Jennifer Garner she didn’t hold back when she revealed the ex-husband Ben Affleck as a card-carrying Beyhive member.
“Do you guys do that? Listen to a song over and over again?” Garner, 53, asked fans while appearing at Diesel’s Los Angeles bookstore A Bookstore on Thursday alongside The last thing he said to me author Laura Dave and her Apple TV co-star Rita Wilson. “I just want to tell you one thing. I survived this. I lived it.”
Garner explained that creatives need to listen to music while working, as Dave, 48, said he does while writing, something Affleck, 53, did during their marriage.
“Ben Affleck listens to a song over and over again,” he recalled people. “I had a three-month-old and a three-year-old living in a rental in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while I was shooting. The Village. And he listened Beyoncé“Halo’, and I’d be nursing.”
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have been appearing professionals since their separation in 2015. The exes became parents with the birth of their daughter Violet in December 2005, followed by Seraphina in January 2009 and Samuel in February 2012. Affleck and Garner announced that they were separating after 10 years of marriage in June 2015 through a (…)
Dave was perfectly in sync with Affleck’s work process, saying, “I love that because the only other person now besides Ben that I’ve heard of doing it is (screenwriter) Tom Stoppard. And when I heard that, I thought, ‘Okay, I’m in good company.'”
According to Garner’s account of events, she would have just given birth she and Affleck’s second child when he wrote, directed and acted The Village.
Jennifer Garner looked stunning in black during a rare appearance at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. Garner, 53, arrived at the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (January 11). The actress donned a custom black Cong Tri sleeveless glass dress. Garner completed the look with black Roger Vivier pointed shoes, diamond earrings (…)
The film was released in 2010, a year after the former couple welcomed Seraphina in January 2009. The exes also share daughter Violeta20, and his son Samuel, 13.
Garner and Affleck were married from 2005 to 2015 when they announced their separation. The divorce of the actors took place in 2018, and although they weathered a few storms during their relationship, the couple has found their rhythm as parents and friends.
“Their relationship has turned into a strong friendship,” a source explained exclusively Us Weekly in March 2025. “Jen is a reliable and grounding force in Ben’s life.”
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner.
Christopher Polk/Getty Images for VH1The source added that the 13 Continuing on the 30th actress and Affleck’s bond is “the strongest it’s ever been.”
Garner, meanwhile, made an odd comment about the most difficult time in her and Affleck’s dynamic earlier this month, reflecting on their divorce.
“You have to be smart about what you can and can’t handle, and I couldn’t handle what was out there,” Garner said. Marie Claire UK in an interview published on January 7. “But what was out there wasn’t what was difficult. The fact is what was difficult.”
It’s not his fault. Ben Affleck is setting the record straight about past comments he made about his split from ex-wife Jennifer Garner. “I had a very painful experience where I did an interview where I was really vulnerable and the whole pickup was something that was not only not okay, but actually the opposite (…)
The Aliases alum explained, “The actual breakup of a family is what was difficult. Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was difficult.”
Despite the difficulties of going through a public breakup, Garner confirmed that she and Affleck have come out on the other side.
“I’m able to co-parent right now with peace and equanimity and a partnership that I didn’t know I’d ever get back to,” Garner told the network. “I think it’s important for women to know, when they’re thinking, ‘Oh, I’ll never see it, I’ll never have that feeling, I’ll never be friends with that person again,’ (that) time is opportunity. Time is opportunity to heal. Time is opportunity to forgive, move on, and find a new way to be friends.”