Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have split after nearly 10 years of marriage, their reps confirm to Us Weekly
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Ben and Jen no more. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
have split after more than 11 years together. The couple's announcement
comes just one day after their 10th wedding anniversary.
"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time," the couple said in a joint statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 30. "This will be our only comment on this private, family matter. Thank you for understanding."
Affleck, 42, and Garner, 43, first met on set of 2001's drama Pearl Harbor, and shared the screen once more in 2003's Daredevil. They remained friends before going public as a couple at the Boston Red Sox's opening game of the World Series on Oct. 23, 2004.
The Argo director proposed on the actress' 33rd birthday in April 2005, and wed in a hush-hush Caribbean ceremony that June. They share daughters Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and son Samuel, 3.
Back in March, the Nine Lives actress revealed that the pair often take turns working so the other could be at home with the kids. "I've been home for a long time. It's my turn and I'm going to go to work this spring," she told reporters at a Beverly Hills event for her film Danny Collins. "I think I’ll work the spring and summer, maybe the fall too, as long as some of it's at home." (That month, Garner and Violet accompanied Affleck to his U.S. Senate hearing in Washington, D.C. He's since been preparing for his role as Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and has been filming Suicide Squad in Toronto, Canada.)
Affleck and Garner walked their last red carpet together at the 2nd annual Save the Children Illumination Gala at NYC's Plaza Hotel in November 2014. Most memorably, Garner supported Affleck during his stellar awards season for the drama Argo in 2013
"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time," the couple said in a joint statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 30. "This will be our only comment on this private, family matter. Thank you for understanding."
Affleck, 42, and Garner, 43, first met on set of 2001's drama Pearl Harbor, and shared the screen once more in 2003's Daredevil. They remained friends before going public as a couple at the Boston Red Sox's opening game of the World Series on Oct. 23, 2004.
The Argo director proposed on the actress' 33rd birthday in April 2005, and wed in a hush-hush Caribbean ceremony that June. They share daughters Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and son Samuel, 3.
Back in March, the Nine Lives actress revealed that the pair often take turns working so the other could be at home with the kids. "I've been home for a long time. It's my turn and I'm going to go to work this spring," she told reporters at a Beverly Hills event for her film Danny Collins. "I think I’ll work the spring and summer, maybe the fall too, as long as some of it's at home." (That month, Garner and Violet accompanied Affleck to his U.S. Senate hearing in Washington, D.C. He's since been preparing for his role as Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and has been filming Suicide Squad in Toronto, Canada.)
Affleck and Garner walked their last red carpet together at the 2nd annual Save the Children Illumination Gala at NYC's Plaza Hotel in November 2014. Most memorably, Garner supported Affleck during his stellar awards season for the drama Argo in 2013
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