Jennifer Garner spills details on last text she sent to ex Ben Affleck

Jennifer Garner has revealed that the last text she sent to ex-husband Ben Affleck was a simple message about their children.

The 53-year-old actress opened up while promoting Season 2 of The Last Thing He Told Me, offering a glimpse into her co-parenting dynamic with Ben, also 53, near a decade on their divorce.

Speaking with Extra, Jennifer was asked about the most recent message she had sent to her former husband.

She said: “I texted a kid thing to Ben… a pick-up/drop-off, kid-information to Ben.”

The former couple share three children - Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13 - and have consistently prioritised co-parenting since their split in 2015 after 10 years of marriage.

When asked what she last said to her son, Jennifer said: “That I’ve loved him and I’ll see him tonight. Have a great day at school.”

The actress has previously reflected on how time has helped heal the pain of her divorce from Ben in 2018.

Speaking with Marie Claire, she said: “It doesn’t serve me to take in gossip about myself or anyone else, much less my kids, so I don’t do it. You have to be smart about what you can and can’t handle, and I could not handle what was out there.

“But what was out there was not what was hard. The fact of it is what was hard. The actual breaking up of a family is what was hard. Losing a true partnership and friendship is what was hard.”

Jennifer has since spoken warmly about the friendship she and Ben have rebuilt.

She said: “That I’m able to co-parent at this point in time with peace and equanimity and a partnership that I didn’t know I would ever get back to.

“I think it’s important for women to know … time is the opportunity. Time is the opportunity to heal. Time is the opportunity to forgive, to move on and to find a new way to be friends.”

She added: “So much about my life surprises me. That I’m still working, that I’m still alive, that my kids are healthy, that my work relationships - which are more like familial friendships – are still the same as they were 25 or 30 years ago, but richer and deeper and stronger. It’s all a gift.

“I just feel so grateful to my job for giving me these people. And then, yeah, that I’m able to co-parent at this point in time with peace and equanimity and a partnership that I didn’t know I would ever get back to.”