Hollywood stars Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck who were married for 10 years and have 3 children together, officially divorced in 2017. The two stars have since then moved on but continue to maintain a cordial relationship in which they co-parent their children. But being two married celebrities in the limelight was not an easy journey, especially for Jennifer Garner.
The 13 going on 30 star spoke about the lack of privacy and the constant glare of the paparazzi that affected not only her life but also the lives of her 3 children. At one stage when Garner had reached saturation point with the constant intrusions into her kids’ daily life, another A-list star Halle Berry stepped in to help her find a solution.
Halle Berry Helped Jennifer Garner Protect Her Children
Hollywood celebrities often pay the price for fame by sacrificing their privacy for superstardom. Jennifer Garner too was no stranger to this. The Elektra star who was married to Ben Affleck for 10 years, confessed the woes of being a celebrity married couple who are trying to give their children a normal life. Calling her marriage to Affleck a “total circus”, Garner expressed her concerns about her children’s safety from the paparazzi who constantly lay in wait and followed them everywhere from school to the park to their sports activities.
“For 10 years there were at the very least six cars, and often 20, outside of our house, and outside of school, and at the pediatrician’s. And you’re begging them, ‘Please step aside from the pediatrician’s door. I have a sick kid, please.’”
This led to the star and her ex-husband Ben Affleck desperately trying to find legal means to ensure that their children were protected. It was at this time that Oscar winner Halle Berry ably guided Garner by advising her to lobby for legislation to safeguard their children. The two women led by Berry, testified in front of the state government and successfully got the law passed. Garner credited the Monster’s Ball star for initiating this inquiry and seeing it through.
How Jennifer Garner Explained Her Divorce To Her Children
After ten years of marriage and three children, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck officially filed for divorce in 2017. Despite the very public split, Garner confessed that the separation did not prove as difficult as revealing the news to her 3 children who were always watching what was going on in their marriage as well as observing their personas in the limelight. The star felt a moral responsibility as a parent to validate their feelings and give them honest explanations about what went wrong with their father and her.
“When they were smaller and there were things out there that were shocking, my request to them was always, ‘Let Dad and I talk you through whatever it is. I’d tell them, ‘If you see an image on the front of a magazine, I’ll look at it with you and we’ll process all the scary feelings that come up together.’”
Garner stated that this method of open and honest communication between Affleck, her, and their children, allowed them to better process the divorce without too much trauma while also understanding the drawbacks of being in the public eye.
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