The actress finally opened up in with a heart-wrenching confession.
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“I turned on CNN one day, and there we were,” she added. “I just won’t do it anymore. I took a silent oath with myself last summer to really stay offline. I am totally clueless about all of it."
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“Bad judgment? Yes. It’s not great for your kids for [a nanny] to disappear from their lives,” Jen said during the interview.
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The Miracles From Heaven actress said she was forced to talk to her kids about the painful ordeal: “I have had to have conversations about the meaning of ‘scandal’”
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Now, the 43-year-old actress told VF that she blames herself just as much as she does Ben for their divorce.
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“People have pain — they do regrettable things, they feel shame, and shame equals pain,” she says. “No one needs to hate him for me. I don’t hate him. Certainly we don’t have to beat the guy up. Don’t worry — my eyes were wide open during the marriage.”
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Star readers know that the former A-list pair was
caught at marriage counseling back in September, but Jen confessed to VF that she feels her situation is very similar to what happened to another famous couple: “When
Jen Aniston and
Brad Pitt broke up,” she admits to the magazine, “I was dying to see something that said they were getting back together,” but it just never happened.
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“I turned on CNN one day, and there we were,” she added. “I just won’t do it anymore. I took a silent oath with myself last summer to really stay offline. I am totally clueless about all of it."
Photo credit: Splash News
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“Bad judgment? Yes. It’s not great for your kids for [a nanny] to disappear from their lives,” Jen said during the interview.
Photo credit: Splash News
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The Miracles From Heaven actress said she was forced to talk to her kids about the painful ordeal: “I have had to have conversations about the meaning of ‘scandal’”
Photo credit: Splash News
jennifer-garner-divorce-ben-affleck-nanny-scandal-vanity-fair-interview-4
Now, the 43-year-old actress told VF that she blames herself just as much as she does Ben for their divorce.
Photo credit: Splash News
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“People have pain — they do regrettable things, they feel shame, and shame equals pain,” she says. “No one needs to hate him for me. I don’t hate him. Certainly we don’t have to beat the guy up. Don’t worry — my eyes were wide open during the marriage.”
Photo credit: Splash News
jennifer-garner-divorce-ben-affleck-nanny-scandal-vanity-fair-interview-7
Star readers know that the former A-list pair was
caught at marriage counseling back in September, but Jen confessed to VF that she feels her situation is very similar to what happened to another famous couple: “When
Jen Aniston and
Brad Pitt broke up,” she admits to the magazine, “I was dying to see something that said they were getting back together,” but it just never happened.
Photo credit: Splash News