“Don’t believe everything you read.” That’s how Playboy model Shauna Sexton
responded when the Daily Mail checked in with her about reports she’d already split from
Ben Affleck, just six weeks after the pair started dating. “I know [there are lots of unnamed insiders],”
she told the tab, “and they just make s— up, just like this.” The 22-year-old recently returned to
California from a trip to Big Sky, Montana, with Ben, 46, whose divorce from Jennifer Garner
was finalized on Oct. 5. But insiders insist the romance is over
. “There was nothing to split from as it has been casual,” a friend tells People.
“Ben knew that the relationship wasn’t right, so he ended it before it before it really got started.”
Adds a source to ETOnline.com, “He is listening to the counselors and
his loved ones and has finally ended his relationship with Shauna.
Ben took the initiative to break things off. … Close friends were honest with him about being in a relationship with someone who was only 22.”Jen, meanwhile, has “started dating someone new,” according to Us Weekly. “She’s ready to start the next phase of her life,” a source says. Adds another insider to ETOnline.com, “Her closest friends are in full support of Jen moving on and finding someone special to spend her life with. She truly deserves the very best. After everything Jen’s been through, her friends and family are rooting for her to move on and live her life without Ben, and finally she seems 100% on board.”
