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Jennifer Garner Recalls An Embarrassing 'Mom Fail' That Involved Actor Greg Kinnear: 'This Is A True Story!'
If you've ever accidentally hit "reply all" on an email, Jennifer Garner feels your pain!
The actress was on the March 8 episode of James Corden's late night show alongside Greg Kinnear, whose kids attend the same school as Garner's. Their coincidental get together on the show prompted the mom-of-three to recall an embarrassing "mom fail" that actually involved the Oscar nominee.
The Yes Day star prefaced her tale by insisting, "This is true story, a true confession."
"We have kids in the same age group ... who do the same activity, and I emailed the coach one weekend, kind of being funny about my kid and saying, 'Well, this one seems to be getting a little womped this weekend ... So, what does that mean for tomorrow morning because we have something planned? What does that mean typically?'"
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"And I was being funny — I thought I was being funny. I have wonderful kids, they do really well, they're great," she continued. "And it turns out it was the one time in my life I replied all! I replied to everyone on the team, to every parent, including [Kinnear] and [his wife] Helen."
Garner then asked the actor if he remembered the incident, questioning, "Did you guys feel like, 'Oh gosh, I thought she was nice — what a jerk."
"I do remember this," he replied. "I remember thinking, 'Jennifer Garner is a raging lunatic.' Sweet enough, but I had no idea. There was no judgement of Jennifer Garner."
She then quipped, "Did it come off as cute and funny and I'm super chill?" to which Kinnear responded, "No."
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The Alias lead previously admitted that her and ex-husband Ben Affleck's kids — daughters Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and son Samuel, 10 — aren't impressed by her celebrity status.
"It is not a positive to be me. Someone who people would think, ‘Oh, how cool to have that person as a mom.’ No," she spilled to Entertainment Tonight last year. "But my teenager and my adolescent are both lovely," she added. "So I have to say, I have it pretty easy as far as that goes."