{"id":395524,"date":"2026-01-08T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395524\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:52:09","slug":"jennifer-garner-makes-rare-comment-on-hard-ben-affleck-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395524\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Garner makes rare comment on ‘hard’ Ben Affleck divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Garner said the hardest part of her divorce from Ben Affleck<\/a> was the breaking up of her family and losing a \u201ctrue partnership.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Thing He Told Me\u201d actress, 53, made a rare comment about the media coverage surrounding the couple\u2019s 2015 divorce and the difficulty of being in the public eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t serve me to take in gossip about myself or anyone else, much less my kids, so I don\u2019t do it,\u201d she told Marie Claire<\/a> in a new interview published Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be smart about what you can and can\u2019t handle, and I could not handle what was out there. But what was out there was not what was hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennifer Garner made a rare comment about her \u201chard\u201d 2018 divorce from Ben Affleck. WireImage<\/p>\n

\u201cThe actual breaking up of a family is what was hard. Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard,\u201d Garner said. GC Images<\/p>\n

She continued, \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<\/p>\n

Garner was married to the \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d star for 10 years until they called it quits in 2015. Their divorce was finalized in October 2018. <\/p>\n

The exes share three children together: Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13.<\/p>\n

Garner has since moved on with boyfriend, John Miller. Though, she still manages to spend a significant amount of family time<\/a> with Affleck despite their split. <\/p>\n

The exes were married for 10 years until they called it quits in 2015. WireImage<\/p>\n

Garner has since moved on with boyfriend John Miller, whom she is seen with in Dec. 2025 above. \/X17online.com<\/p>\n

Still, the actress spends a significant amount of time with her ex-husband, with whom she shares three children. FilmMagic<\/p>\n

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Last month, she and Miller were spotted exchanging Christmas gifts<\/a> by their cars in Los Angeles just before the big holiday. <\/p>\n

However, just days prior, Garner was spotted out with Affleck, 53, enjoying a family night at the theater<\/a> with their middle child. <\/p>\n

The trio hit the Hollywood Pantages Theater for a performance of \u201cStereophonic,\u201d according to photos. <\/p>\n

The \u201c13 Going on 30\u201d star even remained a close friend for her ex<\/a> following his 2024 divorce from Jennifer Lopez, <\/a>whom he married in 2022<\/a>. <\/a><\/p>\n

In December, the exes were seen stepping out with their middle child, Seraphina, and her friend to watch \u201cStereophonic\u201d at the Hollywood Pantages theater. ROL\/X17online;.com<\/p>\n

Garner also reportedly stayed a close friend to Affleck amid his 2024 divorce from Jennifer Lopez. Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBen has a strong relationship with Jen that will never dissipate because they have a lot of history together,\u201d a source previously told Page Six of Garner and Affleck\u2019s relationship. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Amid his breakup from the \u201cLet\u2019s Get Loud\u201d singer, Affleck was spotted on several occasions spending time with Garner and their kids including for Thanksgiving 2024<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven though Ben and Jen have been split for a while now, he feels a certain level of comfort with her,\u201d an insider exclusively told Page Six<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen has a strong relationship with Jen that will never dissipate because they have a lot of history together and she\u2019s the mother of his kids.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Garner said the hardest part of her divorce from Ben Affleck was the breaking up of her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[21821,236,3597,3598,5654,91,88,41001,19638],"class_list":["post-395524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-jennifer-garner","tag-jennifer-lopez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}