Barneys for Ben & Jen

Thank you, NYCGalnVA, for adding more to the story and I will add even more since the naysayers can’t seem to believe that the relationship between Michael and JG was serious and that Garner could never do any wrong. Of course Michael denied the relationship was serious. Can you blame him after what she pulled on him with Affleck? He found out what was going on via gossip coming from the Elektra set. And, BTW, Affleck made more than one trip to Vancouver while she was there. In fact, he made two trips, one in mid-June and one at the end of June to actually shoot the cameo. Affleck was in VC with Garner in mid-June when the young disabled boy (along with his parents) that Affleck supports visited the Elektra set.

And to JH up above, Michael and Jennifer were living together before he ever bought his house which was in September. He went to NY with her and spent the entire 3-4 weeks with her while she was filming TGOT in July 2003. And they were both seen on the same flight returning to LA after the shoot was over. While they were there, they even dined with Victor Garber and her parents.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, the Foley/Garner marriage hit the skids because of Ben Affleck. Does anyone actually believe that Foley, who is a super nice guy, would actually tell the true story? No he wouldn’t and will never just as Michael Vartan won’t either. She lucked out being involved with two guys who are the ultimate gentlemen. But others who do know Garner and what she did do talk but not to just anyone. I’ll say it just like Jack Nicholson did, “You can’t handle the truth.”

emma, you are clearly OBSESSED and prejudiced beyond belief. Oh, so NOT exploiting their child means that they are jerks, huh? And pictures of them on public outings appear pretty much at the same regularity that they did long before Hollywoodland came out. Sheesh.

So, Ben visited Jen twice in Vancouver in June. Yes, and? When did Jen start sleeping in Ben’s bed? You don’t know, do you? You implied previously that she immediately jumped from Vartan’s bed to Ben’s, but then in your post above you post that uh, both times Ben visited Vancouver, he had legitimate, non-relationship reasons for doing so. Dum dum dum. What does it all mean?

Please, don’t pretend to have inside knowledge and then only give vague generalizations. The Foley/Garner marriage died because of Affleck, really, how so? Please, explain how he managed to accomplish this when he was still under JLo’s clutches! And please explain how the many frequent reports of Foley’s real professional jealousy of Jen that begun with DD weren’t a factor at all. Oh, that was Ben’s fault too!

Oh, and after Jen and Michael broke up but before it was announced, Michael was seen in the presence of random women as well. But since none of those women lasted longer than one night, no one accuses him of being less than a gentleman. What a double standard. And by the way, keep pulling out examples of how much time they spent together out of your file folder–does it really matter? A “serious” relationship, or any relationship, can’t be defined on that alone, unless you know what’s going on in both of their minds.

The truth is, I really don’t care because I am not a huge Jen fan, I am not an Alias fan, but I do get a kick out of the maniacs who are still bitter over this. Vartan who has shown to be less than a gentleman and has thrown hissy fits, i.e. the Punk’d incident. Oh, and I certainly don’t think JG can do no wrong, but I don’t think that everything she does is evil either, and I don’t presume to know everything that happened because of the INTERNET.

I think Garner is a schemer. I think it’s obvious too without all the details. I’m in no way biased either because I didn’t use to think this until I saw Affleck on Ellen being very underwhelmed about having more kids and read Garner in Elle avoid discussing JLO because IMO the way she worded it, it sounded as if Ben has tons of respect for Lopez and she (Garner) knows not to go there (of course out of respect for him). I think his regard for JLO is obvious in the way even she knows not to talk crazy.

I think a lot of women want to see this type of relationship for some reason and they tell themselves these two people represent so kind of perfect when they really don’t. Garner was smitten by him and chased him down and to me it’s obvious in the way they interact.

That said, they do have a child and hopefully they will last.

Boring?

Come on, these two have GROWN up. They´re parents and act as ones. They live a normal life and buy normal, gurly clothes for their daughter.

What else should they do?

You don´t like Brityney´s lifestyle but then you call these two boring? I don´t get it.

I wish this family all the best.

There was always something fishy about JG, I thought she has been constantly trying to trade up. First she dumps Scott Foley for Michael Vartan, then dumps MV for Ben Affleck and makes sure she has a baby just to secure him. I bet if Brad Pitt looks her way, see ya later BA….

