EXCLUSIVE VIDEO - It's Official! Ben Affleck Calls Lindsay Shookus His "Girlfriend" After Romantic Dinner Date
Posted on Tue Mar 12th, 2019 9:50am PDT By X17 Staff
They're exclusive, y'all!
We caught Ben Affleck leaving a romantic dinner with Lindsay Shookus last night, and although there have been numerous reports the two are officially back together, he inadvertently confirmed it for us while scolding our photographer!
"Stop, just stop. Stop taking pictures of my girlfriend," he told our camera guy as they made their way to the car.
The two got back into contact last month after breaking up over the summer, and it seems they're picking up right where they left off. The SNL producer is even going out of her way to make sure he stays clean and sober, because we all remember last time he fell off the wagon. She's smart to not let another Shauna Sexton situation happen!
"Lindsay doesn’t drink around Ben. She isn’t keeping alcohol in her home. She is like his sober coach. [At his film premiere] she made sure to not have any alcohol near him. And she was making sure other people weren’t drinking around him," a source dished to Page Six.
While this all sounds good, we're hearing that those closest to him wish he would have stayed single and focused on his recovery for a while longer before jumping back into a relationship.
A source tells X17:
- "Ben feels like he's made huge strides in his sobriety and deserves to be happy with Lindsay, but his sober coaches and friends in the recovery community are pretty steadfast that it's better to not be in a relationship for the first year of recovery. They think there's too much potential for heartbreak and upsetting emotions, which can often lead to relapse. Ben doesn't want to lose Lindsay, though, so he's taking it one day at a time."
They do seem very happy together, we'll say that!