Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were photographed together once again. That’s not her in the photo above – that’s a box – but you can see the latest of the couple here. I’m not going to comment on Lindsay’s choice of outfit because we are going into another heat wave so I applaud anything comfortable right now. The Justice League reshoots must be going well because Ben’s feeling generous. Not only did he treat his new girlfriend out to breakfast, he allowed her to touch him and let the paps document it. After getting some breakfast in Santa Monica over the weekend, the two left the restaurant and on the way to their car, Lindsay was allowed to place her hand on Ben’s arm. In Hollywood body language – isn’t that the equivalent of getting pinned?
Brunch date! Ben Affleck and girlfriend Lindsay Shookus stepped out arm in arm as they headed back to their car after getting breakfast in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, August 26.
It was a rare show of PDA for the couple, who went public with their romance in July and have been spotted out together several times since.
As Us Weekly previously reported, the Batman actor and Shookus have been dating since April 2017, and Affleck — who split with wife Jennifer Garner in June 2015 after 10 years of marriage — is “very happy” and “enjoying Lindsay’s company.”
Another source close to Affleck, 45, and Garner, who filed for divorce in April this year, told Us that the award-winning director’s relationship with Shookus has been going on since 2014.
“Ben and Lindsay started their affair about three years ago, just a few months after she became a mom,” the source told Us last month. “They were not casually dating — they were having a full-blown affair.”
Overall, it was a pretty busy weekend for Ben. Following their brunch, if these photos are to be believed, they popped over to his true love, Matt Damon’s house for the Mayweather-McGregor fight. The next day, Ben changed his t-shirt and went to church with Jen and the kids – you can see those photos here. Jen looked lovely except the poor thing’s hair dryer is still broken, I guess. Man, this whole drama sounds so exhausting – I hope it’s worth it. Whatever is going on, it’s clear is that Ben and Lindsay wants us to know she’s going to be around a while. I think we all got that, though – arm-holding or not.
As for Ben’s other projects, The Batman movie is still moving forward, apparently. Director Matt Reeves told KCRW radio that the movie will be a complete standalone and will not a part of the DC Extended Universe. Wait, what? Why? I thought the whole point of dragging the poor Batman franchise back from the dead was to incorporate it with Superman, Wonder Woman and all his little Lyrca wearing pals. Much to my husband’s distaste, I am DC over Marvel (hot actors hired by Marvel aside). So I will go see Justice League and I am excited for it. But I’m done with the reinvention of Batman. The only way I would get hyped to see a Batman film is by how it fits into the larger universe – cameos and all. Since I may be the only person on the planet looking forward to Justice League, yes, I do expect DC to worry about what I want. And get me a decent Cat Woman movie while you’re at it.
‘You still back there, babe?’
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I will see Justice League just for Jason Momoa. He is worth suffering through Ben Affleck’s Batman😍
I saw those pics of Ben and Lindsay and the hand on his arm with his smug expression was not very appealing. Something tells me one day Lindsay is going to regret this period in her life.
They look so alike. Just look at their faces from sunglasses down in the US photo.
Wow, the kids are really growing.
Violet looks just like her mom
And Sam looks just like…Matt damon! Wtf
MATT + BEN I KNEW IT!!!
Violet is so tall wow. Also a standalone Batman movie not in the DCEU makes zero sense. Or is this how they are going to get away with not having ben in the movie? Still it’s stupid just like their idea for a joker origin movie. DCEU won’t win with these ideas.
No comment on the rest of the shenanigans.
It’s their way of letting him go. It would be like having Robert Downey Jr play Tony Stark in the Avengers movies and casting someone else in the Iron Man stand-alones. If they’re not doing it with Gadot and Momoa, there’s no reason to do it with Affleck unless he wants out, or the studio wants him out.
Ben is out. They are just waiting to announce it to the public (and maybe to him also) after the Justice League movie comes out.
Really have to hand it to JG. She has taken the high road and has conducted herself with so much dignity. It says a lot about her character.
These two, not so much.
