Jennifer Garner was featured in the latest installment of Variety’s Actors on Actors series alongside Sheryl Lee Ralph.In the one-on-one chat, the Alias alum, 51, and Moesha star, 66, discussed one of their commonalities – being divorced and co-parenting their children.
Garner referred to raising her three kids, who she shares with ex Ben Affleck, as the ‘mess of parenting.’
Ralph, who stars in the sitcom Abbott Elementary, noted, ‘With all the celebrity and all of that, I feel like I have a very normal life, and I think you have that similar sort of vibe. And we love our kids.’
Jennifer replied, ‘And all the mess of parenting. It’s a gift,’ before confirming she maintains an amicable relationship with her former spouse.
Speaking out: Jennifer Garner was featured in Variety’s Actors on Actors series alongside Sheryl Lee Ralph and confirmed she maintains a ‘healthy’ co-parenting relationship with ex Ben Affleck
Getting along: Jennifer referred to the ‘mess of parenting’ as ‘a gift’; pictured with ex Ben in February 2020
Elsewhere in the conversation, Sheryl pointed out: ‘You did something that I did as well — maintain a healthy relationship with my ex for the health and well-being of my children. With the spotlight on us all the time, sometimes that can be difficult.’
Jennifer, who hails from Houston, Texas, simply agreed by adding, ‘Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.’
It comes after an insider recently shared with DailyMail.com Jennifer and Ben have ‘finally’ moved on from ‘drama’ in their relationship and are focused on ‘co-parenting.’
Garner and Affleck, 50, who separated after a decade of marriage in 2015, have worked to put their three children – Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 10 – first.
The former couple are reportedly ‘the best versions of themselves right now’ and have been working on ‘what is best for their kids.’
And it seems that there is also ‘no animosity’ between Garner and Ben’s new wife Jennifer Lopez after Garner was spotted chaperoning the hitmaker’s daughter Emme, along with her own, at Disneyland.
A source close to the family told DailyMail.com: ‘Ben and Jen have finally gotten to a point where co-parenting is the main goal for them both and to add any drama to that, they know that would be a big mistake.’
‘Jen wants the best for Ben and really looks out for him and really likes that he is with JLo, because she grounds him and steers him away from his previous vices.’
Superstars: Ralph, who stars in the sitcom Abbott Elementary, noted, ‘With all the celebrity and all of that, I feel like I have a very normal life, and I think you have that similar sort of vibe. And we love our kids’
Former flames: Garner and Affleck (pictured in 2011) announced that they were separating in 2015, and their divorce was finalized three years later
‘Jen is very happy with John [Miller] and feels that Ben should be happy as well in his personal life.
‘They both have moved on from the bitterness that a divorce can cause and are both the best versions of themselves right now, and they both know that it is what is best for their kids.
‘To be able to incorporate JLo’s kids in the mix on trips or holidays or in this recent case, Disney.
‘It is just the way their life is right now, it works, and it is as normal as possible. Everyone is friendly and happy with the way life is for all of them,’ the source explained.
Similarly, a source close to Lopez told DailyMail.com: ‘JLo is not going to be best friends with Jen, but they are friendly, and there is no animosity between them both.
‘JLo loves Ben’s kids and things are vice versa in Ben’s mind. To have each other, they both know they need to be accepting and loving of everything else that comes with them.’
Gushing: Lopez recently spoke about how watching Ben raise their children under the same roof has brought ‘tears to’ her eyes
Hands-on mother: The mother-of-three pictured with her brood in April 2020
Previously, Lopez gushed that Garner is an ‘amazing co-parent’ and noted how she works ‘really well’ with Affleck in an interview with Vogue last year.
While speaking about blending their families, the superstar said the worked hard to handle the ‘transition’ process with ‘much care.’
‘They have so many feelings. They’re teens. But it’s going really well so far,’ the mom-of-two reflected.
‘What I hope to cultivate with our family is that his kids have a new ally in me and my kids have a new ally in him, someone who really loves and cares about them but can have a different perspective and help me see things that I can’t see with my kids because I’m so emotionally tied up.’
