Jennifer Garner Details Her, Ben Affleck 3 Kids’ Paparazzi Encounters

The paparazzi would catch Jennifer Garner if they could.

And it made for some incredibly harrowing experiences for the Catch Me If You Can alum and ex-husband Ben Affleck’s three kids Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 14, when they were young. In fact, Garner pointed to several moments where the paparazzi crossed the line while trying to get photos of her kids. 

“It was totally ludicrous,” the 54-year-old recalled on the July 21 episode of the Shut Up Evan podcast. “And it felt like poor little me, my poor little kids who have everything in the world. But it was a danger to everyone around us.”

And that’s no exaggeration, as Garner noted that photographers would run red lights and drive onto private lawns to get a snap of her and her family. The attention was so intense that it interfered with her children’s extracurriculars and even doctor’s appointments. 

“We were trying to have our little one play soccer and the association asked us to stop because there were 20 cars coming to try,” she continued. “So it wasn’t just about us. It was about an industry that had gotten out of control.”