JENNIFER GARNER & BEN AFFLECK Closer THAN EVER

THE EXES AND CO-PARENTS ARE LEANING ON EACH OTHER IN HARD TIMES

- Jennie Noonan

A day after it was reported that Ben Affleck had finalised his divorce from Jennifer Lopez - six months after the pair announced their split in August 2023 - the star was spied pulling into the driveway of first wife Jennifer Garner's home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on January 7. Affleck was fleeing his $32 million Pacific Palisades mansion after being evacuated during the Los Angeles fires, staying with Garner and their three kids - Yale University student Violet, 19, Fin, 16, and Samuel, 12 - before being allowed to return home.

A source told Page Six the amicable co-parents “are closer than they've ever been since their divorce, particularly since Ben's divorce from Jennifer [Lopez] and with the LA fires and everything going on”. The former couple, the source added, “have found themselves leaning on each other more than ever... They really do have a close bond.”