Ben Affleck looked uncomfortable when he was grabbed by a man in New York City on Wednesday.
The Oscar-winning actor was seen walking away from a passerby who had a hand near his neck while out in Manhattan.
The father-of-three was attending a conference at a high-rise building in the city center when the incident occurred.
Affleck appeared tired and overwhelmed while smartly dressed in a blue suit and surrounded by fans and fellow conference attendees.
Meanwhile, his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez, who filed for divorce from him in August, has been in Los Angeles with their twins Max and Emme.
Lopez looked especially stunning in a gold dress at the premiere of Wicked on Saturday with Emme.
Ben Affleck looked uncomfortable when he was grabbed by a man in New York City on Wednesday. The Oscar-winning actor was seen walking away from a passerby who had a hand near his neck while out in Manhattan.
Here he seemed to be yelling at another man who was very similar to the first.
Emme, who uses they/them pronouns, did not walk the red carpet with her mother, who modeled a glamorous dress for the event, but instead joined her later at the theater.
In the sweet snap, the teen sported a beige printed button-down shirt and black pants to watch Wicked, which hits theaters later this month on November 22.
Lopez placed the photo over cherry blossoms from a promotional image for the movie Wicked.
He paired the post with an instrumental track of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s duet Defying Gravity from the musical.
Along with the photo, the Atlas actress wrote: ‘Evil!! We loved it.”
She also shared green and pink heart emojis, as well as one of a witch and another of a fairy to symbolize the two lead stars’ respective characters.
Lopez is also the mother of Emme’s 16-year-old twin, Max.
She shares both children with her ex, Marc Anthony.
The Bronx native was previously married to the singer-songwriter from 2004 to 2014.
The star looked stressed as she quickly walked away from the man.
At the premiere, she showed her exes what they’re missing, including her ex-husband Affleck, who has looked “miserable” in public since their split.
The brunette bombshell turned heads in a colorful sleeveless dress adorned with intricate gemstone embellishments and sexy side slits from the Zuhair Murad Couture Spring 2024 collection.
After attending the premiere, she also shared a short clip of herself walking the red carpet and posing in the glamorous dress.
Meanwhile, his ex Jennifer Lopez brought her daughter, Emme Muñiz, to the premiere of Wicked in Los Angeles on Saturday.
At the premiere, she showed her ex what he’s missing in this sexy dress.
Her latest sighting comes after she said canceling her summer tour earlier this year was “the best thing she’s ever done” amid her split from Affleck.
The singer canceled her This Is Me… live concerts in May, telling fans at the time that she was “heartbroken and devastated” for “letting them down” before later confirming in divorce papers that the couple were dating. had separated the previous month. .
A statement at the time said JLo was stepping back from the spotlight “to be with her children” and speaking on Friday’s Graham Norton Show she said: “I took the summer off to be home with the kids, which is what best I have.” never done’.
True to his word, he took Emme to the premiere to enjoy the highly anticipated Broadway adaptation of Wicked.
Lopez is also the mother of Emme’s 16-year-old twin, Max. She shares both children with her ex, Marc Anthony.
Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire, the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked told the backstory of the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz.
In the films, Cynthia Erivo will play the main character Elphaba with Ariana Grande as her best friend Galinda, who later becomes Glinda the Good Witch of the North.
Lopez herself is currently working on her own Broadway adaptation: a film of the 1990s musical Kiss Of The Spider Woman, with a score by Cabaret and Chicago composer team Fred Ebb and John Kander.
Wicked will be released in two parts; Wicked: Part One will be released in theaters on November 22, while the second part is scheduled for November 2025.