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Ben Affleck takes break from filming to spend Thanksgiving with kids (exclusive source)
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Ben Affleck takes break from filming to spend Thanksgiving with kids (exclusive source)

Ben Affleck takes a break to celebrate Thanksgiving with his kids.

The Oscar winner is currently filming his upcoming movie TEAR with boyfriend Matt Damon, spotted on set in Los Angeles earlier this week.

A source tells PEOPLE, “He’s very happy with life. He enjoys working. He’ll be spending Thanksgiving with his kids.”

Affleck and Damon are also producers of the crime thriller TEARwho also filmed in New Jersey and also featured Teyana Taylor and The flash‘s Sasha Calle.

An insider from the set says Affleck “was in good spirits and super fun to work with.”

“They (Affleck and Damon) are a great team. You can tell they enjoy working together. Ben looks great too. He seems to be in a good place,” the insider said.

Affleck, 52, shares three children with ex-wife Jennifer Garner: Violet, who turns 19 on December 1, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12. On Wednesday, November 27, Garner, 52, revealed that their family dog ​​Birdie died shortly after Violet died for returned home from university during the holidays.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on January 7, 2024.

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“The vet told us that dogs often hang in there until their person comes home from college and we believe Birdie did just that so we could pat her soft ears together and thank her for being the best dog in the world,” wrote the actress on Instagram. .

This is Affleck’s first Thanksgiving since Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce in August, with their separation date set for April 26, after less than two years of marriage.

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Lopez, 55, is mother to 16-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony. A source said in August that the Unstoppable The actress still has a “particularly close relationship” with Affleck’s children, while he “has had no contact with her children.” The couple has not yet finalized their divorce.

A source said earlier in August that Affleck, who rekindled his decades-old romance with Lopez before they married in 2022, helped him “become a family man again.” That source added, “Family is very important to both of them, and together they were family people — and the connection doesn’t end there.”

Ben Affleck; Jennifer Garner; Jennifer Lopez.

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While speaking to PEOPLE earlier this month about JLo Beauty’s launch of a line of holiday sets, Lopez explained why she’s enjoying the holidays with loved ones. “We don’t see each other all year round, so we keep track of what everyone is doing and what life is like. It’s just a beautiful time. I really enjoy it.”

“It’s been a pretty intense year for me and I’m most looking forward to spending time with my kids and my family who are from the East Coast,” she added.

“The holidays are a special time for us and always have been since I was a little girl. And I really look forward to those moments where I can be with my sisters and just relax, have fun and create new memories.”