She's letting her kids be used by JLo. That's supporting their antics. |
Or maybe they just like JLo |
I do find it strange that Ben went to Japan with them. I thought Garner had a BF? |
Surprised by how many people (like Garner) who think "what's best for Ben" should be put front and center for his ex-wife AND their three kids right now. Someone give them the serenity to accept the things they cannot change.
There are vulnerability factors for Ben's sobriety, but it seems like he's managing well enough. The biggest threat to his sobriety is the media circus and tension of the divorce. How is it beneficial to insert the kids into that, especially in public? |
I agree with all this but also don’t know how much further it’s gone. The gossip rag says her current Bf is irritated that she’s acting as Ben’s personal therapist. If that’s true, that’s too much, and she needs to draw boundaries. Although maybe she’s made the decision better her than Violet. I definitely know people who turn their teen/young adult kids into their love life therapists. I had friends in college whose single moms called them every single day to talk and my friends didn’t feel like they could say “mom, I’m too busy to talk with you again today” because they knew how lonely their moms were and also were trying to shield their younger siblings. I guess Casey is not his go-to person? Or Matt? It’s sad that Jen is in that role—hard to say if it’s because she’s co-dependent or because she knows that if it’s not her, it will be Violet. |
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Now she's saying Ben's hanging out with Robert F. Kennedy Jr . daughter Kick. That he has a darkness and is blaming the doc on him. |
no, it will be new love interest. |
This was actually a decent overview that seemed to have some sources from both camps. He's dark, negative, and introverted while she is unwilling to turn off being "JLO" for a hot minute. Two vastly different personalities that don't mesh. He feels bad he started it back up in the first place. Good. Shame she doesn't take any responsibility for the incessant "JLo"ing of their relationship. |
+1 It seems like he is more important than all of them. His daughter is going to college, he has two other kids and his ex wife and kids just revolve around this mess of a person. Jennifer Garner must still be in love with him because this is too much. All she does is support him. He needs to get his sh** together but he knows she will always be there no matter what he does. I actually don’t think that’s a good role model for her kids. She’s a doormat. |
But the documentary tho! His discomfort and request for privacy...she responded to it with "He knows I'm a Creative..." Horrible. They could have gone the distance if she would have honored his desire not to be so exposed. She demanded he participate and put him on jump street. Why the need for that mess anyway? He may be addicted to alcohol. She's definitely addicted to the limelight. And it cost her what she said she's always wanted. Makes me glad to be an average, everyday woman who is quite content with her simple life. Does J-Lo hate herself? Did she know what she was doing? Why didn't she stop herself? Why didn't he stop her by refusing? F'd up dynamic. Sounds exhausting. |
I don’t buy the hermit defense. Ben Affleck loves attention too. He loved it as much as J Lo. How else do you explain the hundreds of pap strolls when he was with Ana de Armas?
He loves fame too. He is just jealous he’s not the bigger star around “J Lo” |
What evidence is there that his shit is not together? He has been working on a movie (Accountant 2). No evidence of relapse of any kind. Ok, he broke up with the person he got bored with, but he was clearly the one that broke up, it's not like JLO left him and he is heartbroken. I don't quite understand why he needs so much help and support. I am really starting to think that JG relishes this role of his closest friend. Fine, but she is doing this for herself, not the kids. |
Does J Lo get her money back from
The Matt Damon and Affleck production company? She must feel like a sucker that their first film features Garner opposite Affleck. That would hurt me as a spouse. It must sting to feel like your affair partner turned fiancée turned true love turned husband doesn’t love you aa much as he loves his ex wife and ex affair partner who he two timed you with while you two timed your second husband. |
He reached out to an old flame, had a public, whirlwind romance followed by a wedding. Bought an absurd house and is now divorced two years after getting married. He drags his kids through all this, JG (although I agree with you that she likes this, it isn’t for her kids). Every major event his kids have is a circus because of his mess. Yes he needs to get his sh** together. He’s selfish. JG is way less of a saint than people paint her to be. She’s clearly codependent with him and likes this savior role. I find her behavior troubling. |
I’m not surprised he’s hanging with a Kennedy. I’ve always thought Ben’s going to be a Democrat politician in the future. |