Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner took their kids out to the ball game. The 13 Going on 30 star and The Accountant actor-who were married for almost 10 years before announcing they were separated and planning to divorce in June 2015-reunited at Fenway Park July 11 for a rare family outing.
For the occasion, the former couple sat front row alongside kids Fin, 16, and Samuel, 13, to watch the Boston Red Sox take home the victory against the Tampa Bay Rays. And throughout the game, the two-who also share 19-year-old daughter Violet-could be seen laughing and chatting with smiles on their faces.
After all, Affleck, 52, and Garner, 53, have maintained a very positive co-parenting relationship since their split.
“Happy Father’s Day to three people’s favorite landing spot,” Garner wrote in tribute to her ex-husband last month, posting a throwback photo of Affleck holding one of their three kids as a baby to her Instagram Stories.
For his part, Affleck-who finalised his divorce from Jennifer Lopez in January after two years of marriage-recently gushed about how much he appreciates the effortless dynamic he and Garner have come to share.
“I’m really lucky that I have a really good co-parent and partner in Jennifer Garner,” he told GQ in March, “who’s wonderful and great and we work together well.”
Because for both Affleck and Garner, their main priority has always been to ensure their kids are loved and supported. “The main thing is these kids,” the Daredevil actress-who has been dating John Miller since 2018-told Vanity Fair in 2016 during her first post-split interview, “and we’re completely in line with what we hope for them.”
“If you see your kids love someone so purely and wholly,” she added, “then you’re going to be friends with that person.” And despite the occasional reconciliation rumors that make their rounds on social media, the Gone Girl star has made it pretty clear that ship has sailed.
“We had a marriage that didn’t work,” Affleck told Howard Stern in December 2021. “She’s somebody I love and respect, but to whom I shouldn’t be married any longer. We did it amicably. We did our best. Did we have moments of tension? Did we have disagreements over custody? Was stuff difficult for us? Did we get angry? Yes, but fundamentally it was always underpinned with a respect.