Editing Ben Affleck (section)

===Other relationships===
Affleck began dating actress [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] in October 1997 after they met at a [[Miramax]] dinner,<ref name="howardstern">{{Cite web|last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |title=5 Gwyneth Paltrow Revelations From Howard Stern Interview: 'Iron Man's' Missing Script, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck Breakups |url=https://www.thewrap.com/gwyneth-paltrow-howard-stern-interview-iron-man-missing-script-brad-pitt-ben-affleck-breakups/ |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |date=January 14, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125941/http://www.thewrap.com/gwyneth-paltrow-howard-stern-interview-iron-man-missing-script-brad-pitt-ben-affleck-breakups/ |archive-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> and they later worked together on ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998). Although they first broke up in January 1999, months later, Paltrow persuaded Affleck to co-star with her in ''Bounce'' (2000) and they soon resumed their relationship.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lidz |first=Frank |title=Ben Affleck Shocker: I Bargained With Devil for Fame |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/movies/film-ben-affleck-shocker-i-bargained-with-devil-for-fame.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |date=September 10, 2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624195717/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/movies/film-ben-affleck-shocker-i-bargained-with-devil-for-fame.html |archive-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> They separated again in October 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gwyneth Talks Sex, Exes |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101970 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=April 14, 2017 |date=January 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620161302/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=101970 |archive-date=June 20, 2017}}</ref> In 2015, Paltrow said they were friends.<ref name="howardstern"/>

Affleck had a long-distance relationship with New York-based television producer [[Lindsay Shookus]] from mid-2017 to mid-2018;<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ben Affleck and Girlfriend Lindsay Shookus Go On Dinner Date Day After Christmas |url=https://people.com/movies/ben-affleck-and-girlfriend-lindsay-shookus-go-on-dinner-date-day-after-christmas/ |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Why Lindsay Shookus Broke Up with Ben Affleck: 'She Had to Let Him Hit Bottom,' Says Source |url=https://people.com/movies/ben-affleck-lindsay-shookus-inside-split/ |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> they briefly dated again in early 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus Have Split to Spend Time with Their Families: Source |url=https://people.com/movies/ben-affleck-lindsay-shookus-split-again/ |access-date=March 16, 2020 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> Shookus served as the head of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''{{'}}s talent department at the time,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bill Hader |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/bill-hader |access-date=April 10, 2020 |work=[[Interview Magazine|Interview]] |date=August 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/snl-producer-lindsay-shookus-exits-20-years-1235096222/ | title='SNL': Producer & Talent Chief Lindsay Shookus Exits After 20 Years | date=August 19, 2022 }}</ref> a show which Affleck has hosted [[List of Saturday Night Live guests#Five-Timers Club|five times]] since 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cappadona |first1=Bryanna |title=Watch Ben Affleck's Top Sketches from 'Saturday Night Live' |url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2013/05/16/ben-affleck-saturday-night-live/ |work=[[Boston (magazine)|Boston]] |access-date=April 16, 2017 |date=May 16, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417080934/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2013/05/16/ben-affleck-saturday-night-live/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> Affleck dated Cuban actress [[Ana de Armas]], whom he met on the set of ''[[Deep Water (2022 film)|Deep Water]]'' in the fall of 2019, from early 2020 to early 2021.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Russian|first=Ale|date=January 18, 2021|title=Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Split, Says Source: 'They Are in Different Points in Their Lives'|url=https://people.com/movies/ben-affleck-and-ana-de-armas-split-source/|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Crabtree|first=Erin|date=January 18, 2021|title=Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Split After Nearly 1 Year Together|magazine=[[US Magazine|US]]|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ben-affleck-girlfriend-ana-de-armas-split/|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>