Last month, Jennifer Garner was seen out with a “mystery man.” You can see the photos here, on The Daily Mail. The man had his arm around her but it didn’t look romantic and was more like a side hug as they walked. According to the National Enquirer, Garner has been seeing a lawyer and it’s so serious that she’s introduced him to her family in West Virginia. She allegedly did this over the holidays, which means she’s been with him for a while. There’s no mention in the article if it’s the same guy from the photos or if he’s met her kids.
Jennifer Garner… introduced her new lawyer beau to family members during a New Year’s weekend in Montana…
“They stayed at a private residence in Yellowstone Club,” dished the source.
“Jen and Ben arrived with the children. Ben celebrated Christmas with the kids but left to spend New Year’s with Lindsay. Jen’s boyfriend and her family arrived after Ben left…
“In October, Jen’s sisters wanted to set her up on a blind date with a doctor, but she refused…
“Everyone thought it was because Jen wanted to stay single. But it’s now looking more likely that she’d already found someone new!”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, March 26, 2018]
It’s possible that The Enquirer found the identity of the guy in the photos and that he’s a lawyer but that Garner is just seeing him professionally. She must need legal services for her career and of course for her divorce. I hope this is true though. It’s just a sidebar article, they’re not honing in on US Weekly’s misleading cover about Ben and Jen’s non-reunion. How great would it be if Garner has an undercover civilian boyfriend and is just waiting for the right moment to premiere him? Would that tarnish her image as devoted separated mom or would she be celebrated as finally getting hers? I’m here for it, but the details are too vague at this point. For what it’s worth, Gossip Cop debunks this and says that Garner’s rep maintains that she’s single.
Garner is shown picking up her kids from school yesterday. At one point she’s wearing heels, she takes them off and then puts on Uggs. Credit: Backgrid. She’s also shown at the airport on Wednesday. Credit: WENN and Pacific Coast News
Idk if she is seeing someone or not but I don’t think that she will have a problem finding a date when she wants. I’m not worried about her.
i hope she is!
Nah, but A for effort National Enquirer.
I imagine she’s “seeing” a lot of lawyers these days.
If she ends up with someone I’d be surprised if it is someone “civilian”. Sorry, but she likes the “game” and the industry. Maybe a producer-type like GOOP?
I agree with you.
IDK… Still not convinced she’s over Ben. I think she may be waiting for him to tire of Lindsey and come back, like a good boy. I still maintain they only “separated” cause of the nanny thing coming out and weren’t separated before, like they claimed.
I feel the same way. He’d been having affairs and sobriety issues for most of their marriage but they/she were able to keep it under wraps. As long as none of it officially got out and embarrassed her, she was able to look the other way. The 2015 separation was for show and was also some kind of ultimatum (what a thing to put your kids through and it wasn’t even for real). Ultimately he couldn’t quit Lindsay so she was forced to file. But you can tell that her heart’s not in it and she’s still waiting for him.
Nope. Not buying this.
Me neither.
Although I doubt The Enquirer, I’d be happy for all the recently divorced/divorcing people to have a new romantic partner. More power to them. Its healthy and uplifting.
Except when it’s the man (specifically Ben Affleck) who moves on and gets a new partner first, right? Then they get dragged.
It’s well documented that he got with Lindsey during his marriage, before separating, before divorce proceedings. Not cool. Surely you see the difference.
@LadyT Liev Schrieber gets dragged for dating and moving on from Naomi. People (women) don’t seem to like it when the husband moves on first.
Actually the only one I personally take issue with is Anna Faris. She jumped straight into another actual relationship, wine glass in hand. But a little romance now for Jen, Angie, Brad, Naomi, Liev, Pratt etc. seems healthy to me.
Yes, I agree, as long as the new partner isn’t somehow toxic.
