Overview
- Garner told InStyle on Wednesday that the family 'upheaval' around her 2015 separation and 2018 divorce from Ben Affleck caused her to 'hardly work for a long time' so she could focus on their three children.
- She said pregnancy and production schedules already limit new parents and that the split made her step back further from film and TV work while her kids were young.
- Now that her children are older, Garner has returned to acting with roles including the limited series The Last Thing He Told Me and Peacock’s adaptation of The Five Star Weekend.
- Garner rejects mom guilt, saying she does not apologize to her children for working and instead thanks them for their support as she balances career and family.
- The coverage notes Garner and Affleck co‑parent amicably, and places her choices in the wider context of celebrity family life and long production commitments that can complicate caregiving.