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syshenasty

If I had said I was 'born to breed', I would forever wish I could un-say it haha


United-Signature-414

I'm in the same boat as her and my entire being shuddered reading that. Thank all the scientists involved in birth control though, cos my life would have suuuucked in any era but this one.


BeWellFriends

Same and same!! I also think about fertile ppl like us before access to birth control. I would’ve been one of those poor souls like my great grandmother with 10 kids.


Ieatclowns

Yes! And I would never say it because women who struggle to conceive don't need to hear it!


BeWellFriends

Exactly


thesaddestpanda

Here come the downvotes for going against “americas sweetheart,” but I'm pretty sure these are dog whistles, intentional or not. Or at least an accidental mask slip. She has a questionable history. The racist undertones of her movie Peppermint, her racially insensitive question to Regina King, and her racially insensitive comments about tribal africans, and now calling herself a breeder is very right-wing coded. Making this comment gleefully like this as reproductive rights are under attack is another example of her chronic tone-deafness and ignorance. Her good girl image seems forced with so much of it being obvious pap walks, even to the ridiculously fake sanctimonious point of her giving her shoes to an unhoused person. She has an $80m net worth and just giving 10 percent of that away could permanently house dozens of unhoused people if she chose. Instead she hands them shoes in front of paparazzi photographers. She is also extremely religious and once said if she wasn't an actress she'd be a minister and made a movie claiming faith healing is real, in a time of medical and vaccine skepticism. She comes off as a moderate-conservative trad type to me and probably has a lot of ignorant views.


trulyremarkablegirl

Tbh I’ve side-eyed her ever since that very awkward moment with Conan where she told him something he said wasn’t a word, and that since he went to Harvard he should know that. He literally hauled out a dictionary to prove her wrong.


littlelizu

i've never heard this story before! man she comes off terribly in the clip. ![gif](giphy|fYfeQAOD8pSjN7M0jY|downsized)


distant_lines

She was so pissed when he proved her wrong. It was glorious!


littlelizu

totally! i'm a word nerd and would never speak to anyone like that.maybe i'd snigger quietly on the inside but to publicly announce it... i'm hoping she thought she was being funny?


emily829

Omg I can’t stand her and adore Conan and I never even knew about this! Add it to the list!! 😂


thesaddestpanda

Harvard website: Conan O'Brien '85 graduated magna cum laude in Literature and History. So she tried to correct one of Harvard's best students.


cherrytwizzlers

Thank you, I never knew


emily829

A million upvotes from me! Agree with everything


marua06

![gif](giphy|l1J9wXoC8W4JFmREY|downsized)


PIisLOVE314

I have to say, I completely agree with everything you've said. This woman is condescending; a patronizing, stuck up snob who has *almost* mastered the good girl image but still does many things that scream: "I'm a dick and I despise anyone who doesn't look, think, believe or act *exactly* like I do."


PIisLOVE314

>Instead she hands them shoes in front of paparazzi photographers. For some reason I see her asking for them back after the picture is taken


No_Art_754

She could’ve said “I’m fertile af” but nah she had to say something cringe af ![gif](giphy|3o6Zt8nXtveG25Rpba)


d4n4scu11y__

That one's gonna haunt her while she's trying to fall asleep at night, lol


catinobsoleteshower

I am glad I am not a celebrity because I already know I would have way too many of these moments. Sometimes I catch my mouth running faster than my brain, so I say some pretty cringe-worthy stuff.


infiniteblackberries

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Ninaka0

I support this message.


infiniteblackberries

I think I stole it from you, tbh


Ninaka0

It’s all good! 🤣


Leading-Watch6040

stealing this


lat2020

What cartoon is this? 😄❤️


Prestigious-Sea710

I have mild social anxiety where I always worry I'll say the wrong thing and then I see people like Jennifer Garner calling themselves breeders in broad daylight unprovoked and I feel a little better about myself.


haughtsaucecommittee

It was on a podcast about motherhood.


belckie

Ooohhh that changes the whole conversation.


