Ben Affleck was spotted having dinner with Matt Damon days after news of his divorce from Jennifer Lopez broke. Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck on August 20 following a whirlwind rekindling of their romance – the pair called off their first engagement in the early 2000s. On Sunday (August 25), Affleck, Damon and Damon's wife Luciana were photographed at the Los Angeles restaurant Toscana.
The photos were published by People magazine. Affleck and Damon have been friends for decades after co-writing and co-starring in the 1997 Oscar-winning drama Good Will Hunting. While Damon, who married Luciana (née Barroso) in 2005, has managed to keep his personal life relatively private, Affleck has often been in the public eye for a string of personal issues including divorce, rumors of infidelity, and addiction .
Last week, it was reported that Lopez requested to drop “Affleck” from her full name , according to court documents. She requested that her name be restored to what it was before her marriage, “Jennifer Lynn Lopez.” The “Jenny from the Block” singer listed April 26 as the couple’s official date of separation.
The couple married in a small, private ceremony in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022. They then hosted a more lavish wedding party in Georgia on August 20, 2022, exactly two years before Lopez filed divorce papers. The divorce filing came after months of speculation about the pair splitting up since Lopez had been spotted on several solo outings in May, suc.