<p id=”par-1_80″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/jennifer-garner/?swcfpc=1″>Jennifer Garner</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/ben-affleck/?swcfpc=1″>Ben Affleck</a> are turning heads in 2025. The couple married in 2005 and had three kids together before separating in 2015 and finalizing their divorce in 2018. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-garners-boyfriend-doubts-ben-affleck-can-maintain-healthy-boundaries-holidays-source-says.html/”>Garner is currently dating John Miller</a> while Affleck just recently finalized his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-garner-thinks-ben-affleck-impatient-ungrateful-toward-jennifer-lopez-source-says.html/”>divorce from Jennifer Lopez</a>. And Garner and Affleck have been spending a lot of time together for the good of their kids. Here’s what an insider said about Garner feeling “deathly afraid” of rekindling her past flame. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-jennifer-garner-is-allegedly-afraid-of-falling-back-in-love-with-her-ex-ben-affleck”>Jennifer Garner is allegedly ‘afraid of falling back in love’ with her ex, Ben Affleck</h2>
<p id=”par-2_59″>Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are the perfect example of exes remaining friends. Affleck sought comfort from Garner while his romance with Jennifer Lopez was going south in 2024. When Affleck and Lopez officially pulled the plug on their romance, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-garner-offered-spend-christmas-ben-affleck-source-says.html/”>he spent the holidays with Garner</a> and their three kids: Violet, 19, Fin, 16, and Samuel, 13. </p>
<p id=”par-3_46″>In March 2025, Garner and Affleck were spotted laughing and having fun for Samuel’s paintball birthday bash. This prompted the media to wonder whether the couple would ever get back together. An insider told <a href=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14465295/Jennifer-Garner-feelings-rekindling-Ben-Affleck-romance.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>DailyMail.com</a> that Garner fears she may regain old feelings for her ex-husband..</p>
<p id=”par-4_45″>Garner is “deathly afraid of falling back in love” with Affleck, the source alleged. However, she still has “trust issues” over the nanny scandal from decades ago. “She loves Ben but is worried that he will crush her all over again,” the source continued. </p>
<p id=”par-5_40″>Nanny Christine Ouzounian told friends she and Affleck were intimate while he was married to Garner. “For Christine, it was a relationship,” a source told <a href=”https://people.com/movies/ben-affleck-denies-affair-with-nanny-christine-ouzounian-she-says-it-was-love/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a> at the time. “A friend warned her she was going to end up heartbroken.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_66″>The insider speaking to DailyMail.com said Garner isn’t interested in pulling herself back together in the event of more heartbreak. “She doesn’t want to heal another broken heart because it is just too much drama, plus, she does not want their kids to see round two of their mom in a bad place with their dad,” the insider said. “So much could go wrong if they reunite.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-another-source-says-jennifer-garner-doesn-t-want-to-rekindle-her-past-flame”>Another source says Jennifer Garner doesn’t want to rekindle her past flame</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ben-Affleck-Jennifer-Garner-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Ben Affleck with his hand on Jennifer Garner’s shoulder as she looks at him with her mouth open” class=”wp-image-3777236″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner in 2018 in Los Angeles | BG004/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-7_33″>Jennifer Garner might have lingering, residual feelings for Ben Affleck. However, another source told <a href=”https://pagesix.com/2025/03/05/celebrity-news/jennifer-garner-not-interested-in-rekindling-ben-affleck-romance-despite-actors-wishes/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Page Six</a> that Garner has no interest in rekindling the flame despite Affleck allegedly being open to the idea.</p>
<p id=”par-8_45″> The “feeling is not mutual,” an insider alleged, adding that Garner is “happy” with her boyfriend, John Miller. “That’s just not where her head is at,” they continued. “Jen has a great co-parenting relationship with Ben, and that’s where things stand on her end at the moment.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_41″>Another source mentioned how Affleck “would love another chance” with Garner due to their wonderful relationship as of late and “would be open to giving things another shot.” However, Affleck “knows it’s just not realistic at this time in their lives.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-john-miller-is-allegedly-at-the-end-of-his-rope”>John Miller is allegedly ‘at the end of his rope’ </h2>
<p id=”par-10_54″>Jennifer Garner and John Miller have been together since 2018. The couple seems rock-solid, and several sources allege they’re planning their wedding in the not-so-distant future. However, an insider told <a href=”https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/jennifer-garner-trying-to-salvage-john-miller-relationship-excl/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Life & Style</a> in September 2024 that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jennifer-garner-put-john-miller-second-place-ben-affleck-keeps-calling-source-says.html/”>Miller grew tired of Garner caring for Ben Affleck</a> as he navigated his split from Jennifer Lopez.</p>
<p id=”par-11_27″>“John is at the end of his rope with what he considers Jen’s ‘unfathomable’ support for her ex-hubby while ignoring him in the process,” the source alleged.</p>
<p id=”par-12_31″>“John is still incredulous the woman he was close to marrying pushed him aside to focus on repairing her ex’s love life! How is he supposed to feel?” the insider continued.</p>
<p id=”par-13_14″>Hopefully, Miller and Garner were able to repair any rockiness in their dating life.</p>
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