Ben Affleck is back to being a happy man as he’s been eating all of his favorite foods, after Jennifer Lopez prevented him from enjoying them

Ben Affleck is having a happy holiday season. 

Months after his ex Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce, Affleck, 52, is “healthy, single and enjoying life,” a source exclusively tells FOX NEWS.

As 2025 approaches, the actor-filmmaker is enjoying quality time with Violet Anne, 19 — on break from her first year at Yale University — as well as Seraphina Rose, 15, and Samuel, 12, his kids shared with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

“Ben is spending the holiday with his children and is excited to have Violet home for break,” the insider tells FOX NEWS 

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Affleck and Garner, 52, have been spotted together this month after spending Thanksgiving as a family, when they and their kids served free meals to the Los Angeles homeless community at The Midnight Mission‘s annual Thanksgiving Street Fair.

Garner, who is dating businessman John Miller, “truly just wants her kids to be happy,” a source shared FOX NEWS. “She will continue to make sure that they spend time together as a family and include Ben… The kids enjoy when they all spend time together.”

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Speaking to FOX NEWS earlier this month, Garner said that cooking, seeing a production of The Nutcracker and “just being together with family” were among her priorities this holiday season. “I have one kid who specializes in mashed potatoes, that’s their specialty. I have one kid who is all about making an apple pie, that’s their specialty, and then I have one who goodness only knows what she will make,” the Deadpool & Wolverine star said. 

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