--- title: Jennifer Garner Shows Sweatpants Love With a Kiss description: Jennifer Garner affirmed her deep love of sweatpants by smooching her favorite pairs in a new video clip on her Instagram account. canonical: https://time.com/5625501/jennifer-garner-loves-sweatpants-instagram/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-12T16:52:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:29.759Z og:title: Jennifer Garner Confirms Her Love of Sweatpants on Instagram og:description: Honestly, relatable og:url: https://time.com/5625501/jennifer-garner-loves-sweatpants-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5eda6ab2471b6143/6989ffe34ee26275cf315f2f/jennifer-garner-sweatpants-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings In New York City - June 18, 2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Garner Confirms Her Love of Sweatpants on Instagram twitter:description: Honestly, relatable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5eda6ab2471b6143/6989ffe34ee26275cf315f2f/jennifer-garner-sweatpants-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Garner Confirms Her Love of Sweatpants with a Kiss > Sponsored content. 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The actress posted a clip of herself packing for a trip and professing her love for her many pairs of sweatpants, so much so that she even planted a smooch on one of the pairs. In the caption to the video post, Garner joked that picking which pair of sweatpants to take with her was “the hardest part of packing,” even going so far as to joke about her love of them with a trio of pithy hashtags: #sweatpantsmatter, #youreallmyfavorite and #iloveyou. Garner has become [a social media sensation in recent years](https://time.com/5185749/jennifer/) after joining Instagram, where fans can follow along on her kitchen escapades and her [sweet friendship with Ina Garten](https://time.com/5474343/jennifer-garner-ina-garten/). 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