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Too many cameras? The dads overheard Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner in a tense conversation after dropping their children off at their school. What could the exes be talking about?
Page Six posted the photos of Ben holding a cup of coffee and Jen Garner wearing a pink cap as they engage in serious conversation. (See photos here.) The photos come a week after a viral video of Ben slamming a door while with his current wife, Jennifer Lopez. In footage obtained by PageSix (see video here), Affleck opens the car door for Lopez after a coffee run, only to appear to slam it shut after he enters. “Oh shit! It’s Ben Affleck visibly irritated to slam that door on Jennifer Lopez,” a the person tweeted. Another writing: “you can ‘have it all’ and still be miserable.” Another observed“He deliberately looks away from her as she gets in the car. They definitely fight lol. Others had a different point of view. “The whole thing could have been a trick for the cameras. If not, a bad day doesn’t mean they have a bad life,” tweeted Awhile many observed that he looked annoyed by the person filming him.
Have a blended family
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Things with the blended family seem to be going well. The “On the Floor” artist opened up in her December 2022 Vogue cover story about Affleck-Lopez’s life and how her husband’s ex-wife is involved in their “blended family. “. Asked about family dynamics, she praises the A.k.a star as “an amazing co-parent” and that they really “work well together.” THE Marry me star went on to explain how hard work mixing up a family is. “They have so many feelings. They are teenagers,” she said. “But it’s been going really well so far. What I hope to cultivate with our family is that his children have a new ally in me and my children have a new ally in him, someone who truly loves and cares for them, but who can to have a different perspective and help me see the things that I can’t see with my kids because I’m so emotionally connected.
Why Ben divorced Jen Garner
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In a conversation about their divorce, Ben told Howard Stern about the Howard Stern Show that he and Garner “would have ended up at each other’s throats” had they not ended their relationship. He also thought he would “probably still be drinking” if their marriage continued. “That’s part of why I started drinking alcohol, I was trapped,” he said. “I was like, ‘I can’t leave because of my kids, but I’m not happy. What do I do?’ What I did was drink a bottle of scotch on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.
After much controversy, Ben clarified his statement two years later in a March 2023 profile in The Hollywood Reporter. He told the outlet that his current wife, Jennifer Lopez, helped him during the profile interview so that he didn’t encounter any setbacks that might arise. “In fact, she gave me a lecture this morning before this interview. She thinks that because of the experiences I have had, I have become very cautious. And she is right. I consider these things to be landmines, where if you say the wrong thing your career could be over. I had a really painful experience where I did an interview where I was really vulnerable, and the whole pick up was something that wasn’t just wrong, it was actually the opposite of what I meant .
He went into detail about the Howard Stern interview and how the media distorted the narrative. “The idea that I was blaming my wife for my drinking. To be clear, my behavior is entirely my responsibility. The point I was trying to make was sad. Anyone who’s been through a divorce makes this calculation of, How much do we try? We love each other. We care about each other. We have respect for each other. I was trying to say “Hey look, I was drinking too much, and the less happy you become, whether it’s your job, your marriage, it’s just that as your life gets harder, if you do things for fill in a hole that’s not healthy, you’re going to start doing more of those things. I think I’ve been pretty clear about that.
Ben on media characterization
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He continued: “It was the New York Post who deliberately mislabeled it in order to make it clickbait, and then everyone picked it up, and no matter how many times I said, “I don’t feel that way. I’m telling you, I don’t blame my ex-wife for my alcoholism. So here is. It’s hard. But anyway, so (Jennifer Lopez) is telling me today, “Relax, be yourself.” Have fun. You’re actually a fun guy who’s real and genuine and you seem so serious. Do I look serious? But as in many things, she is absolutely right. And she loves me. She watches over me. She tries to help me. So it’s like, maybe I should fucking listen to it.
When it came time to end their relationship, Affleck confirmed that he and Garner “did it amicably”, although he confirmed that he and his ex-wife had had “tense moments “Since their separation. “Have we had any moments of tension? Did we have disagreements over custody? Were things difficult for us? Did we get angry? Yes,” he said. “But fundamentally it was always underpinned by respect. I knew she was a good mother. I hope she knew I was a good father. I was. I had to get sober, I knew that too and I recognized it. I said, ‘You’re right. I have to stop drinking.
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