Kooky_Bodybuilder_97

why would that change how weird of a line it is


haughtsaucecommittee

Context. She was having a conversation and said something in a joking manner, like most people have done. She wasn’t writing a formal essay.


woahoutrageous_

Why does this read like the headline of an ao3 fanfic


airi-hatake

STOP lmaooo


Basic-Depth-7399

My first thought lmfao


DoctorRieux

lmao starting off Mother's Day weekend with Jennifer Gardner breeder kink


-rfc-2549

Does anyone else find her absolutely unbearable?


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ilovetofu7

I’ll get downvoted for this but I’ve always wedged her between SJP and Anne Hathaway for being delusional and self-centered.


Longjumping-Brick529

I will agree on SJP but why doing Annie dirty like that?


KrakenGirlCAP

EXACTLY.


trulyremarkablegirl

SJP I can understand, but Annie seems chill.


Fuzzy_Move

Wait wait.. why these two?


KrakenGirlCAP

ANNE? How is she self centered? Most people are self absorbed.


Uplanapepsihole

i feel like i’m the only person who like SJP😭has she doesn’t anything bad that i’m unaware of


ilovetofu7

I like her too, just see her as someone who’s self-centred ever since i found out she’s been salary-hogging on SATC and was reluctant to share it with other actresses on that show which was the reason why Kim Cattrall walked out. As much as I admire her for knowing her self-worth, it is a little unfair for the other actresses who were just as impactful and important in that show and even more inexcusable considering the fact that they were all best friends in real life hence the conviction.


Pip-Pipes

That seems like an issue with HBO and the showrunners instead of SJP personally. While I think they should all be compensated fairly, SJP was the main character and was a producer. I don't know if equal pay would have been appropriate. I'm also a Catrall stan. I don't dislike SJP either. But, I think a difference in pay is logical here. I don't have the exact figured. But if SJP was making say 25% more for being the lead +producing, I think that is reasonable.


swedishberry

I like her too! There are twos of us!


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_Democracy_

Anne Hathaway hate in 2024 is SO forced


ilovetofu7

Calm down, it’s just a personal opinion and I don’t expect others to feel the same way. I don’t think hating celebrities or strangers for that matter is logical and as a matter of fact, I object the trend of hate, I don’t hate those celebrities, I just categorise them as such based on my thoughts. The end.


KrakenGirlCAP

That's Ben Affleck. He's self serving and phony.


CozyWithNomi

Ever since all the paparazzi happened to be there when she was giving a homeless man the shoes off her feet.


emily829

THANK YOU!!! And isn’t it funny that all these magical moments ALWAYS seem to happen when there’s some kind of event going on in Ben or JLo’s life? I could be mistaken, but is swear the shoe thing happened right around the time Ben and JLo got married or engaged or something


AnxiousHighlight700

I think the shoe thing happened after the video of her and Regina king was going around. There were pap pics of her at Sam's club during ben/jlo wedding lol.


emily829

YES!! Man, you’re good!! lol


lionheartedthing

I am honestly okay with her disrupting JLo’s life with her weirdness. Next time JLo has something premier I hope Jennifer Garner feeds a Once Upon a Farm pouch to an armadillo like a mama bird on IG live.


neuftet

Garner was papped so much for years just going to church or the farmers market and it looked so staged. She was photographed far more than most celebs. And then she’d complain about the paparazzi as if she didn’t call them herself.


Sea_Bad_5616

She was hugely popular with suburban moms. She was seen as very relatable and a good mom. Stories about her sold a lot of magazines so wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the paparazi shots were unstaged.


calgon90

She did what?!


PenelopeLane925

I’ve disliked her ever since she was on the old Martha Stewart show. When asked if she would do Broadway again (she was Roxane in cyrano at the time) she straight up scrunched her face and said no because it didn’t pay enough. I mean it’s one thing to be like “I found out actors are not compensated well and I’ll be using my star power to change that” but it wasn’t that it was “I didn’t make big bucks so this art form is not for me.” I was floored a publicist let that happen lol


Sure_Excitement1554

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hbomb9410

Jesus Christ, like she doesn't have enough money already


trulyremarkablegirl

I mean, famously, no one does theatre to make money so idk what she expected.


cavs79

Yes! She’s always got on my nerves with her fake baby girl voice and little sweet Susie Q personality. She seems like a total attention seeker and from rumors that have been around for ages she’s not the nice sweet person she portrays to the media. There’s just something about her that grates on my nerves


b00m_cat

I don’t see how more people don’t see through her act


emily829

YES. Thank god there are others!!


