{"id":266615,"date":"2026-10-03T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/ben-affleck-says-dating-is-not-big-priority-in-my-life-right-now\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:00:13","slug":"ben-affleck-says-dating-is-not-big-priority-in-my-life-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/ben-affleck-says-dating-is-not-big-priority-in-my-life-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck says dating is not &#8216;big priority in my life&#8217; right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-10-03\" datetime=\"1791007213\" pubdate=\"\">3 October 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/ben-affleck\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,ben-affleck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Affleck<\/a> is not in any rush to get back into the dating scene following his divorce from Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Actor Ben Affleck<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old actor said striking up romances is not a &#8220;big priority in my life&#8221; right now, as he is focused on work and being present for his children, Violet, 20, Fin, 17, and Samuel, 14, whom Ben has with his 54-year-old ex-wife, actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/jennifer-garner\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,jennifer-garner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Garner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He told Entertainment Tonight: &#8220;I work a lot, and I see my kids, and there&#8217;s not a lot of room. I\u2019m not running around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ben also shut down The View host Ana Navarro\u2019s claim that she tried to set him and pop megastar Shakira, 49, up, although Ana has &#8220;never met&#8221; him.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>He told the reporter: &#8220;I hear s*** like that honestly first from people like you. I swear to God, I never heard that in my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I often hear rumours, and I think it\u2019s because, how many single [men]&#8230; some people gossip. Stuff gets made up. I don\u2019t really ever get set up, really &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;But no, that&#8217;s not true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBen insists he is in a &#8220;good place&#8221; since he and Lopez, 57, finalised their divorce in January 2025 after two years of marriage, <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Good Will Hunting star added: &#8220;I\u2019m good and I\u2019m happy. I know what my priorities are. You can\u2019t have two things that are the most important in your life. For me that\u2019s the kids. So that&#8217;s what that is.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;And then I have my work, which I love. And, you know, I\u2019m where I\u2019m at, and I\u2019m great. Who knows what adventures life will bring? I\u2019m open to it, but I\u2019m not trying to chase anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nLopez is also in her &#8220;happy era&#8221; following her divorce from Ben.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a preview of her interview on Nightline that was broadcast during ABC&#8217;s Good Morning America on March 11, the On the Floor hitmaker said: \u201cI\u2019m in my happy era. I think, for the first time in my life, I feel like I\u2019m free; I\u2019m on my own. And it feels really good.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t really know what that felt like since I was in my early 20s &#8211; and even before that. I\u2019ve always had boyfriends. There was always someone in my life, and so many things that I felt like were out of my control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve gotten to the point where I really trust myself and appreciate myself a little bit more, instead of being so hard on myself and always trying to prove myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/ben-affleck-says-dating-big-priority-life-right-now-1451571.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 October 2026 Ben Affleck is not in any rush to get back into the dating scene following his divorce from Jennifer Lopez. 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