I began this post fully prepared to call Jennifer Garner out for fibbing about whether she’s had lip injections. Then I looked at old photos of her and I couldn’t see a big difference in her mouth at all. I’ve always assumed her lips were fake, but I can’t find any “before” pictures that would show it.
Anyway, Garner covers the new issue of Southern Living. The magazine features a photoshoot and interview with Garner, her mom and her two sisters. You can see that here. Garner’s mother, Patricia, has the same full lips as she does, but of course grandma Garner’s lips could be fake, which could be throwing the whole thing off. Her sisters are just as pretty as she is. Inside, Garner talks about family values, with an emphasis on her upbringing in West Virginia. Here are some excerpts, with much more at the source:
On Family Resemblance…
“We are doing this shoot so people can finally stop asking if my lips are real.”On What Defines Her…
“Being the middle sister of these three girls is the relationship that defines me more than anything else. More than being my kids’ mother, more than being my husband’s wife, I’m first and foremost the middle Garner girl.”On Her Appearance…
“What my mom did that I valued so much was to not place beauty high on the list of priorities. It was a shock when I got to college to hear people say I was pretty.”On What She Won’t Wear…
“Although I adore it on others, you won’t see me wearing many one-shoulder, asymmetrical, cool things. I can’t feel like I’m wearing a costume.”On Raising Her Kids…
“It’s really important for my kids to see that everyone doesn’t have the lives they see in Los Angeles. That doesn’t reflect the rest of the world. I want them to grow up with the Southern values I had–to look at people when they say hello and to stop and smell the roses. If I could do half as good a job as my mom did, I’d be pretty happy.”On Her Upbringing in the South…
“I feel so fortunate to have grown up in a place where people look out for each other. Community is the one thing people crave most, and it’s hard to come by. I grew up with such an excess of it that now wherever I go, the first thing I do is build my group.”
It’s true that people look out for each other in the south. I was raised in New York and moved down south, and people here are much more friendly and welcoming. (People in NY are awesome too, they just keep to themselves more.) I see my neighbors more here, and I keep in touch with them more than I did when I lived in the northeast. Plus people usually say hi. I love that. When I go to visit relatives or when I go overseas I have to force myself not to look everyone in the eye and say hello. However there are drawbacks too, like how religious and conservative people can be in the south and how it can seem kind of cloying when you want privacy and space.
I have to admit that I am buying Garner’s small town persona. She seems genuine to me, and that’s part of the reason I like her. I’m still not convinced about her lips, but her kids have the same full lips too so she’s probably telling the truth. Just look at the photo below. She and Samuel have the same facial expressions, same lips.
photo credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com
Is she promoting something?
Her lips.
Mimif, that was the most hilarious comment of the day. And I can just hear the comment made with a really dry, slightly bored voice. Thanks for a good laugh to start my day!
I always thought her lips were fake. Clearly they are not, however, they look fake so whatever.
WRONG! She made that comment while striking an action pose.
I actually made that comment with this expression. The End.
http://news.makemeheal.com/images/jennifer-garner-lip-augmentation.jpg
ROFL!
mimif, I didn’t notice your expression, only the HUGE STAIN.
ETA: gummy.
Yeah, she definitely did something to the top lip. I thought maybe her lip was just stretched back in that photo,now I think not:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSYSLdxOz7U/UNuNtl7HKfI/AAAAAAAAAjo/NwONoigKMLc/s400/Jennifer-Garner-PlasticSurgery.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TXAUXSX1Fvc/UNuNuh1rFJI/AAAAAAAAAjw/XbhwYa88mHA/s400/jennifer-garner-after-and-before.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m63Ov4so0DE/UNuNqQo_rLI/AAAAAAAAAjY/Br3YtgjX7Wk/s400/Jennifer-Garner-Plastic-Surgery-before-after.jpg
I can’t believe you thought my link was anything but the deepest Internet truth.
ETA: need sweater ID from first pic.
I was thinking about the hair style, I think it suits you.
Anyway, at least Mrs aflac isn’t selling snake oil lip serum, KWIM?
Wow… That first pic is amazing! Full on Glamor Shots circa 1987. Good find!
I don’t think she had them done. She has the kind of upper lip that either flattens wide or pops underneath by her gums when she smiles. When I was a kid, mine always popped under, but in high school I trained my smile to always make my upper lip flatten wide.
Mimif: Ha ha ha ha!!!
Thanks for clearing the mystery mimif. I always did think it was her top lip that looked fake, and now we know.
This is Jennifer Garner 1997 in Washington Square with her trademark full lips: http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/w/washington-square-1997–00.jpg Ok, so you probably say she had fake lips even back then, right?
This is from the same movie, when she smiles: http://ilarge.listal.com/image/3505252/968full-washington-square-screenshot.jpg
So… hard to say. It could be like Tiffany wrote, that her lip just pops underneath when she smiles really wide. And maybe she filled them up a little over the years, as lips tend to get a tad smaller with age.
(Her mother’s lips on the other hand look super fake lol)
Her non-matt damon lookin’ kid.
