says:

        Sorry, Jules, for not thinking it’s right to be sexist and ageist, I apologize.

      • Jules says:

        it is performative woke diego, meaningless and distracting

      • DiegoInSF says:

        Distracting from celebrity gossip? We’re not discussing world policy here. It’s calling out a toxic mindset that means that a younger, “better looking” (this isn’t even about JLo and Ana) woman is worth more and the need to mention it.

      • Chimney says:

        I mean it’s fair to say that who is better looking is down to a difference of opinion, I’ll buy that. But JLo is older, those are just the facts, she’s been acting since de Armas was in diapers. JLo is certainly aware of her age, much of her last campaign around the super bowl and Hustlers was about how good she looked for 50. Nowhere in my comment did I say de Armas was worth more than Lopez.

        And if it is not as serious as world policy than why are you so pressed and calling people toxic and misogynistic?

      • DiegoInSF says:

        I called the mindset toxic, and just because it’s not a serious topic it doesn’t mean we have to stoop to TMZ/daily fail level. You’re saying that this is giving her relevancy in a new decade when she had the biggest opening of her career with Hustlers and played at the Super Bowl and the Inauguration.

      • Jules says:

        Performative woke means that publicly performing how woke you are is the only incentive here, it is more about showing off and using PC buzzwords and barely applies to the matter at hand.

  32. Jayna says:

    Jennifer’s hair has been looking damaged. (I don’t count Disneyland. They had water on them). Maybe she should go back to being a brunette with some warm caramel highlights.

  33. jferber says:

    He always has such a hangdog expression.

  34. TeeMajor says:

    Is Ben also wearing a toupee?? LOL!!

    yup, she is dressing him and he does look “manicured”.
    It’s all strange to me.

  35. Jaded says:

    I can’t believe all the “they look horrible” comments. They look like normal people, not air-brushed, photo-shopped, made-up/styled to the hilt by a cadre of makeup artists and hairdressers and photographed with special filters. They look like anyone out walking in daylight in casual clothes and minimal makeup. It’s warm and very humid in the Hamptons right now — no wonder Jennifer’s hair looks frizzy — my hair looks like a dandelion gone to seed in humid, windy weather.

  36. y says:

    They look fine? I don’t get Affleck trying to play the brooding Byronic Hero role, but whatever. I’m rooting for them, tbh. Anyone is better than A-roids.

  37. Mary T McClaskey says:

    OMG, really, y’all!!! Ben, Jen, they, do not look very happy, only because hello, paparazzi!!!!! You can tell that’s what it is every single time. They look very happy together otherwise. And why even bring up Ben’s ex-girlfriend Ana. They broke up. Who cares who broke up with who. And believe me, you didn’t know who she was until she started Ben. She doesn’t hold a candle to JLo. At the first interview after the breakup with her, instead he talked about JLo, which threw people off. Like holy shit, he’s talking about his former fiance. It is apparent that Ben always had feelings for Jennifer, he never forgot her and when he saw the opportunity that she could be single at the same time he was, he went for her. And it is apparent that she found she still had feelings for him too. So here we are. They have unfinished business with each other. It couldn’t be anymore romantic. Stop being jealous. Stop being haters and instead be happy for these two, that they found each other again. They look great together.