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Proud mom Jennifer Garner cries as her and Ben Affleck’s daughter Violet graduates high school



Jennifer Garner doesn’t know how she’s “gonna make it” after daughter Violet’s major milestone.

The actress posted multiple pictures of herself crying at her and Ben Affleck’s eldest child’s graduation via Instagram Monday.

“Tell me you have a graduate without telling me you have a graduate. ????,” the “13 Going on 30” star captioned a slideshow of emotional snaps. “(bless our hearts ????♥️????).”

“Tell me you have a graduate without telling me you have a graduate,” the actress wrote. jennifergarner/Instagram

She posted crying pictures via Instagram Monday. jennifergarner/Instagram

In the first two photos, Garner cried while clapping at the 18-year-old’s ceremony and wiped tears from her eyes.

The “Alias” alum, 52, sobbed on a plane in the next two shots, asking what she was “gonna do” and how she would “make it,” before completing the carousel with a silly snap in “2024” sunglasses.

Garner’s fellow A-list moms shared supportive words in the comments.

The “Alias” alum asked how she’s “gonna make it.” jennifergarner/Instagram

Violet turned 18 in December 2023. AFP via Getty Images

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“Oh honey … I know. ???? ❤️,” Reese Witherspoon wrote. “You have done a great job , mama! I will be here for support and lots of hugs.”

The “Big Little Lies” alum, notably, sent daughter Ava, now 24, off to college in 2019 and son Deacon, 20, three years later.

As for Gwyneth Paltrow, whose 20-year-old daughter Apple attends a New York City-based university, she commented, “I’m sooooo with you ❤️‍????.”

Garner co-parents the teen with Affleck. Michael Rubin/Instagram

The former couple are also the parents of Seraphina and Samuel. Getty Images

Ree Drummond, for her part, reflected on the “deep, searing pain/joy/grief/pride/mourning” involved in watching your child graduate.

Garner gave birth to Violet in 2005 while married to Affleck, followed by Seraphina, now 15 and Samuel, now 12, in 2009 and 2012, respectively.

The Emmy nominee told “Live With Kelly and Mark” viewers in November 2023 that Violet was “handling [the stress of college applications] like a champ.”

It is unclear whether Affleck attended the ceremony with Garner. Thecelebrityfinder/MEGA

He and wife Jennifer Lopez are facing split speculation. GC Images

While Affleck did not appear in Garner’s emotional upload, the former couple have co-parented their little ones since separating in 2015.

The actor, 51, is currently facing split speculation less than two years into his and Jennifer Lopez’s marriage, with a source telling Page Six Monday that Affleck has “come to his senses” about the “fever dream” romance.

The insider claimed that the Oscar winner, who was recently spotted without his wedding ring and missed his wife’s “Atlas” premiere, “understands there is just no way this is going to work.”

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