*hides behind the WKC judging table*
Pretty sure Lips just sent her dachshunds in to ferret you out!
Wow I thought her lips were natural, but old pics don’t lie.
Taterho is pretty easy to find, the windchimes always give her away.
And the Eau de Pomme de Terre.
“Eau de Pomme de Terre”
*tears* LOOOL
It’s a very earthy scent with a touch of sour cream
@kiddo Those dang windchimes are forever giving me away. I need to quit being so deep.
…what Mimi said…and Motherhood, That is what she’s permanently on the shill for
You forgot SMALL TOWN VALUES.
Yes, she has a film called Danny Collins coming out
Thank you.
she is promoting the platypus
I’m sorry. It makes me puke when people espouse their “Southern” values and place themselves on a pedestal due to their geographical location. There’s good people and “bad” people everywhere!
I’m from the Canadian prairies where there’s “nice” people, too, but you won’t hear me lamenting, “Ohhh, I’mmm from the Canadian Prairiessss” as I lift my wine glass up, pat my hair and bat my eyelashes.
She just bugs me, like she’s trying so hard to be this wholesome, sweet motherly woman and like, argh.
Most people tend to idealize where they grew up at. I have lived a lot of other places and areas other than where I grew up and enjoyed it, but home is home and it will always be my favorite. I don’t think she was putting herself up on a pedestal at all. Lord forbid she happens to love where she came from!
I’m not saying she can’t love where she lives. I’m saying, there’s a bit of elitism associated with this particular notion of “Southern” belle and values.
My opinion. It is, after all, a site called celeb-bitchy. 🙂
Dana, She was talking to Southern Living magazine, after all, which is why I’m guessing she dialed up the “southern” aspect of her upbringing.
I think she seems genuine, loves her family and wants to give her kids the same happiness she had.
Agree. And the whole blue gingham shirt and jeans on the cover of Southern Living…it’s a bit much. I didn’t realize she was from West Virginia, though. I’ve never noticed much of an accent.
We don’t all have accents. Plus, she’s an actress, and if she did have any type of twang, she probably dropped it when she started her career.
+1, Rachel. I’m from WV and people are shocked because I sound “normal”!
@Rachel and @Kate apologies if that came across as insulting. I didn’t mean to be offensive…just really was kind of shocked she is from West Virginia. My favorite part about driving from FL to Pennsylvania is driving through WV. The curvy roads and mountains, it’s gorgeous.
@Dana, who wrote: “I’m from the Canadian prairies where there’s “nice” people, too, but you won’t hear me lamenting, “Ohhh, I’mmm from the Canadian Prairiessss” as I lift my wine glass up, pat my hair and bat my eyelashes.”
No offense intended, but I think being raised Southern ‘is’ different. My family (on both sides) are from Birmingham, Alabama. It’s about going to church on Sundays, carrying a linen hankerchief in your purse, getting the stink eye from older relatives for not portraying ‘proper’ manners (yes ma’am, yes sir, thank you, please, and saying ‘Hey!’–hello, to everyone else–when you greet people, even those you don’t know). It’s about being called ‘Miss Emma’ by every age group. It’s about bringing a homemade dish when you visit or attend family gatherings. It’s about setting boundaries for your kids at an early age. It’s about passing all these things down to the next generation(s) and ‘owning’ it. I’m very proud to be from the South. I may not be a Georgia Peach, but I ‘am’ a Southern Belle.
It could very well be the same on the Canadian Prairie, too. In any case, I think you’re nice and I like you. 🙂
I get it @emma. There’s lots of traditions that make it a special place for you. Your experiences have been positive, and even helped shape the person you are. That’s awesome! I think what people sometimes think is annoying is that “the south” is often cited as kind of the Holy Grail in matters concerning morality and manners, and, given it’s history, it can seem hypocritical.
It’s also about smiling and pretending everything is fine NO MATTER WHAT. It took me 7 years of living down here to really GET that. One of my friends who was born and raised here says that “Southern hospitality” is a myth, but I wouldn’t go that far. When I say “Hey, pop by my house anytime!” I really, truly mean it. That seems to blow minds down this way. I learned the hard way that it’s not uncommon or even considered rude to talk out of both sides of your mouth, as the saying goes, it’s just the way things are done.
I also get frustrated at times because people here seem to confuse confrontation with lack of grace, which is just not true and the moment someone from the north speaks up and gives an opinion or calls anyone out for anything at all, they’re automatically labeled “an arrogant yank” and mistrusted.
It’s an intricate dance to fit in.
On the other hand, I really like being able to make eye contact and connect with people, even in line at a store, or walking down the street.
Oh almost everyone does it. Those from NYC think they are edgy and intellectual; from LA they think are cool and laid back; from Miami think they are hip and…oh whatever. You get my point. Let us southerners have our charm and friendliness…….what gets annoying is when anyone takes any of this too seriously or demonizes one another. I myself have had my fill of trash talking southerners on general principle, particularly white southern men. Live and let live people, quite stereotyping, and if you must judge–judge individuals for their own specific behaviors and choices. Don’t generalize, don’t lump, and don’t stereotype all together.
