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Gimme five! Jennifer Garner and 4½-year-old Violet are too cute Tuesday during a mother-daughter carriage ride through New York's Central Park. Later, the pair checked out the musical Mary Poppins on Broadway.

 

 

Okay, I gotta admit cute pic....

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In Touch: Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are in counseling, trying to make it work

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner had a couple of well photographed outings recently that looked staged, in my opinion. They take pains not to be photographed together on the red carpet, and in these park outing photos they were smiling, playing with their kids and kissing. (They also went out to eat at Nobu recently.) It’s possible they were just followed by the paparazzi who stalk them daily and decided to make the best of it. They were at the park to attend their older daughter Violet’s soccer game so it’s not like they could leave. Even if they did set up the photos I can’t really blame them. They’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t, as evidenced by this story in In Touch that their marriage is allegedly in trouble but they’re working on it. Given all we know about Ben, it sounds likely even if it’s completely made up, and that’s likely to be the case too. Here’s what In Touch says, and they note that the two have been necessarily apart due to work arrangements.

Just hours after filming on the NYC set of Arthur, in which she co-stars with Russell Brand, Jennifer garner packed up her daughters… and bounded a flight back to LA and her husband…

It had been weeks since Jennifer, 38, had been in LA with Ben, 38, and it appeared she couldn’t get home fast enough…

“Ben was so happy to have them home, he took Jen out for a romantic date to Malibu’s Nobu restaurant that weekend,” says a friend.

But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for the couple, who recently celebrated their five-year anniversary. They’ve been in counseling since last year to work through some of their issues. “Ben was never the marrying type,” says the friend. “He is still a playboy at heart, and now that he’s getting closer to 40, he seems to be going through a midlife crisis.” But the therapy sessions seem to be working -for now. “Ben battles demons, but does his best to keep the marriage going. He loves Jen and adores his daughters, so he’s making it work.”

 

[From In Touch, print edition, August 16, 2010]

The thing that made me think these two might be having problems is a giant 7 carat diamond ring that Garner has been wearing occasionally. Many of you noted that it looks like a guilt gift from Affleck. He may have done it just to be sweet though and it’s a damn nice piece of jewelry! Who are we to knock a guy for giving his wife a ginormous ring?

Ben looks kind of annoyed in these photos but maybe we can chalk that up to the fact that there are several paparazzi bothering him while he’s trying to have a day out with his family. A lot of stories claim couples are having problems based on the fact that someone looks pissed off in photos. Imagine the things these guys shout while they’re taking the pictures and it’s easy to see why the celebrities are mad.

The Town is coming out on September 10 and marks Ben’s second film as a writer/director. He’s going to star in this one too, and it looks damn good. I hope that it does well at the box office and helps herald Affleck’s comeback. He’s had some minor successes but nothing big yet.

Photos are from 7/31/10. credit: Fame Pictures.

 

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Ben looks completely disinterested and ill-at-ease in every photo he's in. They do not look comfortable with each other at all. I'll be surprised if this marriage lasts much longer because he looks like he's checked out of it.

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Back in May, when Matt Damon was presented with the American Cinematheque Award, Ben Affleck appeared edgy, bothered and disingenous. It was cringe-worthy when JG spoke about Matt, glowingly, and BA looked bored and unamused at her humor. He has not seemed happy or content for a long time, even moreso since "Gone Baby Gone" didn't get the box office recognition he was hoping for. It seems like he has been on a very long temper tantrum.

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I'm assuming there will be photos somewhere.....Bet they're happy to have a mix now. One of my friends from high school - they have 3 boys and his wife gets sick of people asking if they're going to keep trying for a girl ;-) (she says No Way - she doesn't want to end up like her MIL with 5 men in the house - a husband and 4 sons - and at this point, her odds aren't good ;-)

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Inside Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck’s Delicious Anniversary Dinner

Originally posted 06/30/2014 05:09PM
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For Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, nothing says “happily married” like a steak and seafood dinner.

The down-to-earth actors celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary Sunday with a cozy dinner at Bistro 82 in Royal Oak, Michigan — not far from where Affleck, 41, has been filming Batman vs. Superman in Detroit.

 

“They looked like a great couple. They paid a lot of attention to each other,” a restaurant source tells PEOPLE, adding that the stars shared “a great bottle of wine” at the local hot spot.