Its quite interesting to see the faceless comments given on a board like this. Only a few who truly hate the couple and go to these places just to have open discussions on why their favorite couple EVER on a damn tv show didn’t work out seem to be talking up a storm. You guys are stuck in the past. If these two weren’t married celebrities, their life story would be just as common as some of your own, and to even justify that you have the right to judge them from what the media LET’S you see, well thats just incredibly sad and naive. They live their own lives, not giving a damn what any one of us thinks and they will continue to LONG after the fame they have is gone.

RJ….the same could be said of that person above that said BA & JG were free to date while in the next breath saying Brad & Angelina had a “torrid affair” on set. Read AJ Vogue interview and for her take on the situation. If I get one thing from Angelina in her print and TV interviews is that you can ask her anything and she is an honest interview….fom the blogs I get an entirely different story….homewrecking, man stealing…..yada yada yada….

lula29 Says…

ITA Jen Garner gets a pass, Jen Aniston gets a pass , Kate Hudson gets a pass….I don’t buy the innocent acts of either Garner or Aniston….their behvior speaks volumes…..Sure JG moved on w BA which is her perogative but to have MV fired off Alias when it was said that he was going nowhere was appalling!

Jen Aniston’s reward for siccing her friends on Brad in that VF article has led to her not working for the last 18 months on ANYTHING new and can’t get any projects green lighted because she bad mouthed her film Rumor Has Itand all the films she made last year flopped…….Funny how in those same 18 months Angelina has made the Good Shepherd, Beowolf, Kung Fu Panda, A mighty heart, with Atlas shrugged up next…..even taking time to have a baby….

JH, I’m not obsessed at all but I do have the inside track regardless of what you think and personally don’t care if you believe it or not. One thing that Michael was during the relationship was “committed.” And I dare you to find anywhere in tabs or otherwise where he was with other women while in the relationship with the esteemed Ms. Garner. And I also dare you to find anything negative he ever said about her or acted like an ass after the relationship ended. You won’t because he didn’t. Sure, he began flirting with other women and dating but only after he discovered what she was up to in VC. And as far as the Punk’d debacle. If I were as afraid of flying as he is and was Punk’d on an aircraft that was supposedly falling apart, I would have punched Ashton Kutcher right in the freaking nose. If that’s the only negative publicity you got on him, JH, then you really don’t have much because he’s certainly not the only celeb who told Ashton to shove it. As far as the J-Lo/Affleck hookup, that was only in the beginning stages when DD was being filmed and being as Garner was supposedly happily married, there was no way on this earth she was going damage her “good girl” image and career to pursue Affleck any further than she did. But that doesn’t discount the fact that what happened on the DD set caused her marriage to go belly up but by the time it did, Affleck was well invested in the J-Lo relationship and Garner snagged MV because she knew he was crazy about her.

Since I do work within the industry and have good connections, I do know that she and one other person were responsible for MV’s departure from Alias and that’s as much as I’m allowed to say. Having been a great fan of Alias, whatever respect I had for her went straight down the toilet.

And I do resent the fact that she continues to receive a free pass for her actions, while AJ and BP are continually blasted for falling in love. The marriage between BP and JA was well over before that hookup ever took place.

Now rant on ye fans of Garner who think she’s the greatest person to walk the face of the earth. She’s really not, a fact that is well hidden because of good and well-paid PR.

well.. i wish them the best for their baby’s sake. It is nice ben is settling down and not running around strip bars. But I do think these two are very similar. Jen basically threw MV to the side when Ben came along…Vartan didnt deserve to be treated so badly. Ok, if a relationship isnt working .. then yes it is wrong to stay in it if both arent willing to work on it ..but to get Vartan fired and treat him like she did..Very wrong. And Ben, once he realized his relationship with JLO was hurting his career, not only bailed on her but has since tried to put all the blame on HER for that time in his life. Ok, maybe they BOTH got carried away with the publicity or whatever but… BA was just as responsible. HE was the one who sent flowers down the red carpet for JLO right in front of her then husband Chris! He is the one who wrote that sickly sweet and glowing letter in Variety. He sought her… and to blame her for the whole thing is tacky and wrong.

Ben is dying for an attention. If you don’t want your child photo in the magazines, why do we keep on seeing her photos every single week?

Ben didn’t sell the photos because noone was willing to pay the money he wanted.

Give me a break! Emma…if you were such an industry insider with so much knowledge about these people, you would not be on this site gossiping about them. Real Hollywood “insiders” don’t need to come to JJ to read or share info.
Jennifer Garner, whom I knew in school, (and I won’t pretend I knew her well) is a regular girl who had big dreams and alot of luck. If your every waking moment was talked about online and photographed, would any of you be able to say that you are proud of every single thing you have ever done???