Since their divorce in 2018, he has built a solid relationship with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner over the years.
And Ben Affleck continued the positive interactions as he met the 51-year-old actress for a quick date night in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old actor and director stopped by to pick up his 11-year-old son Samuel.
Although he usually looks overjoyed when spending time with his children, Ben looked less than thrilled as he had a tense conversation on his phone.
The family boost comes after Ben's wife Jennifer Lopez – who has brought two children of her own into their blended family – admitted she “can't protect” the little ones from seeing online gossip about their relationship because the children of so were online one day at a young age.
Ben Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, both 51, reunited in LA on Wednesday when he picked up their 11-year-old son Samuel. The director was having a tense phone conversation
He wore a black sweater with jeans and Nike sneakers, while Jennifer wore a casual white T-shirt, black sweatpants and colorful platform sneakers
Ben wore a casual-cool outfit when he met up with his ex.
He was wearing a slim black sweater that he wore over a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows.
He paired it with slim jeans and a cool pair of blue, white and black Nike sneakers.
He carried an iced drink with him to get his caffeine fix and his phone was glued to his face.
Jennifer rocked a similarly relaxed outfit with a white T-shirt decorated with red text across the chest.
She paired it with black sweatpants and colorful platform sneakers and carried a black jacket in her arms.
She wore her brunette hair parted down the middle and wore chunky black sunglasses.
The Alias star recently supported her 13 Going On 30 co-star Mark Ruffalo as he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Alias star recently supported her 13 Going On 30 co-star Mark Ruffalo when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8. In the picture, they can be seen recreating Michael Jackson's Thriller dance, which they performed in the film
Ben and Jennifer announced their divorce in 2015 after ten years of marriage, but have remained friends and committed co-parents since then; seen in West Hollywood in 2014
“Why wasn't I asked to do this from the start?” she joked during her humorous speech praising him, which culminated in them recreating the dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller video, which they performed in the film. “I ushered in the Mark Ruffalo rom-com era!”
During her speech, she revealed that the Zodiac actor tried to get out of his contract for the film after the first rehearsal of the Thriller dance sequence.
“Mark was shocked that we actually had to do this, got nervous, got dead quiet, and then said, 'Bro, this isn't for me,'” she recalls.
Jennifer and Ben began their romance in 2004 after becoming friends through their work together on Pearl Harbor (2001) and Daredevil (2003).
They married the following year and had three children: Violet, 18; Seraphina, 15; and Samuel, 11.
But in 2015 the couple announced their divorce and Ben – who describes himself as an alcoholic – later spoke openly about how his troubles with alcohol addiction at the time led to the breakdown of their marriage.
He and Jennifer later divorced in 2018, the same year he entered a rehab program.
A few years later, he found love again with his former fiancée Jennifer Lopez, whom he dated from 2002 to 2004 before calling off their wedding as they struggled with constant media attention.
After getting engaged in the early 2000s, he and his ex Jennifer Lopez got back together in 2021 and married the following year
In addition to his three children – Violet, 18; Seraphina, 15; and Samuel, 11 – Ben has developed a close bond with Jennifer's twins Max and Emme (pictured), who turn 16 next week; seen in May 2023 in LA
After her breakup with Alex Rodriguez, Ben began dating her through romantic emails and the two began dating in April 2021, two decades after they first met.
They got engaged the following year and later married in 2022, first with a quick wedding in Las Vegas before hosting a more lavish ceremony at Ben's Georgia estate.
Since reuniting with Jennifer, Ben appears to have developed a close relationship with their two children, twins Max and Emme, who turn 16 next week.
Jennifer recently shared that a reunion was “not something we ever planned,” and the Out Of Sight star admitted that she and her soulmate “had to grow up and do other things” before they were ready for the long haul view of being together.