Jennifer Garner Reveals Paparazzi Chasing Kids to the Point of Endangering Their Safety

JAKARTA - Jennifer Garner said the paparazzi's pursuit of her family had endangered children and others around them.

HuffPost quoted Friday, July 24, saying the star of the series "Alias" told his experiences in the Netflix program "Shut Up Evan" with Evan Ross Katz.

"The situation is completely absurd. It feels like, 'Poor me, poor my kids who actually have everything.' But it's putting everyone around us at risk," Garner said.

Garner said that when he crossed the yellow light, about 15 paparazzi cars continued to drive even though the lights behind them were red.

The photographers also drove cars to enter the yard of residents. His son's football activities were also disrupted.

"We just want our child to play football, but the manager asked us to stop because there were about 20 cars coming to the match," he said.

According to Garner, the situation is getting more dangerous because the photographers do not care about the safety of the children around them.

He told of the difficulty of entering the practice of a pediatrician when carrying a sick child. He could not enter because the door was blocked by photographers.

"When you bring a sick child to the doctor, you are already afraid, then you can't get in because the door is blocked by photographers, it's clear something is wrong," said Garner.

He assessed that children were the ones who ultimately bore the greatest consequences.

"The children fell down when they came out of preschool because the photographers wanted to get close to me or Ben and get photos of our children," he said.

Garner has long spoken out about protecting children from paparazzi.

Garner and Ben Affleck were married from 2005 to 2015. They have three children, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel.

Affleck has also revealed his discomfort with paparazzi. In an interview with Kevin Hart on the "Hart to Heart" program in 2024, he said he was shy and didn't like excessive attention.

"That's why people look at me and ask, 'Why does this guy always look angry?' Because someone's got a camera in my face, and I'm thinking, 'OK, start again,'" Affleck said.

Affleck said he didn't mind being photographed at clubs, movie premieres or with his partner.

However, when children are the target of the camera, his attitude is different.

"When I'm with the kids and they take a picture of me, it's different," he said.