I totally agree. The pictures of Ben and Lindsay speak volumes – no words are needed. Some video taken at church yesterday seems to indicate that he only dropped the kids off. Maybe he took them to breakfast beforehand. There was a denial from Gossip Cop last week that he had stopped going to church. Coincidence that he is photographed at church? Jennifer Garner is a single parent. Ben Affleck not so much.
Affleck came for the paps pics and it is all
they both always look like they need to be hosed down in the yard with someone throwing soap at them
Lol. I thought they actually looked better this outing. Maybe because it was still early in the day.
As for Jen and her wet hair, I feel her. I like to air dry my hair too, although I hate to be out with it wet. I feel so self conscious, way more so than being out in sweaty gym clothes, for example. I try to make sure it’s mostly dry before I go or break out the dryer for a little bit so I don’t look like her.
Soon, she’ll be holding his wallet.
But what is the story with the box, anyway???
From his birthday dinner with his kids – they brought it to the dinner and he left with it.
This headline made me snort lol she must feel so honored that he let her hold his arm in public!
For real though, when this whole thing started, a poster said they look alike and I can’t unsee it lol
Ben looks out of place in the last pic next to those incredibly gorgeous humans next to him!!!
Ben looks like the Johnny Cash version of Hurt is running through his head while he contemplates what he has become.
One thing good about this site is nobody ever gets bitchy or personal about the kids, although they still post pictures. Most gossip sites I go to don’t anymore. One that still does is Daily Mail, and I wish you had linked the arm and arm picture to that site. There was 350 ways to say that girlfriend looks like a crack-ho, alcoholic, absent mother and enabler of Ben’s disintegration. Man is she hated! Ben too, with everyone saying he spent almost all weekend with the GF and just showed up for a few minutes to drive the kids to the door of the church, then took off again. Who really knows though, Jen could be restricting his access due to his not completing rehab. Who knows the real story.
Should he have not completed his rehab or had he any negative influence on the children (traumatized to some extent by the divorce), Jen should limit his access to their children! Every divorced parent should prove they are worthy of their children! Both ways!!!!
Somebody did get bitchy about these three cute kids, but the post was rightly removed.
I know I get pegged as an apologist, but I’m not. I just don’t see anything wrong with how Ben and Lindsay look in the latest pics (brunch and coming from Matt’s.) As for church, we have no idea when Ben sees the kids, but I feel pretty sure it’s not only when we happen to see it publicly. What a ridiculous assumption. Maybe he met up with them again that day. Divorces are tough, and tensions escalate, even in the best of divorces. I’m sure there are tensions now, but they’ll probably settle down over time. The kids are going to be fine, like all the other kids of divorce in the world. I’m not sure why everyone at the DM is acting like they are personally married to Jen and this is a disaster of epic proportions. Johnny Depp has several young kids. Amber disaster aside, was anyone this focused on exactly when he saw his kids? Chris Martin has two kids – we don’t see him with them regularly. Why isn’t everyone freaking out about that? Both of those marriages were frought with cheating rumors too. Hollywood is full of these examples. I just don’t get why people – particularly at DM – are so personally invested in this. Very much a lynch mob mentality – a bit unhinged if you ask me.
I also think he’s free to date whomever he wants. He and JG have been separated for ages; I don’t know what the big deal is.
@JoJo I agree DM comments went way over the top but I don’t think you can compare to Depp and Martin. May be they are all mostly absent dads but Ben’s PR is all over the top about his “co-parenting” which he doesnt do. He has visitation. The other two didn’t give updates constantly on putting the kids first. Maybe because they are honest and don’t put their kids first.
The very respected entertainment journalist Kim Masters even said he didn’t treat his body as a temple and she didn’t mean the way he looks (she said in a tweet, I think he is smoking hot I’m not talking about his physical appearance). The reason for his replacement as Batman was eluded to his addictions and I thought maybe THAT would get his attention because it directly affects the way the industry sees him. We will see though.I think most people realize he can see someone since he’s been separated for ages, as long as people think that person is a decent person. Hanging with a chick who buys booze with him doesn’t help his reputation at all.
