Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck met in 2000 while filming Pearl Harbor. They tied the knot five years later and had three children together. But they separated in 2015. The divorce was finalized in 2018. They’ve managed to remain friends despite ending their marriage. However, the Alias star had a difficult time with the split for a surprising reason. Keep reading for all the details.
Jennifer Garner Reveals Hardest Part About Ben Affleck Split
Jennifer Garner has a habit of falling in love with her co-stars. She couldn’t resist Scott Foley when she guest-starred on Felicity, but who could? They married in 2000, two years after meeting on the show. But their marriage broke apart when she was cast in the lead role on ABC’s Alias. There were rumors at the time that she had an affair with co-star Michael Vartan, but Scott Foley shut those rumors down.
Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan did briefly date after her marriage to Scott Foley ended. She starred with Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor and Daredevil before they started dating in 2004. They both kept acting during their marriage. However, Jennifer Garner took a step back from her career to raise their three young children. She opened up for the first time about how that decision caused her to “panic” amid their divorce.
“I panicked when I was first out of my marriage and realized I had taken such a step back in my work. I was suddenly like, ‘Wait a minute. I have to take care of myself. I have to take care of these kids.’ I didn’t get some huge payout,” she said on the Aspire podcast.
The actress revealed that she never really thought about money until she was a single mom with three children to take care of. “It’s not like you can just un-famous yourself. Life is expensive, and you still have to kind of figure out how you’re gonna live.”
But she was in her 40s when she divorced Ben Affleck, so battling ageism in Hollywood was another issue.
Reclaiming Her Career After Divorce
“This isn’t a career that’s like, ‘Hey, you’re 60, you’re 55, you’re 43? Come on, let’s pay you more than you’ve ever made,’” Jennifer Garner said about aging in Hollywood. But her fears were mostly unfounded. The beloved actress has worked consistently since her divorce from Ben Affleck.
However, she’s not taking any chances. She joined the organic baby food company Once Upon a Farm as a chief brand officer in 2017. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Jennifer Garner is worth $80 million thanks to her acting career and Once Upon a Farm.
Her acting career is thriving at 54. Peacock picked up the drama series Five Star Weekend for another season. Netflix is rebooting 13 Going on 30 with Jennifer Garner listed as an executive producer. And it’s all thanks to her co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband.
“They can stay with their dad. He takes care of them. He’s a great partner in that way. And so that’s very freeing,” she said about leaving their three kids – Violet, 20, Fin, 17, and Samuel, 13 – while filming.
Ben Affleck went on to marry and divorce Jennifer Lopez twice after the end of his marriage to Jennifer Garner. She’s been in a long-term relationship with tech CEO John Miller for several years.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger