It\u2019s been three months since his official divorce from Jennifer Lopez and pals say Ben Affleck is getting his \u2018swagger\u2019 back\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2211029543-1.jpg” alt=”Pamela Anderson” title_text=”The Kelly Clarkson Show – Season 6″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”19px||16px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Line up ladies, Ben is single and ready to mingle!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Three months on from his bombshell divorce from Jennifer Lopez, insiders say Ben Affleck is getting his mojo back – and it’s all thanks to a younger woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After\u00a0being left licking his wounds, a source tells us that Ben has been working out and working on his flirting skills in the hope to make a success of his new romance.\u00a0The identity of Ben’s new leading lady is yet to be known as an insider tells\u00a0Closer\u00a0that Ben\u2019s pals are all urging him to find a new love interest in a bid to boost his confidence following his marriage breakdown \u2013 and they say Ben has his eye on landing a hot younger woman this time around.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The insider says, \u2018Ben\u00a0wants to go on and find himself a hot younger chick likely in her early 30s or late 20s. The word in his social circle is that he wants a baby mama type, a serious girlfriend because he\u2019s sober, and wants to live a sensible life now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018He was always pretty cocky but since splitting with JLo that swagger has evaporated. He was so used to being this huge heartthrob; it\u2019s a shock for him to feel so unsure and shaken.<\/p>\n
\u2018He really needs a confidence boost right now and those close to him believe that landing a hot new girlfriend could be just the ticket.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
And despite leaving fans swooning with his iconic \u2018dishevelled and moody\u2019 vibes, the source says Ben is even forcing himself to smarten up and shape up in a bid to appeal to a younger generation of women.\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/imago413166416-scaled-e1742461908861.jpg” alt=”Pamela Anderson” title_text=”Madame Web Premiere – LA Sydney Sweeney wearing Oscar de la Renta with Fred Leighton jewelry arrives at the World Premie” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Ben reportedly has his eye on Sydney Sweeney<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Months after his split from JLo, 55, last April, Ben, 52, was reported to have been \u2018spending time\u2019 with Kick Kennedy, the 37-year-old daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As we recently revealed, the\u00a0Hypnotic\u00a0actor is also keen to join a long line of potential suitors keen to meet with Hollywood\u2019s hot new \u2018golden girl\u2019, \u00a0TheWhite Lotus\u00a0star Sydney Sweeney, 27, following the actress’s recent split from Film Director Jonathan Davino.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A source told us earlier this month, \u2018Ben has been crushing on Sydney for a while. He thinks she\u2019s incredibly hot and he\u2019d love a chance to take her out.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, the Hollywood dating pool is just as ruthless as the industry itself, and our insider reveals that Ben has concerns over the condition of his own net before he casts it across the famously fickle \u2018fishbowl\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The insider says, \u2018These are women that are being pursued by plenty of successful men in their own age bracket. It\u2019s no wonder\u00a0Ben\u2019s questioning his game, the competition is fierce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018When he was with JLo she was always pushing him to get in the gym and workout and that definitely made him more critical of himself. He\u2019s been working out and dieting because he\u2019s worried about how he\u2019ll feel when he does actually strip down in front of a much younger woman. He doesn\u2019t want to feel like a pot-bellied, middle-aged man.\u2019<\/p>\n
They add, \u2018He\u2019s starting to see himself with a much more critical eye all over, which has never been his style. It\u2019s like night and day if you compare how he was a few years ago, before he dated JLo and now.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier this month Ben was unusually candid when it came to discussing his love life, admitting that he\u2019s surprisingly awkward when it comes to the fine art of flirting. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Discussing his character, autistic accountant Christian Wolff in his latest film,\u00a0The Accountant 2, Ben confessed, \u2018He wants to have a relationship with a woman, he\u2019s trying to figure out how to do that, like, how to put yourself out there.<\/p>\n
\u2018You know, he\u2019s not comfortable extending himself. He doesn\u2019t really know how to flirt, exactly. He\u2019s not comfortable\u2026like so many of us.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2171313709.jpg” alt=”Pamela Anderson in Baywatch” title_text=”Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles – September 14, 2024″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-gallery-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#111111″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-2.75%||||false|false” custom_padding=”4px|8px|4px|8px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Insider say Ben’s confidence has been knocked by his divorce from J.Lo<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
However, for a man that\u2019s been voted People magazine\u2019s \u2018sexiest man alive\u2019 and GQ\u2019s \u2018man of the year\u2019, it\u2019s already been well-proven that anything Ben touches turns to mush.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In turn, Ben\u2019s ex, Gwyneth Paltrow, who he dated from 1999 to 2000, did nothing to harm the Marvel hero\u2019s mojo, praising him as \u2018technically excellent\u2019 in the bedroom when she appeared on the \u2018Call Her Daddy\u2019 podcast in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet the past two years have seen the tables turn for Ben \u2013 who was previously married to actress Jennifer Garner with whom he shares Violet, 19, Fin, 16 and Sam, 13 – \u00a0after having appeared to have ridden on JLos coattails.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their fiery relationship wasn\u2019t short of tense moments, with Ben being photographed \u2018slamming\u2019 the car door during what appeared to be a heated row with JLo in May 2023, just three months after his \u2018miserable\u2019 expression at the Grammys went viral, with many suggesting JLo had \u2018dragged him along\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018It was more and more apparent they weren\u2019t a good match,\u2019 a source said shortly after their split in August last year, while Ben himself revealed just six months before JLo filed divorce that they were \u2018just two people with kind of different approaches trying to learn to compromise.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Letting slip that the main stumbling block to their marital bliss was JLo\u2019s love of the limelight, he added, \u2018I said, ‘Listen, one of the things I don’t want is a relationship on social media,\u2019 And then I sort of realised it’s not a fair thing to ask. It’s sort of like you’re gonna marry a boat captain and you go, ‘Well, I don’t like the water.’\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, after having learnt the hard way through their very high profile divorce, the insider says Ben feels \u2018out of his depth when it comes, not only to flirting, but knowing how to land the \u2018right\u2019 woman for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The source says, \u2018People forget he spent an entire two years with JLo trying to be something he wasn\u2019t. He was henpecked. Now he wants to get out there and date and there\u2019s no shortage of options, but he trips himself up because he\u2019s stuck in an awkward rut that he can\u2019t snap out of.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018His confidence has been shaken not just in himself, but also in his ability to pick someone that\u2019s a good match for him. He second guesses everything and he doesn\u2019t seem to have the magic touch he used to.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Aboreto|||on|||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
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