Overview

• Jennifer Garner and Violet Affleck, 19, were seen sharing coffee with friends in Los Angeles on July 20, marking their first public outing since the family rift surfaced.
• Violet’s essay in Yale’s Global Health Review compared the Pacific Palisades fires to the COVID-19 pandemic and opened with her description of a heated argument with her mother.
• Neither Jennifer Garner nor Ben Affleck has publicly commented on the climate-health essay that sparked widespread attention to their differing perspectives.
• Violet first entered public advocacy in July 2024 when she testified before the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors urging mask mandates after her post-viral condition.
• Garner has previously spoken about the difficulty of parenting teenagers under media scrutiny as her children, including Violet, pursue their own causes.