{"id":394383,"date":"2026-01-08T03:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/394383\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:33:10","slug":"the-breaking-up-of-a-family-is-what-was-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/394383\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Breaking Up of a Family Is What Was Hard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Garner is reflecting on her painful divorce from Ben Affleck, the father of her three children.<\/p>\n

In a new interview ahead of the second season of Apple TV+\u2019s The Last Thing He Told Me, the actress opened up about navigating one of the most difficult periods of her life. Garner and Affleck split in 2015 amid reports he had an affair with their then-nanny, claims he later denied.<\/p>\n

Garner described the end of their nearly 10-year marriage as \u201chard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact of it is what was hard. The actual breaking up of a family is what was hard. Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard,\u201d the Alias alum told Marie Claire UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Garner said she had to be \u201csmart\u201d about knowing what she could and could not emotionally handle at the time. One thing she avoided was reading media coverage about the split.<\/p>\n

The experience also brought her clarity. \u201cI make a big, concerted effort to see my people as much as I can, because that\u2019s what matters,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat\u2019s where your resilience is: it\u2019s in your relationships and in the people who carry you through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Garner and Affleck appear to be on good terms. The two share a co-parenting relationship, and Garner supported Affleck in the years following their divorce, including helping him seek treatment during his struggles with alcohol.<\/p>\n

The former couple share three children \u2014 Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13 \u2014 whom Garner said remain her greatest source of pride.<\/p>\n

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Garner also reflected on stepping back from her acting career while raising them, saying it \u201cnever felt like a sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really hard to go to work and it definitely shaped the jobs I chose, in a big way,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Now that her children are older, she said \u201cparenting now has shifted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more about parenting with a button on my mouth\u2026. You have to let them grow up and make their choices. You don\u2019t get to control it,\u201d she said, adding that she\u2019s \u201cso proud of how they walk through the world, and proud of them for trying hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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