--- title: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Divorce: How Twitter Fans Reacted description: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced on Tuesday their divorce after 10 years of marriage. canonical: https://time.com/3942571/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-twitter-reactions/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-01T00:56:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:12.608Z og:title: 8 People Who Can't Handle the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Split og:description: How Twitter fans reacted to their divorce announcement og:url: https://time.com/3942571/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-twitter-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66a0a3abac84513/69869847169ab051d4279f9c/4765879291.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 8 People Who Can't Handle the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Split twitter:description: How Twitter fans reacted to their divorce announcement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66a0a3abac84513/69869847169ab051d4279f9c/4765879291.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 8 People Who Can't Handle the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Split > Sponsored content. 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C Flanigan—Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Jul 1, 2015 12:56 AM UTC While [Greece nears economic rock bottom](http://time.com/3942349/greece-bailout-expiration-set/) and [puppies perish in China](http://time.com/3929673/china-yulin-dog-meat-festival-rescue-cruel/), over in the States a crisis of equal proportions is unfolding: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are [splitting](http://time.com/3942291/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-divorce-why/) up. Though a handful of Twitter users decided to keep their cool and [sent good wishes](https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/616000363460558848) to the ex-couple — and their three kids — most fans whipped out their teary-eyed emojis and caps-lock, and sobbed out their heartbreak into 140 characters. Indeed it was only last week that the Twitter-verse was chanting [#LoveWins](http://time.com/3938898/hillary-clinton-gay-marriage/), but this week, well, it seems love is dead. > [](http://twitter.com/xxbellarose/status/616002385027051520) > [](http://twitter.com/AnnieDonahey/status/616017822754467840) > [](http://twitter.com/big%5Fbusiness%5F/status/616011154347851776) > [](http://twitter.com/cryshots/status/616001972177620992) > [](http://twitter.com/MontanaMcBirney/status/616008655159324672) > [](http://twitter.com/DeemaRasul/status/615993057624883200) > [](http://twitter.com/antisocialkim/status/616018268424433666) > [](http://twitter.com/calumcam/status/615985523186905088) **Read Next:** [_Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s Divorce Is the End of an Era for Celebrity News_](http://time.com/3942291/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-divorce-why/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3942571/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-twitter-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3942571/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-twitter-reactions/"},"headline":"8 People Who Can't Handle the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Split","datePublished":"2015-07-01T00:56:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:12.608Z","description":"How Twitter fans reacted to their divorce announcement","url":"https://time.com/3942571/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-twitter-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Marriage","celebrities","Ben Affleck","Jennifer garner","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66a0a3abac84513/69869847169ab051d4279f9c/4765879291.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66a0a3abac84513/69869847169ab051d4279f9c/4765879291.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner","caption":"Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner","creditText":"C Flanigan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3942571/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-twitter-reactions/","name":"8 People Who Can't Handle the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Split"}}]}] ```