--- description: Jennifer Garner's sudden freakout while applauding at the 90th Academy Awards became an instant meme, and she's responded on social media title: Jennifer Garner Breaks Silence on Her Oscars Epiphany Meme image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt830a7807be1e69dd/6989299c096a94aed86a1b4b/gettyimages-927551662.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jennifer Garner Breaks Silence on Her Epiphany at the Oscars by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2018 2:38 PM CUT  Jennifer Garner attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 90th Academy Awards at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 4, 2018. Jennifer Garner attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 90th Academy Awards at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 4, 2018.Jean-Baptiste Lacroix—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2018 2:38 PM CUT Jennifer Garner’s sudden freakout while applauding at the [90th Academy Awards](http://time.com/5186755/oscars-2018-best-actress-nominees-group-hug/ "undefined") has [become an instant meme,](http://time.com/5185749/jennifer-garner-oscars-2018-meme/ "undefined") and luckily it appears that the A-list actress sees the funny side of the Jennifer Garner epiphany. Garner, 45, [took to social media](https://www.instagram.com/jennifer.garner/?hl=en "undefined") on Monday night to post three consecutive videos of the meme on her Instagram Story, each accompanied by a different, hilarious voiceover. The Jennifer Garner shocked face meme features the former _Alias_ star clapping during the Oscars ceremony, before her face abruptly falls and her expression becomes shocked, as though she’s experiencing a sudden epiphany. Twitter user Bobby Finger captured her emotional revelation, and posted: “what realization did Jennifer Garner just come to?” > [](https://twitter.com/bobbyfinger/status/970500799284555777) Although Garner has yet to answer Bobby’s (and the world’s) question, her voiceovers offer us a series of amusing options to choose from. In the first video on her Story, Garner, who divorced her famous ex-husband Ben Affleck in 2017, contemplates a more unusual love life. She begins, “Congrats to _Shape of Water!_“, before adding, as her face falls in the accompanying video, “Maybe I should date a fish?” In the second, she references Oscars host, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5185611/oscars-jet-ski/ "undefined"): “Hey Jimmy Kimmel, what’s in your wallet? Wait, where’s my wallet?” Finally, in the third video, Garner says how excited she is to work with Lena Dunham on _Camping_, the new upcoming HBO series by the former _Girls_ creator, before suddenly recalling a [famous aspect](http://time.com/4665017/mapping-the-girls-effect/ "undefined") of Dunham’s filmmaking: “Can’t wait to work with Lena Dunham! 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