Instead, to what seems to be just about every celebrity gazer’s delight, we’ve instead gotten a steady trickle of updates in the weeks since, the high point of which might have been a simple photo of the ever-rakish Affleck leaving J.
I can’t remember the last time it’s been such big news that two people kissed, can you? Which is of course part of why this is so fun: it feels both retro and timeless.
Whether they learned a thing or two in the crucible of early-2000s tabloid culture or the press is a tad less invasive than it was then, they seem to be successfully courting the attention they want while thus far avoiding overexposure and other pitfalls.
They lock lips and he puts a hand on her arm, but he quickly moves over to start kissing her neck, at which point she starts caressing his shoulder.
I’m not at all accusing the video of being staged or inauthentic, but I can scarcely imagine a sweeter scenario for a celebrity supercouple to be caught kissing for the first time in the second incarnation of their relationship: They look great, they’re passionate but not gross, and the presence of the kids shows that they’re comfortable with Affleck, that this is all pretty above-board.
But I also thought it there was a decent chance it wasn’t real, and for that reason, I thought I would be satisfied with a quick fling: They share some good times and get some press; we eat the photos up like catnip; everybody gets in and out quickly without getting hurt.