These are photos of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s well documented Sunday, as we’ve seen from them roughly every other week since they announced their divorce. Usually they go to the farmer’s market or to church with their kids, but yesterday Garner went to church alone and then shopping with Ben.
Here’s Ben flexing in a tight shirt and basketball shorts. It’s almost comical the way he’s puffing out his chest, but maybe he’s having trouble shaking his Batman character. Ben seems to have lost whatever small amount of pudge was visible when he shaved his beard last week.
The guy got in shape quickly for Batman v. Superman promotion. The film isn’t out until March, 2016, but they’re doing advance interviews and leaking details to the fans now. Ben, his co-star Henry Cavill and director Zack Snyder did an interview with TotalFilm magazine. They discussed the genesis of the Superman and Batman feud, and some of the technical details, including the fact that Affleck didn’t really wear a badass-looking armored suit while he was filming. He was in a cgi bodysuit and the details were filled in by special effects.
Ben called the “visual effects pajamas,” the “most humiliating, ridiculous thing in the world.” He explained that “You can move freely, and they can put [the suit] on digitally… It’s a little more humiliating to wear, but it’s easier for the digital effects guys. You can see who the priority is.” Considering how tight he wears his t-shirts, he must be comfortable with the top half of the suit at least. I hope we get to see a “making of” segment as a DVD extra.
Ben also told TotalFilm that that he’d love to direct and star in a standalone Batman movie. We know he was working on the script with Geoff Johns this summer. He said “If I could make it work, yeah, obviously that would be like a dream. The trick is, as to any movie, is to make sure that you – if you’re going to direct it – that you can make it good. You’ve got to have the right idea and the right take on it… Broadly speaking, it’s something I’d be open to, for sure. It’s a very exciting idea.” You can read more of Ben’s quotes about the film at Variety. Techno Buffalo has quotes from Zach Snyder and Henry Cavill’s portion of the interview.
For her part, Garner seemed much happier than Ben to be photographed yesterday.
Photo credit: FameFlynet
Either Jen Garner is a really great actress or she is in a pretty good place…she looks like much more relaxed and happy, since the split….or they are secretly reunited and she is thrilled….who the hell can tell with these two!
Happy pills?
That is one happy woman. It must be nice no longer living with a self centered pain in a ass.
It’s horrible waking up wondering what kind of f@ckery is waiting for you and your children.
But it’s Ben world and we’re all just in limbo waiting for his next movie.
How about taking a year off to become a better person and spend that time with your children? No why would he want to do that. That would mean he cared about someone besides himself.
You seem to know Ben Affleck very well. JLo… is that you?
You caught me. 😁
@MrsBPitt or should I say MrsBAfflect/MrsMDamon
Come on girl we know you believe it’s option 2 that they are back together.lol
@Neah23….BUSTED!!!!! lol They are back together and everything is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows for them!!!!!
I actually think the bottom two pics seem really strained/forced, and it doesn’t at all look natural.
Even more humiliating and ridiculous than that thing on his head or the Underarmour leotard?
Ok, so being truly catty here today but these are my observations, FWIW:
Ben looks bloated and ridiculous in all of these pics. Seriously, Ben—stay off the sauce because you are looking like shit.
Garner looks like she always looks…..like she is an attractive woman in a Plain Jane sort of way in need of a new Stylist if you are HWOOD Actress anyway.
And, last, but certainly not least—we don’t give a rats ass about your visual effects suit, Ben. We remain more mildly amused in the f’n train wreck that is your life.
Thank You =) //End of Rant & Todays observations on The Afflecks as it were
Jennifer Garner looks like pretty darn happy. Maybe she got her settlement? Maybe she has found love again?
She just saw her best faithful friends ….the paps !
The most humiliating ridiculous thing in the world Ben?! More than finding out your husband is sleeping with your fame whore nanny?! I think not 😉
Exactly. What pompous jackass.
Yes.
I wish wearing pyjamas in public was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me in my life, or even just today.
Jennifer Garner is always so tickled to see the paps that she calls. Ben Affleck is giving me gross, creepy middle-aged-guy-who-hits-on-teenaged-babysitters vibe.
I’m not sure if she/ PR agents calls them or just goes to place where she knows they are. It’s very clear that the paparazzi were invited to go grocery shopping with her because she looking straight at them giving them a big smile inside and out side the store.
Affleck looks like he is going to pop a vein between sucking it in and puffing it up at the same time. I think his tight shirt looks like Spanx for men.
