Jennifer Garner Recalls Paparazzi 'Knocked over' Children, Pursuing Photos of Her and Ben Affleck
Garner said photographers followed her daily and put children at risk, prompting her 2013 push for California protections.
- On Tuesday, Jennifer Garner told host Evan Ross Katz on Netflix's Shut Up Evan that she has endured paparazzi for 20-plus years, revealing two photographers still follow her daily with an 'odd respect' between them.
- Reflecting on the past, Garner described the intense paparazzi presence as 'totally ludicrous,' recounting how photographers would aggressively chase her car and drive onto people's lawns to capture photos.
- Disrupting soccer games and pediatrician visits, the situation endangered children. Garner stated, 'Kids were getting knocked over coming out of preschool by photographers.'
- In 2013, Garner and actor Halle Berry testified before the California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety, advocating for and successfully securing new legislation protecting children from paparazzi.
- Currently promoting The Five Star Weekend on Netflix, Garner acknowledged her Hollywood privilege while revealing she has turned to one long-term photographer for safety, saying, 'I ran to him because I knew him and trusted him.
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Jennifer Garner Talks 'Out Of Control' Paparazzi Running Red Lights, Knocking Over Preschoolers And Following Her And Ben Affleck
Jennifer Garner got real about dealing with paparazzi in the early aughts and how that led to some dangerous situations for her, Ben Affleck and their kids.
Jennifer Garner Says Photographers ‘Knocked Over’ Kids to Get Images of Her and Ben Affleck During Their Marriage
Jennifer Garner has spoken out about photographers’ desperation to take photos of her kids — even knocking over other children to get to them — when they were growing up. The ‘13 Going on 30’ actress shared how the intense focus on her family disrupted her kids’ lives, including forcing one to quit soccer training.
Jennifer Garner's Candid Account Of Being Hounded By Paparazzi Branded 'Horrifying'
Jennifer Garner in April 2024Jennifer Garner has shared an eye-opening account of what it’s like to be pursued by paparazzi photographers.Speaking on Netflix’s Shut Up Evan podcast, Jennifer recalled what the intrusion into her life by the paparazzi was like at the height of her marriage to her ex-husband Ben Affleck.“It was totally ludicrous,” she said. “It felt like ‘poor little me’, you know? ‘My poor little kids who have everything in the wo…
Jennifer Garner (Texas, 54) and Ben Affleck (California, 53) became one of the most media couples in Hollywood. But fame came with a high price. The actress has been sincere about how she and her family were harassed and persecuted by paparazis for years and, specifically, by a photographer who has portrayed her for more than 20 years and with whom she now has a strange relationship. “I have two [paparazis], every day, who have been assigned to …
Jennifer Garner Recalls Paparazzi Knocking Over Kids to Get Photos of Her and Ben Affleck’s Children
Jennifer Garner is opening up about the lengths the paparazzi would go to for pictures of her and Ben Affleck’s children. “If I went through a yellow light, 15 cars would go through the red [light] behind me. They would drive up onto people’s lawns, even on a hillside,” Garner, 54, recalled in an interview […]
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