Is Ben Affleck Moving on with Kick Kennedy? Source Says They're Hanging Out, Another Says It's 'Definitely Nothing'

Mar. 15, 2025

Ben Affleck and Kick Kennedy.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty; Andrew Toth/Getty

Kevin Winter/Getty; Andrew Toth/Getty

IsBen Affleckmoving on with someone new afterJennifer Lopezfiled for divorce?

Multiple sources tell PEOPLE that theGone Girlactor, 52, has been mingling with Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, one ofRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’ssix children.Page Sixwas 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.Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty; Mike Pont/Getty

Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty; Mike Pont/Getty

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 toPaul Simon’s son Harper Simon. She also dated billionaire banking heir Matthew Mellonprior to his death in 2018.

Affleck was previously married to ex-wifeJennifer Garner, with whom he sharesthree children, and Lopez, 55, who filed for divorce from theAirstar after less than two years of marriage on Aug. 20.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in February 2024.Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

Jon Kopaloff/WireImage

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,splittingfor the first time in 2004.

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

“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.”

source: people.com