I’d like to see her date a more ‘normal’ civilian type, honestly. I know she’s big on cultivating her image and controlling what gets out there – but if she’s not with Ben and not trying to distract from his mess, then maybe she won’t feel the need to do that so often.
Something I want to point out, the articles about Jen and Ben reuniting are still popping up. True, this has happened in the past, but usually their camps come out and immediately and strongly deny the accusations. That hasn’t really happened this time. I honestly think that there is something to these rumors.
They did deny the US non-rec story. The rep or whoever said that they are close to finalizing their divorce.
No no, what I mean is the denials have been embedded in the stories this time, but usually in the past there’s a separate denial that comes out usually within 24 hours, seems strongly worded, and straight out of her camp. Instead we haven’t gotten the usual type of denial and Jen was even papped the day after in New York. It seems different.
They denied it (the latest reconciliation stuff from US) through Gossip Cop less than 24 hours after US mag posted the story. Per usual. Furthermore, what does Jen being papped in NYC (with Violet) have to do with anything?
Nah. We all know this chump is forever waiting for Ben to decide that he likes her best so she can resurrect her status as the wife of an A lister. I’ll never believe that she’s moved on and frankly, that’s been her very public line for ages now. She’s refusing to date, she doesn’t want to be single, etc. She wants Ben back.
I really hope that’s not true for her sake. I was a Ben apologist for so long, and seeing him look so messy and with Lindsay for the last six months has totally turned me off of him. I hope it’s the same for her.
He has absolutely nothing to offer her until he cleans himself up. Maybe she is still holding out hope for that, but he is just not a good partner and he never has been.
If she really wanted been back at this late time, dating would be the best way to do it. He seems the type. That said, it’s a horrible idea and hopefully she is moving on.
Ben is not a great example tough, given that he was moving on from his marriage while being in said marriage.
Don’t judge me please but I’m buying it. There has being a long stretch without her leaking to US weekly about either being the most selfless mother that ever lived or a potential reunion. Or maybe the fizzling ‘poor Jen 1.0’ stories might have had her change her mind regarding going down that route. We know she followed the Brangelina separation drama as she inserted herself into it!
I would love for it to be true, hope she finds a hot guy and lives happily ever after. I just think she has invested so much into being Mrs. Affleck and then poor wronged Jen that it’s a way of life for her.
It has been the rumor for some time. But it is excellent revenge to look single and holding it down on her own. It makes Ben look even worse. Lol, She would absolutely do it too just to make him look like a pathetic deadbeat cheater.
She has to form a new image and I think the Poor Jen G thing has run its course. Now she can do Moving on with a new life Jen G. I survived the pain Jen G.
You know, whether it is genuine or not, she IS setting a good example for women who’ve come out on the other side after a cheating spouse/divorce. You CAN be OK even without moving on to a new man. It’s OK to be single, strong and enjoy life and your kids with friends and family. I like that she has set that example.
FWIW, I don’t believe for a second she’ll ever go back to him. She’s finally experienced freedom, and probably overcome a lot of the co-dependency she was stuck in for years. Once you see that clearly for what it was, you don’t go back.
Except that she doesn’t look like she’s holding it down on her own, she looks like she’s going the distance for Ben to the absolute max as usual and is possibly waiting around for him to change and come back to her. She has publicly insisted that she isn’t dating, something that she wasn’t required to open up about. She still looks like she’s clinging to the marriage as she has for the last 3 years, even after Ben has happily moved on. She looks pathetic.
@raye, we perceive things differently…I think she is focusing on herself and rebuilding her career and doing self-care after years of bearing up under the weight of Ben’s issues. She is very careful to avoid any appearance of being “in love” with him when they are together and it is pretty much always with or about their kids on those occasions. If she is “waiting around for him to change,” it is most likely for him to pick up his part of the co-parenting thing, cause she seems to be carrying STILL the bulk of that load.