Is he wearing a corset?
You just made my day, thank you Saywhatwhen!
Corset or not, he should definitely wear a bra!
Hehe..man-spanx=manx
His face really looks different..
He needs an all in one girdle. It will suck in the moobs along with the rest of his body. Lane Bryant or Roamans carry them.
I don’t understand how they think Ben Affleck is gonna make a good Batman. Especially so close to Bale’s Batman. Especially when they are going head to head with Civil War.
Surely they are counting on special effects but still…I have little faith in Superman vs. Batman and even less in a Batman standalone directed and carried by Affleck. Unless they make Batman a wife cheater and a pathological liar, self-destructive character – then Affleck would kill it.
Actually, I thought Ben looked awesome in the trailer for Batman vs Superman!
Yup. This whole movie sounds like a disaster. Ben Affleck is horribly unconvincing as Batman and Cavill proved in Man of Steel he is an incredibly flat Superman.
God I hate DC. I feel like they are the ones exhausting people with the superhero genre. With Marvel you can at least tell they are putting a lot of effort into making quality production. And it shows – other than Thor, their productions are always critically acclaimed. With DC I just think “Are you serious?!” the whole time.
I don’t think he’ll make a good Batman, but I think he could possibly be passable in an ensemble movie where it’s mostly not about anything to do with the Bruce Wayne/Batman character’s actual struggles other than beating the “bad guy” (whoever it happens to be in the film in question). Any standalone movie, though, and I think he’s just setting himself up to be very unfavorably compared to both Keaton (my personal favorite Batman) and Bale (one of the best actors of his generation).
Yeah, I’m not feeling Affleck as Batman and his other starring action hero role didn’t do well at all.
In my tiny mind I’ve always imagined Affleck harboring some major resentment regarding Jen’s initial success as Electra whilst he was getting bashed for Daredevil.
Ben’s face still looks fat to me. Don’t know what’s going on with him, but he needs the beard
I think he is drinking too much…God, remember Johnny Depp in The Tourist? He was a bloated mess (especially, when Angelina Jolie looked stunning in every shot.)
I see a lot of puffiness as well.
She has the worst shoe game in Hollywood.
I literally laughed out loud at my desk when I saw those shoes. SO tragic.
Mia, that was again the first thing I noticed about her. It’s like she deliberately finds the ugliest pair of shoes in her closet, EVERY. DAY. She must have the biggest collection of ugly shoes in Hollywood. Also, Ben, shall I play my tiny violin for you for having to suffer wearing a CGI outfit, and being payed mega bucks to do it. STFU man, and acknowledge that it’s not like you have to sweat down a coal mine for twelve hour shifts. That is REAL work. Get some perspective.
But the thing is I think that Jen truly believes she’s upped her footwear game. When Daily Mail runs a caption on her shoes they usually run in the $250 & up range. Even her sneakers are pricey. On that budget one should be able to find something that doesn’t look like it came from the Naturalizer Fugly collection.
This woman’s done nothing to deserve my cattiness but I am always shocked at her appearance. I’ve always thought her very beautiful with an athletic, feminine figure and she doesn’t need a lot. And working with her stylists on Alias and Rachel Zoe on the RC emphasized that. I so wish she’s stop looking like she got dressed in a dark closet of a 12 year old boy.
Jennifer’s face looks weird, like she just had something pulled.
Too many fillers or Botox?
Pet peeve, if you are not done with your phone conversation, do not approach me as a customer service employee. No!!!
Oh, and Ben is a idiot. And water is wet. Why does this clown get a pass for constantly bed mouthing anything and everyone.
Because his PR peeps would rather we focus on his lamenting his batsuit than his diddling his kids’ nanny, boozing it up and hence the face bloat, supposed inevitable divorce, lack of talent, etc.
“Lost his pudge”? Um, no, it’s right there. We can all see it; it never left.
He has gotten so gross.
To be expected coming from me, I guess, but come on! The grocery store?! Oh yes, we’re just such normal everyday people that we thought we’d do some food shopping together in the midst of this media firestorm. Paparazzi? Where did they come from?! Had no idea they’d be here! And then the completely over the top smiles and laughter looking straight at the cameras – “All is well! We’re just your average happy couple!”
I agree with you completely.
Yes Lindsay gossip has a ton of clear photos of Jen inside the grocery store so this is definitely not Fan pictures. In some of the pictures you can see the person taking them is only two carts away from her and she’s looking directly at them smiling.