@Lisa – All good points, but respectfully, I personally don’t think Ben’s co-parenting PR is the reason there’s isn’t as much focus on all of the other Hollywooders in the same situation. I think there is way more interest and scrutiny on Ben than others (some of it he draws by his own actions, but not all of it.) I think, in large part, it’s due to the “minivan” masses with all of their religious and ideological wrath. No one really cared about Vanessa Paradise, and Goop is hated by many. But not so for the almighty Jen. The minivan peeps have a frenzied mentality of “How could he do this to our Jennifer?! Doesn’t he realize she’s the best thing that ever happened to him! He will pay! He will be sorry! It will never last with Lindsay! Who does she think she is!” Blah blah blah, it goes on and on … My feeling is, who cares if it doesn’t last with Lindsay. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. Either way though, he’s never getting back with Garner (which seems at the heart of what these peoplereally want – they want him to repent, realize his apparent mistakes and beg her for forgiveness. But that ain’t gonna happen.) This is the same Ben that Jen was married to for a decade. Nothing new here. We’re just finally seeing it unfiltered with our own eyes – without someone running around fixing and hiding his mistakes and presenting a squeaky clean public image. Let him succeed or fail. Both he and Jen have used – and continue to use – the media for their own purposes, but there’s no real reason for such hatred in my opinion. I believe he sees his kids more than any of us know, and I couldnt care less whether he attends church. Yes, I’m a heathen. 🙂
They both look much less sickly than in other photos I’ve seen. Ben didn’t look bloated or sweaty at all.
In the header pic, Ben looks like fresh hell. All of his addictions are eating him alive. He’d have been better off not becoming famous with his bestie all those years ago. Matt Damon could handle it, but Affleck never could. Whatever. At least I hope he supports charities so his legacy will include giving to others.
Ben is even thinner this week, but still a fuller face. How long before that filler and Botox dissipates? It’s doing him no favors.
His look now is not from fillers. The fillers he did looked completely different. It gave him that fake, waxy, no-wrinkle look to play a younger person when he was filming Liveby Night in 2015. He has wrinkles and bags under his eyes and bloat and it is from alcohol and/or drugs.
Wow Violet is her mom’s little carbon copy isn’t she? The children are all gorgeous. And is it just me or is Samuel looking a little Matt Damon-ish?
A little? He is a clone of Matt Damon. That’s been a running joke since he was born.
I didn’t know that! Gosh haha.
Ben & Lindsay are so missing out on time spend with their children! That time is so precious and they will never get it back!
Eventually their kids will grow up and will rather hang out with their friends rather than mom&dad.
I think he & Jen have a set schedule (Someone has to be organized with 3 kids) and I bet Ben has tried to change it. JMO , but I don’t think Ben likes structure! I am thinking it was supposed to be his time with them and Lindsay was in town! And Jen is making him stick to that schedule, not for her, but for their children!
Why do you think that they have a set schedule? It very obviously wasn’t his weekend with the kids, as he spent all day and all night Saturday with his girlfriend. He appeared briefly to drop the kids off at church and leave. He spent, what? Thirty minutes with them? Does that seem like it’s a normal, regular thing? He hasn’t been seen at church in weeks but the Sunday after a tabloid runs a story that he’s stopped going bc of his gf (which he makes a point to deny), he makes sure that the paps catch him doing the bare minimum by dropping them off. I think that it was an unscheduled pap stroll/PR stunt which (to me) means that, when he needs to drag them in front of the paps, he doesn’t need to follow a schedule or wait for “his day” with them. He can just drop by and get them.
Maybe it was his weekend and that’s all the time he made available? The kids will likely take what they can get from him. That’s what kids do.
There was a blind no so long ago that said something like an A list actor did not like the responsibility of day to day life with children. He was filing for joint custody because it would look really bad if he didn’t. Everybody assumed it could be Chris Pratt, but it said CHILDREN, not child. Could this be Ben Affleck? Sadly,I guess too it could be just about anybody in Hollywood!
I don’t necessarily believe all the blinds out There, but this one caught my attention!
