Ben Affleck and ex-wife Jennifer Garner reunited on Thursday to help serve Thanksgiving meals to those in need.
The former couple were joined by fellow actors Sarah Paulson and Amanda Peet as they handed out food, volunteering with The Midnight Mission shelter in downtown Los Angeles.
Photos and videos from the day were shared on Instagram by various accounts. This included the account belonging to the shelter, which thanked Affleck and Garner for all of their hard work when it uploaded a photo of the two actors alongside The Midnight Mission CEO David Prentice.
"Today, we were honored to have Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner join us at The Midnight Mission for Thanksgiving! Their kindness, warmth, and dedication brought so much joy to our Skid Row community," the post caption reads.
"Thank you, Ben and Jennifer, for serving meals and sharing smiles on this special day. Your compassion reminds us all of the true meaning of Thanksgiving—coming together to support one another."
Newsweek emailed spokespeople for Affleck and Garner for comment on Friday outside of normal business hours.
A fan account for Paulson also shared footage from the day, which included a photo of her standing with Affleck and Garner. It also uploaded two videos, one of Paulson and Peet getting ready to hand out food and in the other, Affleck, Garner and Paulson are taking a photo together.
"Sarah Paulson spent Thanksgiving GIVING! Together with Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck and with her bestie Amanda Peet! They volunteered and served free meals to the unhoused community in LA earlier today, organized by The Midnight Mission," the caption reads.
Affleck and Garner were joined by their children for the occasion.
This is Affleck's first Thanksgiving since Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce in August, on their second wedding anniversary.
How Many Kids Do Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Have?
The 13 Going on 30 actor and the Good Will Hunting star were married from 2005 to 2015, the year they announced their split. They finalized their divorce three years later.
The former couple shares three children: Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12.
Violet made headlines in July after she gave an impassioned speech at a regularly scheduled meeting of the LA County Board of Supervisors. In the rare public appearance, Violet spoke about the importance of mask availability, among other methods of maintaining public safety amid COVID-19.
In photos obtained by Page Six and posted on September 27, Affleck and Fin were spotted outside a Spirit Halloween store in Los Angeles ahead of Halloween.
On November 10, Affleck and Samuel snagged courtside seats at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to watch the Lakers take down the Toronto Raptors 123-103. This was a rare public sighting for the father-son duo.
Over the years, Affleck and Garner have sought to keep their children out of the spotlight, particularly from paparazzi. In 2013, Garner joined a group of celebrity parents led by Halle Berry to support legislation prohibiting paparazzi images of children taken without consent.
Appearing on Good Morning America in December 2021, Affleck stated that his children's opinions of him are the only ones that matter.
"I will be long dead and someone will ask my kids, 'What was your dad like?' and that is when I will know what my life was worth," he explained.
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