Kick Kennedy is the woman Ben Affleck was allegedly seen with after splitting up with Jennifer Lopez. The two are said to be just friends, but friendship can become more than that. In any case, Kick Kennedy not only has a famous name, but also an interesting career. GALA introduces the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
It’s not an easy time for Ben Affleck, 52: For a few days now, the actor’s second marriage has been declared a failure. Jennifer Lopez, 55, officially filed for divorce exactly two years after their dream wedding. Not only his first wife Jennifer Garner, 52, and his best friend Matt Damon, 53, are now supporting Affleck. The “Gone Girl” star is also said to be spending more time with another interesting woman.
Kick Kennedy comes from the famous Kennedy clan
As “Page Six” reports, Ben Affleck has recently been seen more often in the company of Kathleen “Kick” Alexandra Kennedy, 36. The two were spotted together in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles and at other hotspots. Who is the woman Affleck is currently spending so much time with?
The 36-year-old comes from the famous Kennedy family: She is the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 70, and his first wife Emily Ruth Black, 66 – and thus a grandchild of Robert F. Kennedy, †42, who was assassinated in 1968. She was named after the sister of her uncle, the assassinated former US President John F. Kennedy, †46: The socially committed Kathleen Cavendish, born Kathleen “Kick” Agnes Kennedy, died in a plane crash in 1948 at the age of just 28.
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Her stepmother took her own life
Kick Kennedy, born in 1988, grew up with five siblings. In addition to her older brother Bobby Kennedy III, 39, she has four half-siblings: After her father separated from her mother in 1994, he married Mary Richardson, †52, and had four children with her: Conor Kennedy, 30, Kyra Kennedy, 29, William Finbar “Finn” Kennedy, 26, and Aidan Kennedy, 23. But Robert F. Kennedy’s marriage also fell apart: After the divorce, Mary Richardson took her own life in 2012. After her death, Kick Kennedy is said to have flown home from her place of study to look after her siblings. To this day, she maintains a close bond with all of them.
But Kick Kennedy apparently has no strong connection to the famous name of her family dynasty: “People ask me what it’s like to be a Kennedy,” said the daughter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., born in 1988, in an interview with the “New York Post” in 2014. “All I say is: I have no idea. When I see my face or my name in the tabloids, my stomach clenches. That’s just not me – I’m reading something that isn’t real.”
Apparently she had a crush on Ben Affleck before
Now her name is in the headlines again: “Kick and Ben have been spending time together, but I’m not sure what happened,” a source recently told People magazine, describing the 36-year-old as an actress, activist and “party animal” who loves to have fun and who is said to have had a crush on Affleck in the past. Other insiders, however, are certain that there is nothing going on between the actor and the Kennedy daughter and that the two are just friends.
She is committed to environmental protection
In fact, Kick Kennedy has been actively involved in environmental issues for years, following in her father’s footsteps. “We always do things like save on lightbulbs and of course we get reprimanded if we leave trash,” she told Stanford Magazine in 2008 about growing up in her environmentally conscious family. “But the impact on us was more evident in our love of nature. “My father spent his entire fatherhood taking us outside and not letting us back in.”
She starred in “Gossip Girl”
Kick Kennedy discovered her love of acting at an early age: As a child, she appeared in plays with Annie Starke, 36, the daughter of Glenn Close, 77, she once revealed to “SF Gate”: “It was the funniest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.” According to her “IMDB” profile, she has now appeared in a handful of films and television series, including “Gossip Girl,” “The Newsroom” and “Cut It, Larry!”.
Kick Kennedy attends the 2021 Maison de Mode’s Sustainable Style Awards.
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She climbed Kilimanjaro with Jessica Biel
But after 2012, Kick Kennedy, who also worked as a model, largely gave up her acting ambitions and has since then concentrated on environmental protection. While studying history at the renowned Stanford University, she climbed Kilimanjaro together with Emile Hirsch, 39, and Jessica Biel, 42, to raise awareness of the global drinking water crisis. “For as long as I can remember, I have felt a connection to water issues because my father made it his passion,” she told “Resident”. “I spent so much time on the water, whether it was sailing with friends and family or cleaning up the river on the Hudson.”
Sources used: pagesix.com, instagram.com, nypost.com, people.com, today.com, tmz.com, stanfordmag.org, imdb.com, sfgate.com, resident.com