Ben Affleck’s Visits Allegedly Affecting Jennifer Garner’s Relationship

Ben Affleck’s growing presence in Jennifer Garner’s life, particularly in the course of the holidays, is reportedly inflicting rigidity in her relationship with longtime boyfriend John Miller.

As the previous couple grows nearer, spending Thanksgiving and Christmas along with their kids, a supply claims John Miller is feeling like a “third wheel” and questioning whether or not Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s bond has gone past simply co-parenting.

A supply who spoke with Page Six claims that whereas Miller has all the time understood Garner and Affleck’s co-parenting dynamic, he has just lately felt like a “third wheel” as the previous couple spends extra time collectively.

“John is aware of Ben and Jen have been leaning on one another greater than ever currently and have a extremely shut relationship,” the insider revealed.

What as soon as appeared like a strictly co-parenting relationship has developed, as Affleck and Garner now textual content, name, and talk way over they’ve in years.

“It was once solely in regards to the children, however John feels prefer it may very well be extra than simply about their co-parenting relationship,” the supply explains. “He doesn’t really feel threatened when it comes to Jen ever getting again with Ben, however on the similar time, it’s arduous to not really feel jealous when it’s clear they’ve a robust connection and friendship.”

“Their rising bond is attending to be a bit a lot when Ben spends all the vacations with them, like Christmas and Thanksgiving,” the insider stated.

Garner and Affleck have been married for 10 years earlier than separating in 2015. They share three kids: Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel.

The elevated time collectively comes as Affleck is reportedly leaning on Garner amid his marital struggles with Jennifer Lopez. Sources beforehand advised Web page Six that Garner and Affleck are “nearer than they’ve ever been since their divorce” and that current occasions, together with the L.A. wildfires, have drawn them even nearer.

Final month, Garner invited Affleck to have fun Christmas as a household with their kids. The previous couple additionally spent Thanksgiving collectively, beginning the vacation by volunteering to help feed 2,000 homeless and near-homeless individuals in downtown Los Angeles earlier than eating as a household later that night.

“Ben and Jen’s children are actually having fun with spending the vacations and household time collectively,” the supply famous. “It’s a extremely nice cohesive unit.”

Whereas Miller and Garner have been courting on and off since 2018, it stays to be seen how her shut bond with Affleck will influence their relationship transferring ahead.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s love story was as soon as a Hollywood fairytale, however after greater than a decade collectively, their marriage got here to an finish. Regardless of their divorce, the 2 have remained devoted co-parents and have continued to assist one another by way of life’s challenges.

The pair first met whereas filming “Pearl Harbor” in 2001, nevertheless it wasn’t till they starred collectively in “Daredevil” (2003) that their friendship started to deepen. On the time, each have been in relationships. Garner was married to actor Scott Foley, and Affleck was engaged to Jennifer Lopez. Nonetheless, by mid-2004, each have been single, and romance shortly blossomed between them.

Their relationship turned public later that yr, and it wasn’t lengthy earlier than Affleck popped the query. In June 2005, the couple tied the knot in a personal ceremony in Turks and Caicos, officiated by Garner’s “Alias” co-star, Victor Garber.

Their household life appeared picture-perfect from the surface, however behind the scenes, their marriage confronted its share of struggles.

In June 2015, simply in the future after celebrating their tenth wedding ceremony anniversary, Affleck and Garner shocked followers by asserting their separation. Across the similar time, rumors swirled that Affleck had been concerned with their kids’s nanny, Christine Ouzounian, although he denied any wrongdoing.

Sources near Garner later steered that their relationship had been on the rocks lengthy earlier than the scandal. Regardless of the general public scrutiny, they remained amicable all through the cut up, formally submitting for divorce in April 2017 and finalizing it in October 2018.

Even after their divorce, Garner and Affleck preserve a robust co-parenting relationship. Garner, particularly, performed a vital position in serving to Affleck by way of his struggles with alcoholism, even staging an intervention and personally driving him to rehab in 2018.

Whereas their romantic relationship had ended, their dedication to their kids remained a high precedence.