I dont see anything wrong here. They look fine to me. I dont get the cracked out comments.
Except that Ben didn’t actually go to church with Jen and the kids. He dropped the kids off and left, flipping off the photographers as he left. Jen arrived alone either well before he and the kids did, or well after. Ben may have already left by the time she got there. I think that was the point — it was a PR stunt for him and she didn’t want to be part of it. Of course the tabloids breathlessly gushed that they went to church together — aw, isn’t it soooo amicable and sweet? while conveniently ignoring the fact that he was doing a pap stroll only. What I don’t get is, why does Jen tolerate this? Why does she allow him to use their kids for PR? She needs to grow a pair and put her foot down.
I honestly don’t think jen would agree to it simply for the sake of a pap stroll. Maybe he had breakfast with them and then agreed to drop them at church with Jen. It was pretty clear/obvious from the photos and videos that he left after dropping them off – not like he hid it, especially as he also flipped off the paps, which I don’t blame him for.
He doesn’t have to hide it. The tabloids are still covering for him. None of them have called him out on this PR stunt. All of them are letting people think that he’s Mr. Family Man and Mr. Amicable Divorce and going to church with his ex wife and kids. Meanwhile he strolled out of there with this shit-eating grin because he knows how it will all play out in the press. And IDK why he’s flipping off the camera guys, when the entire point of this was for them to capture him being Mr. Dad.
Ben may have watched the fight at Matt’s house, but according to gossips, Matt was at the fight.
The 5-min church dropoff had to be the most obvious pap stroll in Ben’s recent history. No wonder Jen arrived separately and looked grim/annoyed. Too bad, Jen, you reap what you sow. These people are so hung up on how things look to the tabloids that they use their kids as pawns. It’s actually all pretty disgusting to me. The whole wife-and-kids thing was just a big PR stunt/image repair for Ben, you could tell that he was never into it. He found someone to say the right things to the cameras while behind the scenes he was doing whatever he wanted and getting away with it. Men like him should just accept themselves for who they are, stay single and don’t bring any kids into the mess. No wonder the kids are all in therapy.
Nothing spells class like flipping the paps off, especially when you are at church. I am not a religious person by any means, but that really showed class, Ben!
I think he was angry because he had to drop off the kids to church while Lindsay is in town.
He knew that the paps would be there( they have been there every Sun. like clockwork) and I think he knew he would get photographed just dropping off the kids & then leaving, which would make him look really bad!
I saw where Ben was voted Hollywood’s saddest star. I don’t think he is sad. I think he is angry.
it’s reasonable to assume the scummy paps tried to provoke him and succeeded. He lost his temper for a minute. It’s not like he’s known for doing that to paps. Jen arrived later with wet hair. She probably was working out, running late, and he took the kids or had breakfast with them and took them. Who knows?
Ben has never been known to be involved with that church, never discussed it. It’s Jen’s thing. When she discussed going back to church, she never mentioned Ben. She joined after their separation. She talked about herself and that she was going back to the Methodist Church, the religion she grew up in, for the kids’ religious foundation the same as she had when young. You saw Ben there every great once in a while, and not often clear if he was actually going or picking up, or a kids’ event there..
So dropping your kids off for Sunday School and leaving, what is so odd about that? My brother did it all the time if his wife wasn’t going to church that Sunday. He wasn’t embarrassed. It was his wife’s religion, Catholic, and what she wanted for the kids. And my brother is about as solid a family man as you can get, just not a fan of organized religion after growing up in it. I assume Ben isn’t a fan of organized religion for himself.
Please Affleck even answered the paps’questions about the fight.
It is the same Affleck who asked help to the paps about his out of order car some years ago.It is the same Ben who spent the night of Saturday at Las Vegas then came back just before the church just for a paps stunt to play the family guy
You give too many benefits to Ben.Ben doesn’t know what he wants and above all what he really needs.
He was very jovial with the paps in the video that I saw. He didn’t lose his temper at all. Giving them the finger was more in line with the way that he fake-rushed a pap outside of Lindsay’s workplace that time. Engaging with them and joking around. “Scummy” paps provoking them? No. That isn’t what happened and he didn’t seem upset to see them at all.
