Jennifer Garner said the upheaval from her divorce with Ben Affleck left her career unsettled and that she “hardly worked” for a long period, the actress told interviewers this year.
Garner described how the 2015 split from Ben Affleck caused an “upheaval” in her family and career, and she has said the change contributed to a time when she stepped back from acting, according to E! News and Fox News coverage of her remarks.
In related interviews compiled by Page Six and E! News, Garner also said she “panicked” about money and how to rebuild professionally after the divorce, and that raising three children shifted how much she could take on work. Page Six notes the couple divorced after a decade of marriage in 2015.
Garner has since returned to high-profile projects; E! News reports she launched new work including a Peacock series and other projects while discussing how parenthood and public scrutiny affected her choices. Fox News summarized her comments that the family upheaval kept her from working as much as she otherwise might have.
Her interviews this year framed the career pause as part consequence of co-parenting and part reaction to the public attention the family endured, including intense paparazzi scrutiny when her children were younger, a detail E! News highlighted in separate reporting.
For readers tracking Jennifer Garner’s career arc, the remarks place recent projects in a longer personal timeline: a highly visible marriage and split, time spent prioritizing family, and a later public return to acting roles and media appearances.
Sources
- Fox News — reported Garner saying the divorce caused an “upheaval” and that she “hardly worked” (June 3, 2026).
- E! News — published interviews in which Garner detailed panicking over money, putting work on hold for her kids, and the family upheaval after the divorce (June–August 2026).
- Page Six — compiled reporting on Garner saying she “panicked” about money and career and noted the couple divorced in 2015.
