Open shows of emotion appear to be a Garner household trait.
Jennifer Garner and her mom, Pat Garner, appeared on “Today with Hoda & Jenna” Monday, and the mother and daughter duo opened up about their infants fleeing the nest.
The “Family Switch” star — whose daughter, Violet Affleck, graduated from highschool final month — admitted that she had a extremely arduous time reckoning along with her child hitting this explicit milestone.
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“My eldest is about to go to college,” the Emmy-nominated actor mentioned on the daytime discuss present.
“I was a wreck the whole month leading up to [her graduation],” she continued. “Every awards ceremony, every final everything. I just cried at everything.”
“I cried on planes trying to think about it,” the “Love, Simon” star went on, earlier than admitting: “Then the day of was so happy that there was nothing to be other than just so proud and happy.”
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Garner’s mom utterly understood her daughter’s emotions, admitting to the hosts that she “howled” when the longer term “Alias” star moved away to school.
“‘She’ll never come home again!’” Pat Garner recalled dramatically saying to her husband upon her daughter leaving.
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The subject was broached on “Today” due to Garner posting some very candy pictures of herself on Instagram final month wherein she was overtly bawling throughout Violet’s commencement.
“Tell me you have a graduate without telling me you have a graduate. 🎓 (bless our hearts 🥺♥️🤣),” she wrote, poking enjoyable at herself.