I disagree with everything else that you posted. He’s been to that church frequently. He DID used to attend a lot more. To say otherwise is just… not true. He has never been shown dropping them off and bailing and has always stayed. The service is like an hour. He doesn’t have that in his busy schedule? More like, his involvement in that church was just a pap stroll for good press, and now that the jig is up, he’s not going to bother. He knows that the story will get written that they all attended together as one big happy coparenting family — and he was right. His smug grin and flipping them the bird was proof of it.
@I went and watched the video. I assumed everyone meant he raised his hand flipping the bird. I still can’t tell that he did. But I agree he wasn’t provoked. He went to church some after he got out of rehab. Other than that, he was never seen that much, just here and there. She was papped all the time going there solo with her kfis, which makes sense. They have been separated for years. They weren’t a couple. As co-parents, he went every so often, like Easter.
Meh. He and Jen are now divorcing. He’s gone public with a girlfriend. It’s Jennifer’s church. I would find it odd him staying when she’s going to be there . I can’t think of one friend that goes to church that wants their ex during a divorce at their church, not one. Why anyone would think it odd him not staying is beyond me.
He uses the paps, sure. I just don’t think this time he did. It looks more like he dropped them off because Jen asked him to for whatever reason. None of us know. We all guess.
And talk about using paps. There isn’t one week that goes by that those poor kids aren’t papped with Jen. One week did go by. But then someone on here posted Jen was on vacation somewhere with them. I think Jen is a great mother and person. But I’m sorry, I would move heaven and earth to arrange my life in a way that one or more of those kids aren’t papped every week. I don’t think people realize how intrusive the paps are. When I’ve seen celebs turn their phone and video what they are dealing with, it’s awful. Those poor kids. Other celebs sure seem to protect their children and limit their exposure to the paparazzi. I really fault Ben and Jen for that. I have never ever seen a celebrity’s children papped to the degree that these kids are. I will give Goopy and Julia Roberts a lot of credit for at least that.
He and Jen have been divorcing for more than two years. He’s gone to church in the past “for the kids” and as a co-parenting effort. There is no reason that should change. Not according to what they’ve been feeding the press.
where are the flipping off pictures at? I just saw him talking with the paps when they asked how he liked the fight (he answered them) after coming out by himself. I just want to see for myself because what I saw from x17 was really different than described
They are at a few of the celeb photo sites – rexfeatures.com (live feed) is one. You can partially tell from photo23 on x17 – the finger is clear. It is more clear in other photos – it’s real.
E News just reported that shortly after Ben dropped the kids off at church, he and Lindsay went for a romantic drive to Montecito and stayed at a private ranch. I guess Jen was right….when his Sun is shining on you, you feel It!
E also predicted that he & Lindsay are just a summer fling!
Not if she has her way. I wouldn’t be surprised if that woman has an oops pregnancy. I don’t think she will go easily. Ben’s life will just get messier. Either way, he’s with a woman that seems to have no problem that he’s an alcoholic and drinks with him. That’s a recipe for disaster,
He is so obvious that he wanted the paps to see him at church with the kids and I think everyone was bothered that it was just show, he spent such little time with them. We know he spent all last weekend and part of last week in NY and then all Saturday and now we find after a few minutes taking the kids to their church, he spent all day Sunday too away from them. And of course she has a little girl that is being abandoned in favor of the big movie star boyfriend. It’s like he’s finally around after spending months away working, and doesn’t seem to want to do what he said “focus on family” which is supposedly why he dropped out of that movie he was supposed to start this August. It’s hypocritical of him. I will say she is getting much more wrath over the lack of parental attention than he is, on other sites anyway. People can’t stand bad moms, bad dads many have real life experience with. But they are both trash. I think its people who have children and/or work with them know those beautiful kids will look at it as that their dad left them for a new (sic) girlfriend.
Having an oops baby is the only real way to get Ben to commit. Garner would know about that. She figured it out.