I wonder who was taking the pictures because in some of the photos you can see the people around her don’t look bothered so I doubt it’s paparazzi. Maybe it’s Ben because he was seen in the car with her and helping her load the groceries, but not inside the store or was it a friend?
Another thing is when she leaves she has two carts there is a grocery cleark pushing the other cart next to her when leaving, but when she was shopping she only had one.
This was definitely a photo op.
Such a newbie am I. What is Lindsay gossip?
It is a bizarre photo shoot, absolutely.
It a celebrity gossip site and the owner Lainey works in the entertainment business. Here is what KellyBee was talking about and you will probably find 3 times as many pictures at site like x17 online another gossip site/tabloid/paparazzi.
http://www.laineygossip.com/Ben-Affleck-and-Jennifer-Garner-get-groceries-in-Los-Angeles-Ben-is-chest-twins-with-Tom-Cruise/41024
Thanks, Neah23! I really need to take up crochet instead of expanding this bad habit – ugh!
It does make sense that they have an agreement to be available for certain photo ops in exchange for no more interest in nanny pictures. I’ve been reading enough to know deals like that are made in that industry.
On the 2 cart things, once stuff is put in these brown paper bags, you can’t stack them well, so it could be spread into 2 carts easily if the one was full before bagging. It’s happened to me.
@ Diane
I would agree with you if the cart she was pushing inside the store was full, but she didn’t have that many items in the cart for the bags not to fit in one cart.
“It’s a little more humiliating to wear, but it’s easier for the digital effects guys. You can see who the priority is.”
Seriously Ben? Are you not paid enough to be uncomfortable so the movie can have high technical quality?
I know! It’s a tie between that and ‘the trick is to any movie, is to make sure…that you can make it good’.
Wow, Ben. You really cracked a filmmaker’s secret there.
Very telling comment from the ‘STAH’, isn’t it? Perhaps he would rather trudge in a heavy full outfit instead.
Why are they grocery shopping together?? Seriously? Couples going through a divorce don’t typically grocery shop together. I don’t understand this game they are playing.
I think they promised the paps easier access if they stopped papping the nanny. I do wonder why no one has papped Ben at the rental he was at with the nanny. If it’s right up the road from their old house why are there no pics of him there. Also I think the two weeks they weren’t papped together that she moved elsewhere. There wasn’t any farmers markets pics. She is being papped in different areas of town then her usual spots. And she does look happier. I’d be glad to be rid of him.
As others have pointed out these photos above are of them grocery shopping together so I’m not sure she gotten rid of him.
Jennifer and the two younger kids were in Boston last Sunday-Wednesday. Per comments she was seen playing with kids at the Commons and mentioned visiting Grandma’s House. That’s curious.
Diane – I saw those comments. On the Daily Mail, right? There were no pictures or links, just someone saying they were supposedly seen here. I live in Boston, and not a peep was said about it in any newspapers/blogs here. And of course, they love to cover hometown boys like Ben, Matt, Mark W, etc. Maybe they just slipped past the paps here -though – probably a lot easier to do than in LA. I would completely believe it if she was here.
Actually, it was people who pasted on Facebook and twitter they had seen her at the various places. The only photos were at LAX on return. There was a specific comment that Ben was not with her by those who saw her, so I don’t know that he was there. I haven’t dug to see if anything is said about sightings of him. He was in LA that Sunday but only seen at church with Violet, so it makes sense she had left town with the other 2. I’m sure it was nice for her to be away from the paps for a bit.
On a different note, I’ve never been to Boston, but would love to one day.
You should definitely take a trip here someday, Diane – it’s a really nice city, esp. in the spring/summer/fall. Avoid winter. 🙂
celebitchy what are you talking about? He’s got s double chin for chrissakes. God when will he stop with the too tight t-shirts? Making me want to poke my eyes out.
Ben, Ben. The most humiliating, ridiculous thing is your reputation.
These fake smiles are so lame. Jennifer was doing this before the divorce always pretending her marriage was perfectly fine and she is doing it now. It just isn’t believeable at all. I’m sure she has good and bad days with it but they are a mismatched pair for sure. I think they both wasted their time from the beginning to even date. At least Ben expresses how he really feels even if he is miserable. Either way I hope they are able to move on from one another. I just think Jennifer needs a sweet dorky guy that kinda got her vibe as well. It’s just too much acting from Jennifer and her smile ain’t all that either.
Has anyone seen the nanny? She’s gone very quiet. Is she under Jennifer’s patio?