Is Ben Affleck Moving on with Kick Kennedy? Sources Weigh In After Jennifer Lopez Divorce
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Is Ben Affleck Moving on with Kick Kennedy? Sources Weigh In After Jennifer Lopez Divorce

Is Ben Affleck moving on with someone new after Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce?

Multiple sources tell PEOPLE that the Gone Girl actor, 52, has been mingling with Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s six children. Page Six was first to report the news.

“Kick and Ben have been spending time together, but I’m not sure what’s happening,” one source says.

The source notes they do not know when or how the pair first crossed paths, but, “Kick’s celeb crush has always been Ben.” The source describes Kick, an actress and activist, as a a “partier,” adding that she “likes to have a good time.”

However, another insider insists, “I don’t think they even know each other. There’s definitely nothing going on.”

Ben Affleck and Kick Kennedy.

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An additional source says Kick and Affleck have been “spending time together” since late spring. The two have been spotted together at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge and other locations, according to Page Six.

A rep for Kick did not respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

Kick was previously romantically linked to Paul Simon’s son Harper Simon. She also dated billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellon prior to his death in 2018.

Affleck was previously married to ex-wife Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares three children, and Lopez, 55, who filed for divorce from the Air star after less than two years of marriage on Aug. 20.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in February 2024.

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Lopez filed for divorce on the second anniversary of her and Affleck’s Georgia wedding ceremony, marking the end of their relationship, which they struck up again in 2021. The pair dated in the early 2000s, splitting for the first time in 2004.

Their divorce news comes after months of reporting that the couple was experiencing relationship turmoil, and after the two spent most of the summer apart and on opposite coasts.

Following Lopez’s divorce filing, a source who knows the stars told PEOPLE they “really loved each other — and it happened quickly.”

“They were really going to give it a try, and they did,” the source added. “These are two people who are in love with love, and who wouldn’t jump into that? And the world wanted it.”

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