I knew it. I knew that he did the pap stroll and then rushed out of there bc he had something to do with his gf. Haven’t Ben and Lindsay been seeing each other for years? Summer romance? LMAO okay, E. Whatever you say… Personally I think she will be around for quite awhile. Ben is an idiot who is easily manipulated by the women in his life. Shookus isn’t going anywhere until SHE loses interest.
I realize people will freak when I say this, but the reality is that not all alcoholics need complete abstinence. In fact, non-abstinence, “moderation” treatments that use broader definitions of recovery have been gaining momentum for years. This is a fact that is accepted by many in the recovery industry, whether you agree with it or not. Let me be very clear, I’m not saying that Ben does or does not need a complete abstinence approach, but I am saying that none of us know the extent or details of his issues, so it’s really kind of crazy to judge.
Oh I think its more than alcohol thats the issue for Ben and clearly through Ben’s actions and appearance he cannot handle moderation. He looks like he’s been on a non stop bender!
I guess that’s a matter of opinion. To me, it looks like a combination of someone struggling/trying to cope with recovery, depression and general apathy/sloppiness. I’ll leave the actual diagnoses and advice about how he should be living his life to those who actually have real knowledge of the situation beyond tabloid and photo assumption.
It is going to be toughest on Violet – his being so detached and absent (and yes, I absolutely believe he is). The other two don’t seem as attached to him as she is. My kids had a dad like that – it’s tough to watch what it does to them. I really hope Ben gets a clue sooner than later.
Ben seems to be angry with Jennifer and is, I think acting out with Lindsay to get at her. There doesn’t seem to be any other logical explanation for why he is making their every move so public. It actually isn’t in his favor to do it — there are negative comments on every board I come across.
There are many comments about Lindsay’s appearance. I cannot imagine Ben being ok with that for too long – his ego would get in the way I think.
there are negative comments about jen garner and her appearance and clothing choices in every daily mail post. there are negative comments about ben’s appearance, too. i highly doubt he cares about the bitter bettys in flyover states. no one does except you.
His PR did say at the beginning he would see her no matter what. I think she will very likely join the 2nd wives club. The only thing that MAY have him take a second glance is if his demons become so bad he no longer can function as a director/actor/writer. This may have already started, but he will be given many chances still. I think it is pretty obvious now that his children play a very distant second fiddle to his partner. I used to like him many years ago, but the last 5 years or so I just see a very tragic human being. We haven’t seen him with his mom in awhile, (of course, his life isn’t documented 24/7, and shouldn’t be) but I would think if he had a strong relationship with her, he’d be dragging her out once in awhile to make the public think she approves. As for Lindsay, hmmm….
I do think Seraphina is very close to him, too! In Live By Night, Ben named the boat in that movie “Seraphina”. It was a quick shot but I caught It!
Hasn’t Jen been seen with Seraphina at a Drs. office? Some have even speculated that it was a therapist office.
I think Violet is tough. Remember Jen said in her interview that she & Violet were roommates, so I think she understands more.
Samuel is still pretty young. Sadly, he & Lindsay’s daughter are close in age!
I think Ben has finally figured it out: he can have his cake and eat it, too. He apparently spends no time with the kids save for a few choice pap strolls and is free to roam about the globe with his new girlfriend. The tabloids report how wonderful he is regardless of what actually goes on. Meanwhile ol’ Jen is at home doing all the grunt work and towing the amicable co-parenting line as always. She still can’t bring herself to draw a line with him, otherwise the church stroll for press would not have been allowed to happen. How does he have this power over women after endless humiliations? He cheated on JLo with strippers while they were engaged and she didn’t dump him for awhile. Garner for some crazy reason still thought he would make a good husband and father after all that. He was with Shookus and the nanny and Blake Lively and god knows who else and she still doesn’t put her foot down. Don’t say it’s love because that ain’t love. Shrug. I’ll shed no tears for anyone in this mess except the kids. Poor things seem to always be at the therapist.
I agree, Ben’s PR is ridiculous with their blow by blow of his personal life. Before it was all constant details on how they were conscious uncoupling now it’s : “Ben likes introducing Lindsay to friends,” says the source. “They mingled together, but also separately. Lindsay seemed very comfortable around Ben’s friends.”