It’s actually healthier NOT to jump into dating for a while (even years) after a split from a long relationship. Her kids seem to be doing well and her career and interests are getting a great deal of her time and attention. We don’t NEED to be in a relationship to be happy. I applaud her for that.
@lts You could be right. However I think she can do both (re-brand herself while also secretly holding out hope for Ben). It was easily her PR team that leaked that she and Casey got Ben into rehab in Sept, that she visited him daily. She also has gone out of her way and made it clear that she isn’t dating and isn’t interested. Why does she want us to know that she’s still so involved with his personal life? He’s someone else’s problem now. Those aren’t the words or actions of someone who has truly moved on.
@raye
As I was reading your responses, I had a thought. Wholly founded on nothing but a theory. FWIW. Since Ben has more to gain from her presence could he be the one leaking and making this up? Not this story, but the others? His image is in the dungeon.
I guess we will know soon enough. But finalization of the divorce would go a long way to giving us nosy gossipers an answer.
Her eyes look off kilter to me, like one is higher than the other. Some kind of cosmetic procedure that caused that? Or maybe it’s my eyes.
I’ve noticed that it’s only third-tier tabloids and lower that still print those ridiculous reconciliation stories these days (US mag, InTouch, etc). Back when this saga was fresh, stuff would have been reprinted on more legit sites like E or ETonline. Very telling IMO. Garner should be careful not to become the new Jen Aniston, Sad President of the Lonely Hearts Club, after Brad Pitt left her. That hasn’t served Aniston well over the years and won’t serve Garner either IMO. People still think to this day that she’s pathetically clinging to Ben and waiting for him to come back. She should nip all that in the bud (of course it could actually true). I think she’d lose a lot of fans if she ever took Ben back, esp. after Shookus.
I think Aniston’s only problem was that she stopped working. She was defined by the break up and not by her career. I figured it would be the same for Jennifer Garner, but if Peppermint is good she could be okay.
I think cable tv would be right up Garner’s alley, but I think she might see herself as a movie star and hold out for crappy b movies instead.
Aniston stopped working? When? lol She has had at least one project out per year since she left Friends, plus all of her sponsorships and commercials. The movies that she did were flops (like ahem, Wakefield and Tribes of Palos Verdes).
What films has Aniston worked on since Yellow Birds, which has yet to be seen since the bad reviews. Did she even film Dumplin, the film where she’s the Mother of the star of the movie?
As far as I can tell, Aniston is a commercial spokesperson for anyone that will give her a paycheck.
She deserves so much better than ben
Yes and she needs to get laid
Does Jen feel that way, though? She knows what a loser he is better than anyone and she stayed with him for 12 years and had three kids with him. There has to be something wrong under the hood there. Most of us would have ditched Ben Affleck years ago. She didn’t and if he hadn’t found another woman, she would still be clinging. That divorce still isn’t final…
Jen deserves a prince who will treat her well.
A lawyer would trump Snookus for sure. Hope it’s true.
Love that the rumours are about her dating a lawyer and a friend trying to fix her up with a doctor. My mother’s dream.
I like Jen and wish her nothing but the best. She’s definitely better off without Ben.
For every Jen/Ben article, there are multitudes of posts claiming she’s a chump/doormat and just dying to take him back. What clued you all in? Is it her happiness when she’s out and about with kids? Her company, charity and movie promotions? She mentioned once that this wasn’t the life she sought to live. That doesn’t actually translate to she still wants Ben. Could it be that she just means she doesn’t want a broken home for herself and her kids? Never envisioned it? Do you see her making googly eyes at Ben when he’s around? Trying to seduce him? The way people here rebut others whose opinion differs, it’s as if Jen confides in them and their opinions are the law. Sure she’s been a doormat for years but there is such a thing as waking up/getting out of the rut. But if she did move on, that’s one less reason to dislike her right?
