Ben Affleck And Girlfriend Lindsay Shookus Take Their Love To The Emmys
Ben Affleckwas at Sunday night’sEmmysto support girlfriend and “Saturday Night Live” producer Lindsay Shookus.
Affleck and Shookus attended the ceremony at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater together, marking their first major public appearance as a couple, even though theyskipped the red carpetand decided to enter through a side VIP entrance instead, according to E! News.
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The actor was there to applaud when Shookus, 37, took the stage after “SNL” won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. She started working at “SNL” after college in an assistant role and quickly rose through the ranks. One of her big breaks was helping discover Kristen Wiig.
“When I started as an assistant at ‘SNL,’ I got my eyes on Kristen Wiig and was able to bring her for an audition for Lorne Michaels and the other producers,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in 2015, after being named to their list of up-and-coming execs 35 and under. “Turns out, Kristen Wiig can give you some street cred early on.”
Following the main event, the couple joined Larry David at HBO’s after-party at the Plaza at the Pacific Design Center.
Fans were excited to see the two together.
Ben Affleck is here at the#Emmysaccompanying his girlfriend, who is part of the SNL teampic.twitter.com/EFsnWI9UEP
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg)September 18, 2017
Emmy winner,Kate McKinnon waiting to go into the interview room. They even make Ben Affleck wait ;)#emmyspic.twitter.com/qvsGwqY0gG
— Gavin Lew (@glew)September 18, 2017
Ben Affleck was Lindsay Shookus' date to the 2017#Emmys:https://t.co/HE8UjqQcDLpic.twitter.com/fL18POSvtV
— E! News (@enews)September 18, 2017
You have one job to do, cameraperson: cut to an audience shot of Lindsay Shookus and Ben Affleck. Then cut to them again. Then another time
— Michelle Markowitz (@michmarkowitz)September 18, 2017
News of their romancefirst surfaced in July, three months after Affleck and ex Jennifer Garner filed for divorce.Affleck and Garner split back in 2015 after 10 years of marriage. Shookus split from her producer husband Kevin Miller in 2014.
Earlier this month, the pair attended the U.S. Open together.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.