{"id":1088,"date":"2026-01-18T08:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2026-01-18T08:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T08:47:08","slug":"jennifer-garner-exposes-ben-afflecks-beyonce-obsession-the-song-he-plays-on-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Garner exposes Ben Affleck\u2019s Beyonc\u00e9 obsession, the song he plays on repeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Garner laid bare ex-husband Ben Affleck\u2019s obsession with Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s music in candid new comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you guys do this? Do you listen to a song over and over again?\u201d the \u201cAlias\u201d alum asked the audience during an appearance at Diesel, A Bookstore on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to tell you something. I\u2019ve survived this. I have lived through it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The \u201c13 Going on 30\u201d actress, 53, then recalled supporting Affleck, also 53, as he filmed \u201cThe Town\u201d back in 2009.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Garner revealed the Beyonc\u00e9 song Ben Affleck played over and over while working on \u201cThe Town.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe listened to\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9\u2018s \u2018Halo,\u2019\u201d she divulged.Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/span>
\n\u201cBen Affleck listens to a song over and over,\u201d she said,\u00a0according to\u00a0People<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a three-month-old and a three-year-old living in a rental in Cambridge, Mass., while he was shooting\u00a0\u2018The Town,’\u201d she shared. \u201cAnd he listened to\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9\u2018s \u2018Halo,\u2019 and I would be nursing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Affleck directed, co-wrote and starred in the 2010 crime thriller, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival that year and went on to nab a Producers Guild of America nomination for best film \u2014 as well as two wins from the National Board of Review.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Thing He Told Me\u201d author Laura Dave \u2014 who appeared at the Los Angeles event alongside Garner and Rita Wilson \u2014 sympathized.<\/p>\n

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The former couple lived in a rental in Cambridge, Mass., while Affleck was shooting the 2010 film.WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The \u201cAlias\u201d alum made the comments at a Los Angeles event on Thursday.FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI love that because the only other person now besides Ben that I\u2019ve heard that does that was [screenwriter] Tom Stoppard,\u201d Dave \u2014 who admitted she indulges in the same practice \u2014 said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when I heard that, I thought, okay, I\u2019m in some good company.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garner and Affleck married in 2005 and parted ways in 2015, and share kids Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13.<\/p>\n

Despite Affleck\u2019s\u00a0marriage to Jennifer Lopez<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 which lasted\u00a0from 2022 to 2025<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 they\u2019ve continued a close co-parenting relationship.<\/p>\n

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They were married from 2005 to 2015.WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Affleck and his ex-wife share three children.
\nAffleck\u00a0spent Thanksgiving<\/a>\u00a0at Garner\u2019s Brentwood, Calif., home in November with their kids, and the exes\u00a0met up the following month<\/a>\u00a0for a theater outing at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre with Seraphina \u2014 though he was also spotted\u00a0stepping out with Lopez<\/a>, 56, and Samuel for shopping and lunch the same day.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though Ben and Jen have been split for a while now, he feels a certain level of comfort with her,\u201d an insider\u00a0exclusively\u00a0told Page Six<\/a>\u00a0of Garner in November.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the mom of three made a rare comment on the most difficult aspect of her divorce from \u201cThe Rip\u201d actor, which was\u00a0finalized in 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Despite finalizing their divorce in 2018, they continue a friendly co-parenting relationship.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Garner recently revealed that \u201cthe actual breaking up of a family\u201d was the hardest part of her split from Affleck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Garner laid bare ex-husband Ben Affleck\u2019s obsession with Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s music in candid new comments. \u201cDo you guys do this? Do you listen to a song over and over again?\u201d the \u201cAlias\u201d alum asked the audience during an appearance at Diesel, A Bookstore on Thursday. \u201cI just want to tell you something. I\u2019ve survived this. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}