{"id":2470747,"date":"2026-06-22T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2470747"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:18:14","slug":"jennifer-garner-shares-rare-photos-of-ben-affleck-and-kids-for-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jennifer-garner-shares-rare-photos-of-ben-affleck-and-kids-for-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Garner shares rare photos of Ben Affleck and kids for Father\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Jennifer Garner shared rare photos of Ben Affleck to celebrate Father&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;My sisters and I loved to spoil our dad; he never wanted for fresh baked cookies or a bowl of ice cream,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I see the way my kids dote on their dad and I&#8217;m happy for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>The actors were married from 2005 and separated in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Garner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jennifer-garner\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Garner<\/a> celebrated Father&#8217;s Day with rare photos of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Affleck;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/ben-affleck\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Affleck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Five Star Weekend;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/five-star-weekend-cast-women-195753200.html\"><em>Five Star Weekend<\/em><\/a>actress paid tribute to her late father, William Garner, and her ex-husband in a sweet <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ4Bp1mlM60\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> post featuring throwback pictures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My sisters and I loved to spoil our dad; he never wanted for fresh baked cookies or a bowl of ice cream. I see the way my kids dote on their dad and I&#8217;m happy for them. To love and be loved by a great dad is a gift,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy Father&#8217;s Day to all of the dads and to the kids of dads, too. \u2665\ufe0f&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The photos included Affleck in his Batman mask with their son, and another shot of him posing with their two oldest children.<\/p>\n<p>She also shared an image of Garner&#8217;s father on a boat reading a book, and a picture of her and her sisters enveloping him in a hug. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:He died in March 2024;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C5O28MhS6pg\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=10\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">He died in March 2024<\/a> at 85.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is so much to say about my dad\u2014 my sisters and I will never be done talking about how wonderful he was, so bear with us\u2014 but for today I share these memories with my appreciation for the kind and brilliant man, father, and grandfather he was, as well as the loving legacy he left behind,&#8221; she wrote on Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Garner and Affleck were married from 2005 and split in 2015, and share three children: Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. Their divorce was finalized in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Garner spoke about &#8220;the hardest thing&#8221; about her and Affleck&#8217;s divorce: the public interest in their family. &#8220;Not hard in the grand scheme of what is hard in the world, but tricky for me and tricky for my family,&#8221; she told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marie Claire UK;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/fashion\/jennifer-garner\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Marie Claire UK<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Ben Affleck with his and Jennifer Garner&#8217;s children<br \/>Credit: Jennifer Garner\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:13 Going on 30;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/13-going-on-30\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>13 Going on 30<\/em><\/a>star refocused her attention from the tabloid coverage of their relationship to her family &#8220;I make a big, concerted effort to see my people as much as I can, because that&#8217;s what matters,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s where your resilience is: it&#8217;s in your relationships and in the people who carry you through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She and Affleck co-parent amicably. The <em>Good Will Hunting <\/em>actor told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GQ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/inside-ben-afflecks-plan-to-remake-hollywood\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>GQ<\/em><\/a>in March 2025 about their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really lucky that I have a really good co-parent and partner in Jennifer Garner, the kids&#8217; mom, who&#8217;s wonderful and great and we work together well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Garner has been dating dating businessman John Miller since her divorce from Affleck was finalized in 2018. Affleck married former flame <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Lopez;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jennifer-lopez\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> in 2022. Lopez filed for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:divorce in 2024;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jennifer-lopez-files-for-divorce-from-ben-affleck-8649948\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">divorce in 2024<\/a>, finalizing it the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jennifer-garner-shares-rare-photos-of-ben-affleck-with-kids-12003755\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Jennifer Garner shared rare photos of Ben Affleck to celebrate Father&#8217;s Day. &#8220;My sisters and I loved to spoil our dad; he never wanted for fresh baked cookies or a bowl of ice cream,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I see the way my kids dote on their dad and I&#8217;m happy for them.&#8221; The actors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2470748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[29466,486194,471739,486195,346167,39283,418253,486152],"class_list":["post-2470747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-bowl-of-ice-cream","tag-father39s-day","tag-fresh-baked-cookies","tag-garner-and-affleck","tag-jennifer-garner","tag-rare-photos","tag-william-garner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jennifer-Garner-shares-rare-photos-of-Ben-Affleck-and-kids.com2Fen2Faol_entertainment_weekly_articles_3682Ff4fda670468a664393afd9d8c.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470749,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470747\/revisions\/2470749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}