Yuck. I hope those “sources” get paid a lot of $ for all the drivel they have to come up with to legitimatize this relationship. He probably had to retain a crisis management team after the nanny situation and just kept them because its always drama drama with our Ben. And why I can’t look away. Now he’s on Daily Mail yet again. GF is still hanging on to him and he has to have a nanny with him when he sees the kids for ice cream. Jen got a good looking one again. HA! The torture is delicious. By the way Learningthesystem, the younger daughter is seeing a counselor too everyone was quick to point out to me the other day. The only one who is probably not going to be bothered by any of this mess is son Sam because he probably doesn’t remember Ben ever living with them as a family. The two girls will come to realize their mom is the best and most secure thing in their lives, and I hope they appreciate her during their teenage years.
Wow! He’s such a dreamboat letting her hold his arm… Also: “that’s not her – that’s a box” 😀
He he, broken hairdryer.. You find time to blow dry your hair before church when you’re alone with three little kids in the house..
Shame on DM trying to make it look like Lindsay was with Ben when they went for ice cream!
Wouldn’t you think Lindsay would have felt terrible not seeing her 4 year old daughter, while Ben goes off to be with his children?
Funny how he doesn’t take them to the Farmer’s Market anymore! I guess he thinks ice cream will fix everything lol! I will be more impressed if he was actually taking then to the dentist or even to school. (The not so fun parent responsibilities!)
I agree with you Sarah. Ben did attend church with Jen pretty regularly & not just Christmas & Easter. Jen & Ben were photographed with their children as well as just with each other.(They even went to vote together). I imagine Lindsay enjoyed seeing all those pics of them with their children!
I don’t know what all the show of togetherness was the past two years if he was really with Lindsay the whole time. I definitely think Lindsay was the last straw that broke the marriage in 2015. But can you see Jen spending over a month in London with him with sightings of the two of them on dates at the theatre, high tea, clubs etc while he continued to be with Shookas. I think they did give it another go at it, especially in the fall of 2016. Ultimately Ben re-hooked with Lindsay. And if you think about it – Ben and Jen have not been spotted alone together since. Not even doing a school run. Kind of the way divorce usually goes. (Yes I know they did July 4 – but that was before Ben started flaunting Lindsay around town). My guess is Ben really wants to be with Libdssy – it takes a lot of effort to keep up a long distance relationship.
Yeah Jayna saying that it was normal to just walk the kids into church and leave doesn’t add up with what they had been doing.
Somone on DM who is a lawyer says the girl who is with them in the ice cream pics looks like a court appointed monitor for a supervised visit and not a nanny. Interesting take, don’t know if it’s true though. A friend of mine’s ex could only visit their kids with a monitor present (which included his school teacher parents) because he left rehab after only a week.
Ben hasn’t been pictured at the farmer’s market for at least a year, and neither has Jen for that matter. I’m sure he will take them to school once it starts. One thing is certain though – we won’t know it when he does because he avoids the school pap walks the majority of the time, unlike Jen.
I agree that Ben attended church somewhat regularly before, but I don’t understand why it’s such a big deal that he isn’t attending now. This family has gone through a very lengthy separation/transition period – nearly three years now, way more than most people who split up. It’s absolutely inevitable – and NORMAL – that the dynamics have to shift at some point. Yes, it can be a bit bumpy at first, but both of them are going to move on with other people, and they’re not going to continue to do things together (Ben/Jen) or even all five of them as regularly as they did before. It doesn’t mean they won’t come to a new normal that the kids will be ok with. I feel bad for all children of divorce (myself included!), but I’m not really sure why everyone is so completely over-invested in this particular family and these particular kids. It’s kind of weird. I mean, you would think the earth was imploding. Yes, there is probably some sadness and even anger and frustration as they adjust, but they will be absolutely ok. Of course, I don’t think for most commenters that it’s really about the kids, even though they profess it to be – I think deep down it’s more about the “bitter Betty” sentiment referenced above.