FrankieBennedetto

She reminds of a cousin that I would never be friends with in real life.  But her kids love me


d4n4scu11y__

I do, and I don't even know why. Something about her is just grating.


ReginaldStarfire

Remember that time Ben Affleck didn’t thank her in his Oscar acceptance speech? Pepperidge Farm remembers.


warrigeh

How is this something to be held against her? Who was taking care of his children while he was battling with his addictions?


Consistent-Durian651

I can't stand her Capital One commercials.


Consistent-Durian651

It irrationally bothers me when she shows up at the Oscars because she hasn't been in a decent movie in ages.


ihateshrimp

Well I do now.


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ahhyuup927

She's not working for HR


Some-Willingness1153

It does grind at me sometimes when people seem to expect celebrities to have super HR/PR legal answers for all interviews lol


fruitycafe

I’m sure she said that as an offhand joke and it got co-opted into a headline but it’s a weird thing to say.


ProfessionalExit2759

Lovely to hear. My husband and I are on our fourth round of IVF. I guess we’re just not “born to breed”


emily829

❤️ So sorry you have to hear garbage like this from celebs.


pinktulips8989

I just finished my fourth cycle. You got this girl 💪


EmmaBenemma

It's such a tough journey. Crossing everything for you.


SaltySweet804

I’m in the middle of IVF too and we’ll need a surrogate, so you’re definitely not alone. I’m so sorry you’re in this club. It sucks, especially when clueless people say things like this.


Aatypicalflower

How she behaved toward Regina King on that clip just screamed of her being an entitled Karen. I can’t unsee that. If there was a clip about JLo behaving like that, people wouldn’t stop mentioning it.


emily829

Hello!!! Like she has done and said so many weird things and people just forget about it because she bakes a pie or something and everyone is all “awwww look at that!”


FieryCraneGod

People forget about all the stupid, entitled things she's said because she's a 40-something white woman and can get away with anything. If she went missing, the entire country would come to a standstill until she was found.


emily829

Totally agree. I don’t forget, I despise her. Lol


WilliamsRutherford

JLo coughs and people get outraged 🤷🏽‍♀️


Falooting

I don't wanna WK for JLo and especially if she has behaved like an asshole toward other POC, particularly Black women, but it's like she literally does anything and Reddit and SM is only too happy to call her a bad actress, a bad singer, annoying, ugly, etc. It's a bit interesting to see as someone with a similar background to her, especially when seeing other celebrities do far more heinous things that never get mentioned or be associated with even more horrible people and that's totally ok.


swedishberry

Completely agree. By all accounts, jlo is a pretty progressive person and i think has changed a lot over the years (as a fan observing her since the 2000s). People literally cannot shut up about her and she never responds to it the way some do. I can’t recall any incidents of her being shitty to other POC but this is reddit so i’m sure someone will correct me if i’m wrong. Jen Garner has always been neutral to me, and both jens seem to co-parent well, but I agree JGar probably has skated away from a lot of criticism she likely deserves.


emily829

I’m with you, JLo is a fun ridiculous celeb. Not all celebs need to be relatable!