It’s the fact that even post-nanny and (as we know now) post-Shookus, she still hung around, propping him up. She’s a chump because she has exhibited chump behavior for literal years and IMO not much has actually changed. He has publicly humiliated her over and over again but she’s still accommodating him, visiting him every single day when he was in rehab in Sept (according to the tabloids). She owes him nothing yet she’s still doing the most for him, acting like he’s still her little project, and IMO it’s not 100% about the kids. You are right of course that none of us know her (including you) and this is speculation. I’d respectfully point out that you are speculating also. That’s why we have boards like these. It’s no reason to get upset. ETA: As for the pap strolls with her kids and looking happy, when was that not the case? We have those from the Shookus affair years, too. She knows how to fake it, the strolls aren’t real.
Case in point, when someone writes otherwise people like you try to break apart that comment. Agree, this is all speculation. Her team could’ve leaked the rehab story OR NOT. The latest story is from USWeekly now owned by The National Enquirer. It’s not exactly fact that she was helping him out every single day. This is all subjective. People are free to express themselves but I see no need to barge in on opinions that differ from yours every single time, pick it apart with your own beliefs. Because at the end of the day, we are back to the fact that we are all speculating. FYI, pointing this out is not tantamount to me being upset. Just calling it out. It’s like no one is allowed to say she has probably moved on.
LOL, really? How dramatic, Soc. If you have a problem with people responding to your post my advice is…don’t post on a message board. Also, you asked a lot of questions in your original post (8 to be exact), don’t get all mad that someone responded to you.
Since when is respectfully disagreeing being dramatic?
I was going for sarcasm hence the questions were rhetorical which I thought was obvious. No drama here. On that note, why is there a propensity to make things personal – why are you upset? why are you mad? why are you being dramatic? I think people all agree that none of us hold facts here. We are all speculating. People should have the freedom to express their views without others picking it apart using tabloid pickings or their own speculation. I am simply calling out this behavior of insisting on having the last word on subjective opinions when no one can actually be proven right nor wrong in all cases.
I like that she swaps her heels for Uggs. So relatable! (no snark, I’m totally serious)
Who knows if that is true? US Weekly has them reuniting & stating that Ben wants het back, lol! Now The Inquirer is saying that Jen is dating a lawyer. Obviously these stories totally conflict with each other, which should tell us that they are so fabricated!
Jen has been in NY,, while Ben was spotted on Twitter in Hawaii. Someone from another site said he is there filming Triple Frontier and his sober coach is with him. I think this is the correct story.
He left the Triple Frontier project back in July. Filming isn’t scheduled to begin on that until May anyway.
I read that he left that project ages ago.
Someone on that site also said that some of the cast has already been spotted there with a new start date (March 21). They said the casting call sheet called for a brown haired male that was 6’3/6’4 in height. (Ben is 6’3)
Hmmm well I suppose that could be a possible explanation as to why he seemed to be making more of an effort with the kids there for a minute,doing the random school run and such, because he’d be away filming. LOL you just knew there had to be a reason…
Affleck was long gone from that. It’s now Charlie Hunnam and Garrett Hedlund, Netflix, and a much reduced budget. Weird. And I’d heard Pedro Pascal but another site said nope it’s Oscar Isaac (who I thought was supposed to be filming something else). Nobody knows nothing I guess!
Good for her but it’s hard to believe she actually will move on from benny.:)
I’d love if she pulls off a “Robin Wright” and ends up getting married on the sly to a hot guy with a real job outside showbiz who treats her like a queen. Is time for her to think about her own needs as a woman. I’m not a Garner fan, I’m not really into her whole minivan appeal shtick, but I do recognize the huge sacrifice and the dignity she has kept in this whole mess to keep at least a facade of normalcy for her kids, although I wonder what’s the price she’s paying on terms of stress and inner turmoil. So now she needs to think about her own happiness and move on.
That source on another site was right! There is an article in PopSugar showing Ben in Hawaii in the ocean. You can see his Phoenix tattoo in plain sight!!! He is there for Triple Frontier.