 

Also on the menu: steak, salad, and oysters. And Batman proved he’s a meat and potatoes kind of guy, telling staff that the french fries served with béarnaise sauce and parmesan were the best he’s ever had.

Garner, 42, and her hubby noshed on the French fare for about an hour and a half, ringing up a bill just over $100. The parents of three were both dressed casually (she in a black dress, he in a button-down and jeans) and thanked the bistro’s workers as they left smiling, another diner tells PEOPLE.

“Everyone was freaking out in the restaurant,” says the source. “I was starstruck.”

 

After seeing Hollywood’s cutest couple eating fries at your local haunt, who wouldn’t be?

 

— Michele Corriston, with reporting by Ellen Piligian

 

 

Has everyone forgotten that he is suppose to be in recovery?!?!

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So I'm curious if the divorce will be "irreconcilable differences"? Do you even have to give a reason to divorce these days or are most/all US states no fault by now? I saw their statement was all about moving forward in love and co-parenting yadda yadda yadda :rolleyes:

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In California, it's no fault. I think they were married here??

 

Are you talking about legally? I thought they were married in Turks and Caicos.

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Reading the other gossip info on this, I'm guessing that tlshe had enough proof of him doing very bad things to call the shots and file when she wanted -after 10 years - and he's just keeping his mouth shut in hopes she won't release the stuff she has in return for great support?

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Some interesting info on the formal date and 10 year mark in this blind item reveal:

 

 

....OK, let’s talk about the importance of that ten-year mark, since that’s what this blind item was about.

The ten-year mark is important because of California divorce law. It’s complicated, but basically, being in a “long-term marriage” in California (ten years) is beneficial to the spouse who would receive alimony payments. Even if they waive spousal support, that “long-term marriage” designation allows them to ask the court to revisit the issue of spousal support later on. It also makes them eligible for Social Security benefits depending on their former spouse’s earnings when they reach retirement age.

If you are the wealthier party in a marriage, you will do everything you can to separate before the 10-year point. As we hinted in the original post, Tom Cruise did this to Nicole Kidman, his second wife. When Cruise filed for divorce, he tried to engage in a little revisionist history and claim that they were only married nine years and eleven months before separating. He did this because he did not want to pay alimony to Kidman. He ran into trouble with the dates, though, because the separation announcement came so many months after the separation.

Back to Affleck. Similar to the Cruise case, he is wealthier than his wife and wants to avoid paying alimony to her. While Garner and Affleck separated a while ago, Affleck did not want to face the same “Date Debate” that Cruise did. Since the moving trucks were photographed at his house last week and the announcement was made public today, it will be easy for him to prove that they separated well before Monday, their ten-year wedding anniversary.

We wrote this item a couple of months ago, knowing that Affleck was adamant about that ten-year mark. A lot of you thought this was about Bobby Flay because he had just announced his intention to divorce. However, if you had read the last line carefully, you would have realized that this was about Ben Affleck. Affleck is well-known to be a voracious poker player, and we told you that the celebrity in this blind item would “play exactly that same card.”

We’ll have lots more on the Affleck/Garner divorce in the days to come.

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All The Old Habits
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[Blind Gossip] This very famous Oscar-winning star is in serious trouble.

You probably know about one issue for which he went to rehab years ago. His publicists did a good job controlling those early reports, so you didn’t know about all the rest of his habits. You probably also thought that he’s been clean ever since.

Not even close.

There were recent reports that he was once again indulging in one behavior that had been a problem for him the the past.

Actually, all of his old habits are back! The drinking, the gambling, the sex. All of it.

The biggest problem is that he thinks that he doesn’t have a problem! Indeed, his life looks good from the outside. He is still good-looking, rich, famous, married and working a lot.

He thinks that he is smarter than his addiction. He believes that he has a good amount of willpower, and that he can indulge in his vices in a controlled way. However, he can’t. He started doing one thing and it took only five minutes before the floodgates opened wide and he was doing everything.

He has a wife who loves him and will stand by him. She couldn’t convince him to get help, though, so she called on a long-time friend of his (a famous actor) to intervene, which he did willingly and quickly. However, so far, our star is still refusing help from all parties.

