Summary
- Garner expresses relief about her post-Affleck life, asserting difficulties during their marriage.
- Affleck's admission of struggles and addictions sheds light on their tumultuous relationship.
- Despite shared children, Garner endured challenges until Affleck improved, now content with her own relationship.
It’s been nearly a decade since Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck separated. While there’s still a lot of speculation over the nature of their co-parenting relationship and past marriage, it appears Garner is happy they’ve both moved on.
According to a new report, the actress has come a long way since leaving Affleck and her life has improved for the better.
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“Jen doesn’t think anyone knows the truth about her and Ben. Nobody knows what people go through — or how much she shielded Ben and their children,” a source told Life and Style.
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“Jen is finally opening up to some friends about how rough it really was,” they continued, adding that Affleck was “making Jen’s life hell” before she left him in 2015 (it wasn’t until 2018 that their divorce was finalized).
Affleck has admitted to struggling with gambling and alcoholism. He infamously attended rehab various times during his marriage to Garner, with photos showing the 13 Going on 30 actress driving him to treatment post-split after staging an intervention with his family.
“His addictions were worse than anyone knows. Jen’s explained how she had to deal with Ben during benders and blackouts and plenty of ugly arguments. Some pretty incomprehensible stuff,” the source went on.
The insider also shared details of what their marriage was like before divorce, saying the couple could “go weeks without talking to each other” and sleep in separate bedrooms, despite sharing three children. However, it appeared Garner struggled to leave Affleck when he was in a dark place, as the source said, “Jen couldn’t just walk away. Not until he was better.”
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While Affleck is reportedly now sober, the source says it saddens Garner to think of how difficult their marriage was when he was in the throes of addiction, and that he’s likely a different person in his current marriage to Jennifer Lopez.
“She put in the hard work, gave the unconditional love Ben needed at his lowest points, and J. Lo got the recovered, better Ben,” they explained. “It’s painful to think about, but Jen holds no grudges.”
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The source added that Garner is happy in her own relationship with John Miller, who she’s dated on-and-off for several years, adding, “But she’s mostly just grateful that her kids will grow up with both of their parents still by their side.”
The source’s comments echo reports that said Garner was happy to see Affleck marrying Lopez when they tied the knot in 2022. However, Lopez and Affleck’s marriage has been burdened by rumors of relationships woes in the past year.
One report says Lopez has an issue with how close Garner and Affleck remain to this day, even shooting down the idea of double dates. Affleck himself has admitted to struggling with Lopez’s desire to keep their relationship in the public. But with reports that Lopez and Garner have tried improving things between them for the sake of their blended family, it seems clear everyone is putting their best foot forward, or at least trying to.
