Jennifer Garner Said ‘Why Rock the Boat’ During Ben Affleck Marriage
Ben Affleck and ex-wife Jennifer Garner worked as a team throughout their decade-long marriage. Although their relationship appeared to have personal difficulties, which ultimately ended in divorce, the couple always remained supportive of each other. However, there appeared to be one hard line that Garner wouldn’t cross regarding their union: “Why rock the boat?”
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck tried to separate their personal and professional lives
In a 2010 interview for W Magazine, Jennifer Garner discussed her marriage to Ben Affleck. While she found it difficult not to talk about her pride in the marriage and the family they created, she did draw a hard line on one item.
Garner decided that they wouldn’t work together during their marriage. Ironically, they met while filming the 2001 film Pearl Harbor and starred in 2003’s Daredevil together.
Once they married and began to grow their family, which included Samuel, Violet, and Seraphina, Garner decided to end their working relationship.
She told W Magazine of Affleck’s acting and directing skills, “I think he’s brilliant at what he does, but why rock the boat? It works between us pretty well the way it is.”
The couple’s relationship moved at a quick pace
When Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck met, both were in high-profile relationships. However, Garner and Affleck were drawn to one another for what appeared to be their similarities rather than just for a rebound romance. They began their relationship as friends and created a deeper, more intimate union.
The couple wed in Turks and Caicos in June 2005, with Garner three months pregnant and her Alias co-star Victor Garber officiating. Garner joked, “We were together a year and just started breeding. We were like, ‘Let’s have a baby!’ And eight days later…”
Despite their affection for one another throughout their union, Affleck was able to keep their personal life out of any discussions with the press. Garner, on the other hand, used a different tactic.
“Ben asks me, ‘How come when I do an interview, I manage to keep you out of it completely?’” she explained. “And I’m like, ‘Either because you don’t think about me or because boy magazines don’t care about what I make you for dinner. But they should!’” Garner quipped.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are good friends and parents since divorcing in 2018
Us Weekly cited a source close to the couple, who shared that their friendship remains intact. They also put their children’s well-being above their difficulties as a couple. Jennifer Garner regularly praises Ben Affleck’s parenting skills on social media, including a sweet 2018 Instagram post where she called their kids “lucky.”
“There is a deep level of trust and respect between them,” said a source to the publication. Reportedly, the actor has confided in his Garner. “Especially lately when things with J.Lo haven’t been so great in recent months.”
The source continued, “Jen was hopeful that things would work out between them, but she just wants them to be happy. So she supports whatever path they’ve decided to take.”
The insider concluded that Garner “is trying her best to stay out of their relationship in terms of what went wrong because she doesn’t feel like it’s any of her business.” Her priority reportedly remains Affleck’s relationships with their three children.
The exes recently traveled to New Haven, Connecticut, to settle their eldest daughter, Violet Affleck, into her freshman year at Yale University. Along with Seraphina (their youngest child, Samuel, didn’t appear to make the trip), the trio traveled back to Los Angeles together.
Jennifer Garner has been in a long-term relationship with John Miller. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are divorcing.