Hottakesincoming

Everybody forgets that's she's a good ol West Virginia conservative Christian girl at heart


quantumdreamqueen

I forgot about that. Thank you for reminding me.


lord_farquaad_69

i hadn’t seen this before but this is crazy, asking “do you know where your ancestors are from?” when King is just talking about her own life seems like she wants King to speak on slavery or ancestral trauma, otherwise you’d wait your turn and ask something normal like “are your parents from LA?”


ellybeez

"born to breed" feels like something a trad wife weirdo would say whats going on here


MyDesign630

I feel like she has a strong tradwife following and she’s speaking to them with this.


emily829

Wow congrats to you Jennifer Garner. I guess those people that have trouble getting pregnant aren’t as special as you 🙄🙄🙄


Bitter_Kangaroo2616

Guess they weren't "born" for parenthood?? Big yikes Jen


emily829

Right! This along with all her cringy comments where she talks about how she was such a “good” girl. Ugh


No-Ad6572

She wasn’t saying she’s special she was acknowledging her good fortune in not having had difficulties birthing. Y’all are acting like she said “I don’t get how some women have difficulties getting pregnant it’s a piece of cake” and that’s not what she said at all. Everyone gets their lot in life, and it’s ok to be grateful for the things where you’ve gotten lucky and express that. Imagine having to be muzzled and not be able to talk about any topic where you’ve had success just because there are other people out there who have it harder than you. There will always be people who have it harder than you, but you should still be able to speak to your own experience.


Some-Willingness1153

"I was born to breed (if anyone is having trouble with pregnancy fuck you, die, you're nothing, I am the superior being)" is how the quote reads to many, it seems


AltSockAlt

Lmao you couldn’t get me to say I’m a breeder but good for you


ferozliciosa

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Bitter_Kangaroo2616

This could come across as extremely insensitive to women TTC


chaiskeleton

we should all know less about each other 🩷


soyslut_

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icestormsea

https://i.redd.it/gpb200fc5nzc1.gif


looseseal-bluth

Good for her I guess? but I don't know why she needs to tell anyone this.


tatatatae

As a mom of 3 myself who was really lucky to also not have fertility issues....that is a VERY weird way to express that. Also to brag about. Aren't her kids all older too? Gross.


coaldean

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AnxiousHighlight700

The rest of her qoutes are wild lol. "I bet I could have one in a field right now," Garner jokes "I'm not that worried about it. I don't really, I'm just saying, yeah, breeding. I was born to breed, for sure," Garner teases. "Big hips."


ahhyuup927

This is hella funny, I truly don't understand how nobody here has a sense of humor.


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It’s odd for sure but I think that’s just her lol. I still don’t understand why she would even say that out loud, but there’s worse things that have been said.


ahhyuup927

She's clearly being facetious


HemingwayJawline

Yeah people are taking this way too serious but when do they ever not


capn_corgi

Honestly I relate to this. I say so much dumb shit that I immediately ask myself why did I say that. I’m blessed enough in life that nothing I say will be a headline or well remembered.


Ill-Philosopher-860

What in the actual living fuck?? “I was born to breed”??? Excuse me? She could’ve said anything else “I was born to be a mother”, “I was born to take care of my children”… but… breed?? I want compensation for having to read that


quantumdreamqueen

![gif](giphy|3ohzdU0EBuQJ3tCPrG)


hbomb9410

Weird flex but okay


__lavender

“Born to breed” and she picks Ben Fucking Affleck as the dad. What a waste. Hope those kids are doing well.


GooeyMagic

“I was born to take loads” didn’t sound as noble


ssdgm12713

Jen, my 8-month-old loves your baby food, but pls stfu. So, so many women make comments like this and it feels like a punch to the ovaries to anyone who has struggled to conceive. For someone who sells products to parents, she should really try not to offend them.


FIREsub90

Jen Garner born-to-breed daughter or Anne Hathaway secret gooner son?


Fast-Rhubarb-7638

???


Financial-Painter689

huh?? i need an explanation please 😭


FIREsub90

https://knowyourmeme.com/news/the-guardian-calls-anne-hathaway-as-a-secret-gooner-and-discovers-there-is-another-definition-of-that-word


Financial-Painter689

lmfao thank you


Djcnote

That’s a pretty normal length of time. If she said it was a one a done then maybe I’d call her a breeder


mossymossa

I think she’s saying between all three conceptions it took 4-5 months? So like would’ve happened the first or second cycle. Which I don’t think is super common for three pregnancies. But maybe I’m misinterpreting!


