What is Ben Affleck thinking if Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas are really dating? We heard two words – ‘jealous’ and ‘weird’

Ben Affleck’s breakup with Ana de Armas will forever be iconized in pop culture thanks to that ridiculous paparazzi photo where a heavily masked man (allegedly Casey Affleck) threw a cardboard cutout of Ana de Armas into the trash. We’ve somehow gotten a long-overdue update.

According to Daily Mail — which is a publication you certainly can believe if you choose to — Ben Affleck is deeply “jealous” of his friend Tom Cruise’s supposed relationship with Ana de Armas. Lately, Tom Cruise has been spotted with Ana de Armas taking strolls in London, flying in helicopters, and perhaps more illuminatingly, spending time together on Valentine’s Day.

Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas have not yet confirmed that they’re actually together. Tom Cruise is one of the most famous individuals in the world, and it’s understandable that he doesn’t want us in his business… but it’s very unlikely that you’d go out on a date on Valentine’s Day with someone who is just a friend. And going with that assumption, this would probably be the first time he’s been open to being seen publicly with someone he’s dating since Katie Holmes.

Now, according to Daily Mail, Ben Affleck is not necessarily happy for his fellow action star. Despite Affleck moving on rather quickly and getting married and then divorced in the four years since they were together, he reportedly still has feelings for his former beau. The Daily Mail’s famous anonymous sources even claim that Affleck’s friends have been jokingly suggesting that he get with Katie Holmes now. A Hollywood wife-swap, if you will.

But it doesn’t even end there. Reports suggest Ben Affleck is being “weird.” Affleck is apparently also jealous of Tom Cruise’s career, and feels like if he had stayed with Ana de Armas, he would have been “saved” from his chaotic, short-lived re-coupling with Jennifer Lopez. Whether this means Ben Affleck will be jumping out of planes in The Accountant 3 remains to be seen.

This all comes without a single shred of proof that Ana de Armas and Tom Cruise are even actually dating. CheatSheet reports that while the two have been spotted — even recently — on their way to David Beckham’s 50th birthday party, they were actually not showcasing any PDA, so it was difficult for anyone to tell. When they’re ready — or if they’re ready — they’ll probably just post a picture on Instagram like Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid recently did.

It cannot be stressed enough just how protective Tom Cruise is these days with his personal life. After his fallout during the era when he was outspokenly wearing his religion on his sleeve and telling people what he thought of antidepressants, he was turned into a pariah in Hollywood. It’s understandable that now, having worked his reputation back to the top, he’s not willing to give that up right away. One wrong sentence can take people right back into psychoanalyzing him. He even recently, and politely, declined to give his take on Trump’s Hollywood tariffs.

Tom Cruise seems like he’s in a very peaceful place in his life.