{"id":436434,"date":"2026-01-25T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436434\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:31:11","slug":"ben-affleck-and-brooks-nader-not-hooking-up-despite-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/436434\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck and Brooks Nader Not Hooking Up Despite Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260124_ba25bd1ba7524894999c835952b59090\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:41a8e28a-937a-4b46-8486-4d955aeb70eb\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ba25bd1ba7524894999c835952b59090_md.jpg\" alt=\"brooks nader ben affleck main getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ben-affleck\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Affleck<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/brooks-nader\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooks Nader<\/a> aren&#8217;t Hollywood&#8217;s newest celebrity couple &#8230; in fact, Brooks says the two have never even met!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal &#8230; reports surfaced earlier today claiming the actor and the model had started up a romance &#8212; which would&#8217;ve marked Ben&#8217;s first big relationship since divorcing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennifer-lopez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260124_bfebce6091bf48f5a52f5d42db1aad5b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:41a8e28a-937a-4b46-8486-4d955aeb70eb\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bfebce6091bf48f5a52f5d42db1aad5b_md.jpg\" alt=\"brooks nader ben affleck sub insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Brooks took to social media to shut down the rumors &#8230; writing on Instagram, &#8220;Haven&#8217;t met him in my life.&#8221; We&#8217;ve also spoken to sources who confirm Nader&#8217;s comment &#8230; so, conspiracy theorists shouldn&#8217;t think she&#8217;s trying to run cover on some secret romance.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While Ben&#8217;s stayed out of the dating spotlight since his marriage to Lopez ended, Brooks has been connected to a series of famous faces over the last couple years.<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-99fcb908-68a9-47d0-b158-669be851d4e6\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2023\/05\/17\/brooks-nader-hot-shots\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:99fcb908-68a9-47d0-b158-669be851d4e6\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:41a8e28a-937a-4b46-8486-4d955aeb70eb\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/62b6ee5326fc487092beb054ebbdf059_md.jpg\" alt=\"Brooks Nader Hot Shots\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, everyone knows about Nader&#8217;s passionate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/07\/brooks-nader-gleb-savchenko-breakup-dancing-with-stars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ill-fated romance<\/a> with &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; pro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gleb-savchenko\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gleb Savchenko<\/a> &#8230; but, Nader&#8217;s also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/18\/brooks-nader-addresses-dating-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked<\/a> to tennis stars like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner since quitting her dance partner.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out she&#8217;s not flying high with Batfleck though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck and Brooks Nader aren&#8217;t Hollywood&#8217;s newest celebrity couple &#8230; in fact, Brooks says the two have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,44,85,635,26898],"class_list":["post-436434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}