Jennifer Garner Reveals What Terrified Her Most After Divorce From Ben Affleck

Morning Honey Staff Sun, August 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC

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Jennifer Garner opened up about money concerns after her divorce from Ben Affleck. (Image Credit: MEGA)

Jennifer Garner opened up about the financial anxiety she faced after her split from Ben Affleck in 2015. The actress admitted that she stepped away from acting during her marriage to focus on raising her three children. As the actress revealed, this left her deeply worried about how she would support herself as a single woman.

Jennifer Says She ‘Panicked When I Was First Out of My Marriage’

While speaking on Emma Grede’s Aspire podcast, Garner revealed that she “panicked when I was first out of my marriage and realized I had taken such a step back in my work”.

“Suddenly I realised, like, I don’t know how long I’ll be able to work. This isn’t a career that’s like, hey, you’re 60, you’re 55, you’re 43 – come on, let’s pay you more than you’ve ever made. That’s not been traditionally the role,” she explained.

The former couple got married in 2005, separated in 2015, and finalized their divorce in 2018. They share three children together— Violet, Finn, and Samuel.

“I was suddenly like, wait a minute, I have to take care of myself. I have to take care of these kids. So what is it going to be?” the mom of three added.

To restart her career, Garner had to work closely with her manager to chalk out safe career moves.

“She was like, how can you work? And I said, I can work in Los Angeles. I can’t leave these kids for six months at a time. I would love to – I love going on location – but that is not this time in my career,” she shared.

“And so it’s like, okay, what can we make happen? How can we do it? And we just got really targeted and still about it.”

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Garner Opens Up About the Financial Pressure She Felt

In order to build lasting security, the actress co-founded the organic kids’ food brand Once Upon a Farm in 2017. “Once Upon a Farm was very much a part of that play. It’s just the crazy thing is it’s working,” she said.

The brand hit a valuation of nearly $724 million, with her personal stake at $50 million, as reported by Forbes.

The star added, “It’s not like you can just unfamous yourself. Life is expensive and you still have to kind of figure out how you’re going to live. And just because you’re well known by people does not mean that there is some great living being provided for you. And it became very serious to me really quickly as someone who had never given a lot of thought to money. Like, oh, I need to be an earner here.”

She also joked about managing her finances carefully with her business manager. “All he has to do is look at me funny and I convince myself that I am broke. My problem is… I give a lot of money away. So every now and then he’s like, can you pump the brakes? So that is something that I had to cool my jets on.”

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, despite their divorce, are deeply committed to co-parenting their three children while managing their own personal lives.

Even after Affleck’s divorce from Jennifer Lopez, he has maintained an active presence in Garner’s life. However, many insiders have reported that their close bond has caused friction with Garner’s current partner, John Miller. According to Life & Style, the couple’s friends have revealed that their constant connection has made Miller feel like “a third wheel in his own relationship.”

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