Star:

His Wife:

His Friend:

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Star: Ben Affleck

His Wife: Jennifer Garner

His Friend: Matt Damon

We told you over a year ago that Ben Affleck was in serious trouble again. To understand why, you have to go back to 2001.

Ben Affleck went to rehab in 2001 for alcohol abuse. At least, that’s what his reps said at the time.

However, what you may not know is that Affleck was also in rehab for a nasty c*caine add*ction. That particular affliction was not reported in the press to spare him from being branded as a hard drug add*ct. He was also using gambling and sex in destructive ways, although we do not know if he was diagnosed as a gambling addict or a sex addict.

Any one of those issues would have been a problem on its own. The combination of the four, however, made Affleck a poster child for self-destructive behavior. In fact, his habits and binges were so extreme that actor Charlie Sheen was the one who talked him into rehab. And you know that if Charlie Sheen is telling you that you have a problem, you have a PROBLEM!

Affleck cleaned up and went on to marry Garner and start a family a few years later. However, as any Friend of Bill will tell you, add*ction is cunning, baffling and powerful disease.

We’re not doctors, so we can’t authoritatively say that Affleck is currently an alcoholic, a drug addict, a gambling addict, and/or a sex addict. Last year, when he was seen spending a lot of time in casinos, it was clear that his gambling problem had returned. However, we also heard that his backslide into gambling was accompanied by the return of multiple old habits, and that those habits were putting an incredible strain on his marriage.

His wife and his friends (like Matt Damon) knew that Affleck was out of control, and tried to intervene. Affleck would not go back to rehab. That’s when we wrote the original blind.

Affleck did agree to go to marriage counseling. A good part of the time was spent dealing with Affleck’s individual demons, which, not surprisingly, were a significant contributing factor their marital problems. However, even though he knew that those habits were destroying him and his family, Affleck either could not or would not stop.

You’ll probably hear lots of conflicting stories about why this marriage broke up. If you want to believe it was because they grew apart or because of career conflicts or travel schedules, go ahead. But the real reason is that Affleck simply will not stop engaging in multiple self-destructive habits, and refuses to get help to do so.

Jennifer Garner stood by him for years. She tried to help him. Matt Damon and other friends tried to help him. However, you can’t force an adult to go to rehab. You can’t force them to change. In the end, Jennifer Garner had to do what was best for herself and their kids. She will continue to protect their children’s best interests during the course of their divorce.

Josiew25 was first with the correct answer! Did you catch the subtle clues? We used the word “good” four times, and “will”, “willpower” and “willingly.” This should have led you to Good Will Hunting, the film for which Affleck and Damon won an Academy Award.

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Not "currently" an alcoholic? Um, once an addict, always an addict, right? (to be simplistic).

 

TMZ reporting there was no prenup and that Garner has almost as much money as Affleck so all they are doing is splitting the community property and she doesn't need alimony.....(presume there will be child support though, and also, TMZ, so....grains of salt!)

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Not "currently" an alcoholic? Um, once an addict, always an addict, right? (to be simplistic).

 

 

Correct. :D

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Not "currently" an alcoholic? Um, once an addict, always an addict, right? (to be simplistic).

 

TMZ reporting there was no prenup and that Garner has almost as much money as Affleck so all they are doing is splitting the community property and she doesn't need alimony.....(presume there will be child support though, and also, TMZ, so....grains of salt!)

 

 

According to celebritynetworth Affleck has about twice as much as Garner which would make sense because she is been at home watching the kids for the most part and he has been off making movies.

 

As for the 10 year mark, yes it does make support more of a certainty but that doesn't mean she won't getting support for herself. In marriages of less than 10 years, if she can prove up need she will get it and it usually its about half the length of the marriage, whereas a long term marriage is pretty for life unless the spouse remarries.

 

I think (if I were Ben) I would be more concerned about the lack of a prenup -- if he has a piece of the pictures he has acted or directed that he made during the course of the marriage, she would be entitled to a community property share.

 

She is going to get a big chunk for child support.

 

As for whatever dirt he wants to keep hidden, his personal life is pretty trashed and doesn't everybody know that?

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As for whatever dirt he wants to keep hidden, his personal life is pretty trashed and doesn't everybody know that?

