Jennifer Garner rarely talks in detail about her split from Ben Affleck, but she made an exception in a new interview and kept her focus on what the experience actually felt like. Her point was blunt: it was not the noise outside that hurt most. It was the reality of ending a family unit and losing the partnership that came with it.
What Jennifer Garner said about the divorce
In the interview, Garner described the separation as “hard,” then explained what she meant. She said the difficult part was “the actual breaking up of a family,” along with losing “a true partnership and friendship.”
She also drew a line between public attention and personal pain, saying the outside chatter was not the hardest part for her, even if it was still difficult to deal with.
Why the “breaking up of a family” part stands out
Garner’s comments hit because they are specific and relatable. She is not framing divorce as celebrity drama. She is framing it as grief, losing a shared life and the everyday partnership that comes with raising kids together.
The timeline she was looking back on
Garner and Affleck separated in 2015 and finalized their divorce in 2018. They share three children: Violet, Seraphina (also referred to as Fin in some coverage), and Samuel.
How she said she got through it
Garner credited her close relationships and community, saying she made a serious effort to stay connected to her people because that is where her resilience comes from.
Where things stand now
In the same stretch of coverage, Garner described their current co-parenting dynamic as calmer than the early period after the split, with a more stable partnership than she once expected they would get back to.
