Ben Affleck Gossip

Here’s Jennifer Garner yesterday, a day after taking Ben Affleck to rehab, looking pretty relaxed running errands in the neighbourhood. There must be some relief there, non? He’s in a safe place. He’s getting help.  As you probably know by now, Jennifer staged an intervention on Wednesday at Ben’s home. Full Story

I posted on Friday about Ben Affleck’s date with Shauna Sexton, Playboy’s 2018 Miss May. They went to Nobu in Malibu. As noted in that article, Lindsay Shookus has deleted her Instagram. Full Story

Ben Affleck celebrated his birthday earlier this week. He had dinner with his kids. Lindsay Shookus wasn’t there. We haven’t seen Lindsay with Ben in a few weeks. Saturday Night Live hasn’t started up again yet so… in theory… she’d have to time to be in LA with him. Full Story

Lindsay Shookus’s parents were in LA for the weekend. She and Ben Affleck were photographed having dinner with them and here are some shots of all of them, including her kid, on a hike on Sunday. Family time then. Just your ordinary weekend family activity, no drama. Except, well, when it comes to Ben Affleck, there’s so often so much drama. Full Story

Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus have been seen together in LA a few times this week. Yesterday they were photographed at his office. Also yesterday ET gave us an update about their relationship. I’m curious about the motivation for this.  A source tells ET that the 45-year-old actor and the Saturday Night Live producer are extremely happy. Full Story

Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were first confirmed to be dating last July. At the time, we were told that they were in the “early stages” of a relationship. Like they tried to make it look like they’d only hooked up recently. Full Story

Lindsay Shookus is famous by association. She’s fame-adjacent. I don’t think that’s up for debate. A new feature on Lindsay in ELLE opens with the following line…  Lindsay Shookus isn’t famous. Or is she?  … and continues with an anecdote about diners at 30 Rockefeller Plaza trying to figure out who Lindsay is as she walks by. Full Story

Chris Hemsworth was in the US last week doing a final push for Avengers: Infinity War. God I love Thor so much now. And… I never, ever thought I would say that. But this is the work of Taika Waititi. If you haven’t seen it yet, skip to the next paragraph. SPOILER BEGINS. ............ Full Story

For as long as he’s been famous, if you asked anyone to name Matt Damon’s best friend, the answer would have been – and probably still is, at least from a casual gossip’s perspective – Ben Affleck. A more serious gossip (the best kind of gossip, obvs) would tell you that, over the last couple of years or so, Matt and his family have been seen much more often with Chris Hemsworth and his family than he’s been seen with Ben. Full Story

Everyone has been passing around Naomi Fry’s essay at The New Yorker this week, The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck, inspired by those shots of him in Hawaii. Or, rather, those shots of his rising phoenix back tattoo in Hawaii. You know the ones. Full Story