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Jennifer Garner Says She Won’t Apologize to Her Kids for Returning to Work

She limits roles to projects shot mainly in Los Angeles to avoid uprooting her children and protect family stability.

Overview

  • Garner reiterated on TODAY that she “doesn’t apologize” to her children for working and instead thanks them for their patience, a point she first made in an InStyle interview.
  • She is starring in Peacock’s limited series The Five-Star Weekend and says she is grateful to be acting again after a long period of reduced work while raising her children.
  • Garner told reporters that she only accepts jobs primarily filmed in Los Angeles so she does not have to relocate her family for months at a time and she urged Hollywood to consider filming locally more often.
  • Her remarks, discussed publicly on Monday, July 13, frame a deliberate return to careers that balances a continued commitment to motherhood with personal fulfillment from work.
  • Garner highlighted that her three children—Violet, 20, Fin, 17, and Samuel, 14—have been supportive, and she advised other parents to “let go of the guilt” over combining work and parenting.