Ben Affleck and Kick Kennedy were close since 2020 until his romance with Ana de Armas began

Kick Kennedy and Ben Affleck began spending time together even before the Oscar winner started dating “Blonde” star Ana de Armas in March 2020, sources tell Page Six.

Affleck and Kennedy have been seen together at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel over the past few months, as Page Six reported.

However, it seems their friendship goes back further than initially believed.

“Their friendship has been going on for a while, even before Ana,” one Hollywood insider told Page Six. “When Ben started seeing Ana in 2020 and chose to quarantine with her during Covid, Kick was less than thrilled.”

After his relationship with wife Jennifer Lopez hit a rough patch earlier this year, Affleck reconnected with Kick, we’re told, and their friendship resumed.

Despite multiple sources confirming to People magazine that Affleck, 52, and Kennedy, 36, the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have been “spending time together,” a spokesperson for Affleck denied they were dating, telling the outlet Tuesday, “There’s no truth to any of it. I don’t know if they even know each other.”

A Hollywood source who has worked with Affleck told us, “Affleck would love nothing more than to be part of the Kennedy clan. It’s a dream for any Boston guy … I think he would rather have that than a billion-dollar, red-carpet glam life with J. Lo.”

Affleck’s spokesperson told Page Six: “This is not true. They are not hanging out.” Page Six has reached out to Kennedy.

Affleck developed feelings for De Armas, 36, while they were filming their movie “Deep Water” in New Orleans.

Although she moved in with him during the pandemic lockdown, by January 2021, their relationship had ended.