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At the Rip world premiere on January 13, Ben Affleck walked the red carpet alone, unlike his co-star Matt Damon, who was accompanied by his wife Luciana and their four daughters.
Even without his family by his side, Affleck’s focus remained on his three children as he spoke about a guiding principle he and ex-wife Jennifer Garner follow in raising them.
The Gone Girl star shares Violet, 20, Seraphina Rose, 17, and Samuel, 13, with Garner, and he revealed that neither he nor Garner pressures their kids toward the entertainment industry.
“You put something on your children when you have a public life and that's complicated. We really want to give them room to figure out what they want to do,” Affleck told E! News.
He also admitted he hopes his children choose their own paths rather than follow their parents into Hollywood. “I wouldn't push them into that. They're brilliant and lovely and wonderful, and we love them and we're proud of them. And hope that they don't waste their life acting.”
Looking back on his own childhood, Affleck reflected on the benefits of growing up outside the spotlight. “In some way, it was kind of a blessing to anonymity, to struggle, to where we started, which was just in the middle of nowhere," he said, highlighting how it shaped his perspective as a parent.
Garner recently shared her perspective on co-parenting and raising teenagers in an interview with Marie Claire UK.
The actress said the most surprising thing about raising teens is that “they’re just so cool!” She added, “Parenting now has shifted. It’s more about parenting with a button on my mouth… You have to let them grow up and make their choices. You don’t get to control it.” She emphasized her pride in their children: “I’m so proud of how they walk through the world, and proud of them for trying hard.”
On co-parenting post-split, Garner reflected, “You have to be smart about what you can and can’t handle, and I could not handle what was out there. But what was out there” – she gestures vaguely – “was not what was hard. The fact of it is what was hard. The actual breaking up of a family is what was hard. Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard.”
What gets her through the hard times? Her community. “I make a big, concerted effort to see my people as much as I can, because that’s what matters…. That’s where your resilience is: it’s in your relationships and in the people who carry you through.”
