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Ben Affleck looked to be in great spirits while grabbing a fast food meal delivery on Saturday, days after his estranged wife Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce.
The Argo director, 52, flashed a bright smile as he carried food and drinks from Jack In the Box to his Brentwood rental home, opting to spend his weekend indoors.
The actor — who was recently linked to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter, Kathleen ‘Kick’ Kennedy, 36 — rocked a blue Nirvana t-shirt that showed off his muscles.
He completed the casual look with a pair of blue jeans and sneakers.
It comes following news that Lopez, 55, is ‘relieved’ after taking the official step to end her marriage to Affleck, on the two-year anniversary of their Georgia wedding.
Amid the news of his divorce Ben has reportedly been spotted hanging out with RFK Jr.’s daughter Kick in recent weeks.
He previously enjoyed a brief fling with Kick, before he rekindled his relationship with now-estranged wife Lopez, sources have revealed.
Insiders have revealed to DailyMail.com that Kick and Ben are ‘enjoying spending time’ together but the writer is remaining ‘tight-lipped’ about their connection because she doesn’t want to be seen as a ‘mistress’.
‘Ben and Kick had a fling before he got back together with JLo,’ the source began. ‘They met because Ben is from Boston and when you live in Boston, the Kennedy family is royalty.’
The insider continued: ‘So when he started hanging out with Kick, he legit thought that he had landed into the Kennedy family. But she was too young and not ready for anything serious.’
The source stressed that the pair’s romance did not ever overlap with the actor’s rekindled relationship with Jennifer.
‘They didn’t have any affair during his marriage, but it is interesting to Kick’s friends that as soon as this divorce happened all of a sudden Ben is hanging out with an old hookup whose family he sees as royalty.’
As for how Kick views the actor, the insider stated: ‘She thinks that he is intelligent and very much her style but is being incredibly tight-lipped because she does not want to be seen as a mistress.
‘She is not a mistress. She is nothing like JLo and likes to keep her private life private.’
The source explained that Kick isn’t wasting much time worrying about how Jennifer might feel about Ben’s decision to reconnect as they added: ‘Kick is fond of Ben, and she does not care what JLo thinks honestly.’
‘When they started hanging out, he and JLo were separated. He made this very clear with her. JLo listing their separation as April only confirmed this.’
The source continued: ‘They are both taking it day by day but so far, she is enjoying spending time with him. They hang out at Beverly Hills Hotel because it offers a level of privacy to celebs that nowhere else does.
‘The fact that people say she looks like Jen Garner is flattering to her as she thinks Jen is beautiful.’
Meanwhile, a second source confirmed that the pair are simply getting to know each other better as they stated: ‘Ben has been spending time with Kick but there is nothing there yet.
‘They are friends and enjoy hanging with each other and it is true that she really doesn’t have any thoughts about what JLo would think of her spending time with Ben. He’s a great guy and they are getting to know each other.’
Meanwhile Lopez is ‘doing as well as she can’ even though she ‘didn’t want a divorce’ from the actor, a source told People on Monday.
‘It’s been incredibly difficult for her that Ben chose to pull away from their marriage and move on with his life, leaving her behind,’ the insider shared.
‘She didn’t want a divorce. She wanted to figure things out. They love each other. Jennifer is not the type to just give up. It’s been almost torture for her to wait around.’