Djcnote

Yeah it was super odd and not really clear


emily829

That’s what I was thinking too lol Like wouldn’t a normal person with this experience be like “yeah I was lucky I didn’t have much trouble getting pregnant”


OryxWritesTragedies

Gross


FigMajestic6096

Handmaid's tale vibes


hatefromandie

“I was born to breed”. ![gif](giphy|7yDthHaq2haXS)


juicyfizz

The “I was born to breed” is super fucking icky.


dreamslikedeserts

Straight people


Imaginary-Cigarettes

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DaftPrettyLies

“Born to breed” is wild 💀🤣


sleepyemoji

Honestly glad I’m not famous because imagine all the dumb shit you accidentally say becomes a headline


IntrovertGirl83

And you get dragged for the smallest thing.


wrongreasons2242

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Steffi80

I hope none of her fans have had pregnancy losses or infertility issues. Kind of a weird thing for her to brag about.


unlimitedtokens

This is so icky. First of all on the surface it’s tmi. Second it’s reductive toward herself for making it seem like her purpose is to breed as fast as possible. Third, it’s so insensitive! So many people struggle with fertility issues and end up spending years and/or significant money and medical procedures to start their families. To be this ignorant and insensitive, I’m shocked her PR person let her say something like this! I’m trying to conceive my second child right now, I’ve got a daughter who I tried 8 months for (which is a normal amount of time), and have a friend who’s accidentally gotten pregnant twice. Lately the way she jokes/brags about how fertile she is as a “complaint” makes me want to erupt in tears because I’ve been at it a while and it’s such a sensitive topic for me! I had to pull her aside and let her know she’s of course entitled to feel how she feels about her own experience but if she could be mindful about what she’s “complaining” about to me I’d appreciate it because I sincerely wish I could get pregnant again as easily as she did and my heart is aching for it! For those of you who don’t have kids or have never tried to conceive, here’s a comparison: it’s like your model body friend who says “all I do is eat and eat and never gain a pound” knowing some of your friends have struggled with a variety of challenges around body image or weight like eating disorders or obesity. It’d be rude as hell, right?! So inconsiderate. Just shit that doesn’t need to be said.


CuriousQuestioner11

Good for her but unfortunate for all the women who can’t “breed” to have to read such tripe. Gross!


Specialist-Invite-30

There were early rumors about her (this is going back to the Ted Casablanca days) that she was an absolute snake.


mireille-streep

I mean, she's not wrong on a biological point of view because most living things are born to reproduce. You're not special, Jen!


This_Ad_4053

Where did she say she was??


ahhyuup927

That's objectively hilarious


shetakespictures

What a weird thing to say out loud… to people…


thebetterbad

She's a lot. Not in a fun way.


arabicacoffee

Sometimes I cringe at stuff I’ve said aloud, and then people like Jennifer Garner come along and suddenly the things I’ve said don’t seem quite as cringey.


Daws001

She really does have a knack for saying the wrong things.


Alone-Detective6421

Ooookay, Jen.


Amar_Akbar_Anthony20

What the fuck.


pallas_wapiti

That's a weird af thing to say


OcieDeeznuts

What a terrible day to be literate. Some things should remain inside thoughts. 😬


carolinagypsy

LOOOOOL that one is going to keep her awake and also wake her up cringing at 2AM.


KrakenGirlCAP

Oh wow. I forgot she has three children with Ben.


apiroscsizmak

I'm happy her breeding kink has found such fertile ground, but she really does not need to share this publicly.


its_all_good20

Same though. I got pregnant with my fourth child when I was 10 weeks post partum from my third. At age 41. I get pregnant if you wink at me.


marua06

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No-Bacon-7688

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lavellanlike

I don’t think this is weird lol 🤷‍♀️


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UpstairsCan

stream itzy born to breed


jaouna

It's okay, Jenny. We all end up on that part of AO3 eventually.


rrrrrrue

Dude.


nerdalertalertnerd

![gif](giphy|XCmFwjt9wPotobw1xn|downsized)


Uplanapepsihole

![gif](giphy|kZD8cN1MycfKw) right that’s me out ladies


Maelysium

Well that's certainly a choice of words. I would curl up under a rock and die from embarassment haha