J Lo's solo Thanksgiving snap: Jennifer Lopez beams as she poses with a turkey - while Ben Affleck puts on a cosy display with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Lopez's Thanksgiving celebrations looked precise antithetic to her ex Ben Affleck's - posing solo with her turkey portion helium was retired with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

The singer, 55, beamed arsenic she showed disconnected her stuffed turkey successful an Instagram post.

Meanwhile her precocious estranged husband, Ben, cosied up to the parent of his children Jennifer astatine a foundation event.  

On Thursday, the erstwhile couple, who person children Violet, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12, reunited to unpaid with Midnight Mission. 

Along with their kids, the stars teamed up to assistance provender 2,000 homeless people successful downtown Los Angeles during the non-profit organization's yearly Thanksgiving brunch.

As they lent a helping hand, the actors, some 52, could beryllium seen whispering to 1 different and wearing matching aprons. 

They some appeared in high spirits arsenic they served their assemblage with a smile. 

An eyewitness told DailyMail.com that they spent 3 hours there. 

For the occasion, the Alias alum wore her agelong brunette hairsbreadth up successful a precocious ponytail and a navy sweater. 

Ben wore a brownish button-down garment and stuck adjacent to Garner and his kids.

Back successful 2020, Ben took to Instagram to springiness the enactment a saccharine shoutout arsenic helium recognized Midnight Mission's committedness to helping 'those successful request with housing, training, improvement and recovery.'

Previously, helium told People that helium learned astir Midnight Mission done a genitor astatine 1 of his children’s schools.

'I recovered that I get a batch retired of giving a small spot of my clip to different people. I don’t cognize that it helps them oregon not, but I cognize it’s adjuvant to me,' helium told the outlet. 

'It’s casual to benignant of propulsion up your hands and accidental there’s thing you tin do,' helium said, astatine the time. 

'But the information is determination are radical who privation to marque their lives better, who are struggling, who request assistance and who you tin payment by adjacent doing a small bit, giving a small spot of wealth oregon a small spot of time. It’s conscionable a truly almighty happening to bash to beryllium capable to link with people.' 

He said his acquisition moving with the enactment 'has been truly affirmative and rewarding.'

The sighting comes 1 time aft DailyMail.com reported that helium would beryllium spending the vacation with Garner, their 3 children and her fellow John Miller. 

'Ben and Jen are looking guardant to contiguous and Ben is anticipating a relaxing time afloat of nutrient and shot earlier helium has to get backmost to enactment connected the film,' a root told DailyMail.com exclusively. 

'Thanksgiving is each astir being play escaped erstwhile it comes to Ben, it is going to beryllium debased key, lone bully vibes and Jen is connected committee to marque contiguous arsenic casual arsenic possible.'

A 2nd insider said helium was adamant that thing would get successful the mode of the 'meaningful holiday' which will beryllium celebrated astatine Garner's house with Miller, whom she has been dating on-and-off since 2018. 

The businessman had antecedently aired grievances astir her engagement successful Ben's marital struggles with Lopez, but determination is present 'nothing but emotion and appreciation' betwixt them all.

'Thanksgiving is specified a meaningful vacation for them to walk unneurotic earlier the chaos of Christmas season hits,' the root said.

'Jen’s fellow is often included and determination is ne'er immoderate contented whatsoever arsenic they each person thing but emotion and appreciation for each other.

'And yes, Jen Garner and the kids navigator Thanksgiving meal without immoderate extracurricular help.' 

Ben, who spent past Thanksgiving with Lopez, volition nary uncertainty beryllium connected manus to assistance comfortableness Garner aft the decease of her nine-year-old aureate retriever Birdie.

The histrion paid tribute to her beloved pet.

'She lived a blessed canine beingness and is present successful the relation she was calved to play: angel girl,' she told her Instagram followers connected Wednesday. 'It’s a acquisition to emotion and beryllium loved by specified a carnal arsenic Birdie the Doggie.' 

Last week reports surfaced that  tensions were brewing betwixt her and Lopez, contempt the erstwhile adopting the relation of 'marriage counsellor' during Ben's divided from the singer.

Sources astatine the clip said she has present chosen to region herself from the On the Floor hitmaker and doesn't privation to person immoderate 'communication' with her 'unless it is bash with the kids'.

'Her friends consciousness she shouldn’t person allowed herself to get truthful progressive successful helping JLo to hole her matrimony to Ben,' the root said.

'Especially considering Jen felt pitted against JLo astatine times during their ain marriage. Jen is excessively bully and genuinely wanted to help, truthful she tried.' 

Earlier this twelvemonth DailyMail.com was told Miller was tiring of Garner seeing it arsenic her work to assistance 'fix' her ex-husband’s beleaguered marriage.

'John wants thing much than for Ben to beryllium OK, but it isn’t his girlfriend’s work to play babysitter to him,' an insider said astatine the time.

‘That is for Ben to fig retired connected his ain and for his woman to handle. It isn’t Jen’s responsibility, and helium has told her this.’

They added that Ben was conscious of being a ‘burden’ and was trying to debar discussing his marital breakdown with Garner.

Garner and Affleck notably tied the knot successful 2005, but their divorcement was finalized successful 2018 aft 13 years of marriage. 

Affleck reconciled with his ex Lopez successful 2022, but she filed for divorcement successful August aft 2 years of marriage.

Last month, she broke her soundlessness connected their divided portion talking to Interview Magazine – and described the separation arsenic some 'sad' and 'scary.' 

'It feels lonely, unfamiliar, scary. It feels sad. It feels desperate,' the vocalist said erstwhile asked what it was similar to 'be connected her own'. 

'But erstwhile you beryllium successful those feelings and go, “These things are not going to termination me,” it’s similar actually, I americium susceptible of joyousness and happiness each by myself. 

'Being successful a narration doesn’t specify me. I can’t beryllium looking for happiness successful different people. I person to person happiness wrong myself.

'I utilized to accidental I’m a blessed person, but was inactive looking for thing for idiosyncratic other to fill, and it’s conscionable like, “No, I’m really good.”'