Jennifer Garner Doesn’t Mention Her Children’s Names During Interviews For This Heartbreaking Reason

Jennifer Garner recently revealed that she doesn’t mention her kids’ names in public due to a heartbreaking reason. The actress also talked about her family’s privacy and said that they were hounded by photographers for years.

While speaking with InStyle, Garner that she’s very particular when it comes to her three children’s privacy. In fact, she has never posted their photos on social media. But since Garner is a public figure, her children are sometimes photographed whenever they are with their parents.

“It’s so gnarly to be a kid now. I guard my kids’ privacy as much as I possibly can, and I’ve never posted pictures of them on Instagram. I used to refuse to say their names during interviews – but everyone knows their names! I would just say ‘my eldest,’ which I still do out of habit a lot,” she said.

Meanwhile, even though Garner doesn’t post photos of her kids on Instagram, she made it clear that she has no problem with parents who share pictures of their children online. The “Alias” star's stand on the matter is entirely hers.

“There’s no implied judgment of people who do put their kids up there; I just don’t think most kids have been hounded in the way that mine were when they were little… We were completely hounded 24/7 for 10 solid years, and it changes you,” she said.

Garner said that the constant media attention that she and her family received made her realize a couple of things. For instance, she no longer takes going to the mailbox for granted. At some point, Garner also stopped going to the farmer’s market because was being photographed there constantly.

She said that the turnout of photographers in the area was already ruining everyone else’s trip to the market and she didn’t want that.

Garner and Ben Affleck’s children made even more headlines after their parents announced their separation.