Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were photographed together on a rare family outing Friday evening in Los Angeles, escorting their two younger children to a movie.
The formerly married actors, both 53, walked into the theater with daughter Seraphina, 16, and son Samuel, 13. Photographs from the outing show the group in casual attire, with Garner in a button-up sweater and jeans and Affleck wearing a navy hoodie with tan pants and a white T-shirt. Seraphina wore athletic pants, a jacket and sneakers, while Samuel appeared in a short-sleeved collared shirt and dark pants.
Images captured the family walking toward the theater entrance and chatting; in several shots Affleck is seen a step ahead of his ex-wife and the children. Affleck’s mother, Chris Bolt, was waiting at the entrance as the group arrived. In one photograph, Garner appears to look directly at a photographer and smiles broadly.
Their eldest daughter, Violet, 19, was not present for the outing; she recently departed for Yale University. The appearance comes amid periodic public sightings of the family since Affleck and Garner ended their marriage and continued co-parenting their three children.
Both actors remain active in their professional lives. Garner rose to fame on the television series Alias, and Affleck has continued to appear in feature films. The family outing drew attention because public, all-together appearances by the former couple with their children have become infrequent as the children have grown and pursued their own activities.
Neither actor commented publicly about the outing. The photographs circulated on social media and were distributed by entertainment outlets that covered the sighting. The appearance adds to a string of recent, casually photographed moments that illustrate the family’s ongoing efforts to maintain a public but low-key co-parenting relationship."}