Are We Dealing With a 'Closer' Situation?

I’m shook. Us!

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I take to Bennifer, 2021’s greatest revival, like a pig in slop, so tonight we will discuss the most pressing Bennifer question of the week: Are A-Rod (Jennifer Lopez’s ex) and Lindsay Shookus (Ben Affleck’s ex) really hanging out?

First, some background: J-Rod, as has been cataloged in this newsletter before, was a cultural phenomenon. It was also — obligatory “Let’s get loud!” here — the premiere couple at the 2021 presidential inauguration. The relationship ended in April over the texting of a Bravo-lebrity, or, depending on who you believe, J.Lo’s inability to date a man who won’t eventually embarrass her.

Affleck and Shookus, depending on who you believe, started as an affair during his marriage to Jennifer Garner. “Ben and Lindsay started their affair about three years ago, just a few months after she became a mom,” a source told Us Weekly in July 2017, when their relationship went public. They dated on and off, catalogued best through Allie Jones’s 47-image gallery