 

No, the people who don't know that Travolta and Cruise are not straight do not know that Ben & Jen are anything other than a perfect family destroyed....

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Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner: how to spin a divorce

July 2, 2015Posted at 10:36 AM
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Since Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner confirmed that they’re divorcing on Tuesday, after all the magazines went to print, and when everyone was slowing down for the upcoming Independence Dayicon1.png weekend, all entertainment outlets have been rushing out their versions of why their marriage fell apart.

Most of the celebrity-friendly publications and networks, including PEOPLE and E!, are reporting that it was mutual, insisting that infidelity was not an issue. TMZ is also dismissing infidelity, but they’ve been getting information from both Affleck and Garner camps, with slight variations in the way they want this split to be perceived. Garner supporters blame Ben’s drinking and gambling. Affleck sources say she could have tolerated the drinking and gambling if he’d just been more “present”, and not working so much. According to TMZ, announcing the breakup one day after their 10 year anniversary was coincidence and not conspiracy. Supposedly Ben and Jen aren’t arguing about money and division of assets is not the main concern. Oh and we’re being told they’ve been in therapy for years now and have actually been separated for 10 months.

10 months?

Do you believe that? That they’ve been separated for 10 months?

These shots below were taken in October 2014.

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These shots below were taken in December 2014.

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And don’t forget about these shots, from March 2015, when Ben spoke before the Senate Appropriations Committee in March, with Jen and Violet sitting proudly behind him. Click here to see more photos from that day. As I wrote then, she has all the qualities of a great political wife. One of those qualities, a critical one, is Endurance. Jennifer Garner ENDURED.

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So …what happened between the end of March and now? What flipped? What changed their story from look at us, the perfect familyicon1.png, everything’s great to… oh, yeah, um, we’ve been separated for 10 months, bullsh-t.

Well, he randomly showed up in a small seaside town in Canada in April, the day after Jen’s birthday. If there’s a turning point to the entire situation, that could be it. And that was less than 3 months ago, not 10.

But, as often happens in Hollywood, a couple’s divorce can be bigger than just the two of them, and their family. There are other factors, other interests, major franchises and properties, that could be affected by how Ben and Jen handle their sh-t. Containment is definitely for his protection, because, like I said the other day, if he goes down, he takes a lot of other cards down with him. More to come. Watch this space.

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Oh good lord can you be more of a cliché??

 

 

Ben Affleck denies he is dating his children's nanny

 

 

Ben Affleck has spoken out to deny reports that he is dating his children's nanny. The father-of-three, who recently split from his wife of ten years Jennifer Garner, has been romantically linked to 28-year-old Christine Ouzounian, but a spokesman for the star shut down the claims, telling the New York Post's Page Six: "The story is garbage and full of lies.

 

"You shouldn't be able to hide behind 'blind stories' and attempt to destroy families going through a difficult time. The tabloid decided to construct stories in order to sell magazine. It's like story time in kindergarten. It's shameful and desperate."

 

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced their end of their ten-year marriage in June

 

 

 

Us Weekly had claimed that Ben, 42, and his estranged wife had hired Christine to look after their children Violet, nine, Seraphina, six, and three-year-old Samuel while they were going through a trial separation. A friend of Christine's told the magazine: "They would hang out without the kids. And they were very flirty." The source went on to say that the nanny is claiming "it's true love".

 

Ben and Jennifer announced their split last month in a joint statement, writing: "We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy who ask to be respected during this difficult time."

 

Since then both have been pictured on a number of occasions with their wedding rings still on reportedly for the sake of their children.

 

Despite their split, the couple are not rushing to file for divorce. A source told People: "Jennifer's finishing a film so there hasn't been like 'Ok, let's get this done now', because they always were like, 'This is happening and still moving forward.' I don't think they are talking about it.

 

"They are concentrating on being a family right now."

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Anyone believe they'll get back together?? They've been spending so much time together (even Gwyneth didn't spend this much time with her consciously uncoupled ex ;-) neither have been dating anyone else, it could work strategically for both of them.....

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I'm not 100% convinced they were ever apart. Then again, I'm also not 100% convinced they were ever together in a traditional, non-Hollywood marriage fashion. I view it as a complex relationship that checks a lot of boxes for two people who have genuine feelings for each other. I just don't know if love was ever a part of the equation.

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