Ben Affleck’s spokesperson isn’t have much luck quieting reports that the actor is “spending time” with Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, a member of the Kennedy family and the daughter of polarizing former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Even after the spokesperson issued a statement to People saying that Affleck, 52, and Kennedy, 36, are dating and “I don’t know if they even know each other,” stories continue to pour forth about the “Argo” star and his alleged special connection to Kennedy.

Multiple outlets have reported that Affleck and Kennedy, a sometime actor, have been hanging out at different Hollywood hotspots amid in his divorce from Jennifer Lopez. On Tuesday, to Affleck and Kennedy’s alleged bond by reporting that their “friendship” goes back a few years, to before he began to date “Blonde” actor Ana de Armas in March 2020. “Their friendship has been going on for a while, even before Ana,” one Hollywood insider told Page Six.

Monday that the Boston-reared Affleck was drawn to Kennedy because, as a source said, “when you live in Boston, the Kennedy family is royalty.” The source said “he legit thought he had landed into the Kennedy family” when he started “hanging out with Kick.” The Daily Mail even reported that Affleck and Kennedy but that the relationship didn’t last because “she was too young and not ready for anything serious.

” It’s not known if Affleck himself was ready for anything serious at the ti.