--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 8 People Who Can't Handle the Ben Affleck-Jennifer Garner Split  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Jul 1, 2015 12:56 AM UTC  Actors Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. Actors Ben Affleck and wife Jennifer Garner arrive at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif.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"}}]}] ```