@Dirty Martini hi um I love you. Superb comment.
Exactly. Because, ultimately, we can’t be more than one place at once. The mentality of “the other” usually doesn’t end well. To quote Liz Lemon “no part of America is more American than any other part”.. .or something to that effect.
Ya I recently watched a rerun of Alias (random, I know) and I was all, “dang, this chick has some nice pouty lips,” so I tend to believe her. I would give more of a side-eye if she was saying she NEVER had botox. But who knows, that could all be a big, make-up induced allusion that my eyes don’t understand.
Yeah I remember her from Alias and Felicity before that, she’s always had those lips.
Also, is West Virginia really considered “Southern”? I always thought of it more as Midwest.
@Lucy2, who wrote: “Also, is West Virginia really considered “Southern”? I always thought of it more as Midwest.”
Here is a map showing the Midwest states, which does not include West Virginia:
http://freeworldmaps.net/united-states/midwest/images/midwest-map.jpg
I don’t know where WV technically falls, regionally speaking, but it’s most definitely not the midwest. Seems like it’s sort of bordering NE and S.
West Virginia susseded from the Confederacy, perhaps this affects their identity as a southern state. Culturally, I think it is considered “Southern”
I think you are right, lirko, it’s more history and culture. I always associated West Virginia with driving to Ohio to visit family, and when someone says “Southern” I picture Deep South.
Right. She’s always had these lips ad they don’t appear fake or oddly proportioned to her face. No one is asking this.
West Virginia is Mid-Atlantic. Jennifer is from the southern end of Charleston, the capital. I live 25 miles from the PA border, the eastern panhandle has a daily commuter train to DC as many residents work in DC. Definitely not Midwest.
I wouldn’t call her values as Southern per say. It is more the values of WV.
She’s had them done since then but they’re not her natural lips. Younger photos of her show she had a very very thin top lip, she’s just been maintaining them with fillers or an implant for so long people now think it’s real.
I agree. It not only seems she’s had lip injections or an implant, but gum surgery as well. She and Ben both had a long gumline that showed alot when they smiled. Neither have gums showing when they smile now. I’m curious how that is done. Are portions fo the gum surgically cut off and if so, how does that not expose tooth roots and cause pain?
Somebody further down answered my question. No they dont’ cut part of the gum out – they pull the upper lip down to cover the top part of the gum. That’s much better than hacking off parts of the gum.
Right. Because lips don’t expand as a woman grows.
This is silly. I know she had a bee stine treatment once. And she used the lip irritant lip gloss to puff them up for a bit when it was trendy.
Her lips now are natural.
My aunt ran into her on the beach with her kids in Santa Cruz. They chatted for a good hour – Jennifer was very sweet and down to earth. Beautiful in person too. Ben starred in Glory Daze which was written about her daughter (my cousin) by her then ex-boyfriend Rich Wilkes.
BTW, her lips are not 100% natural. Here is a high school photo. Her upper lip is quite thin in it. I think she looks fabulous with fuller lips, but don’t lie about it.
http://cdn.viralscape.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Jennifer-Garner.jpg
wow – interesting!! Very thin upper lip…and what’s going on with her huge gumline? Thanks for posting.
I never get why people lie about things like this when old photos will so easily show they are lying!
Maybe she talks herself into believing it. LOL
Maybe she is annoyed with all the not-so-nice gossip about it. Now I could understand that. “Admit it but don’t talk about it” is very difficult to pull off.
Actually, if you look at pictures of her when she’s full on laughing or smiling, her top lip thins and flattens out showing a rather gummy smile. In the comparison pic her smile is a bit more restrained so her top lip doesn’t thin out as much. That’s the thing with some of these photos that people point to as ‘proof’ you have to consider, lighting, angles and expression. Plus, her lips just does not have that swollen anus look that most fake lips do.
tl;dr
I believe her.
Plus she’s an actress who makes her living (partly) off how she looks, so I think she’s trained herself to smile so her top lip doesn’t flatten anymore. Don’t kid yourself — most actors put a lot of time and energy into perfecting their facial poses so their lips look fuller, the wrinkles around their eyes are less pronounced, etc.
Thank you for the photo, I knew it! It has been so long since she plumped them people figure they’re real, they look really fake sometimes.
I believe her lips are real, the have looked the same since she steps on the seen. It is possible for a white lady to have naturally fuller lips, I think Shiloh also helped kill any doubt whether Angelina’s were real.
I don’t know why but gawd, she gets on my last nerve. I love her in movies, she’s just cute and likeable but her interviews … yikes. It’s the worst when people compliment themselves through others: “It was a shock when I got to college to hear people say I was pretty.”
Oh come on.
I’m with you. I adored her on “Alias.” Adored. I even loved her when she played Hannah on “Felicity.” But her “I’m just a small town, Southern girl with small town, Southern values” schtick seems fake and disingenuous. Between the way she “traded up” romantic partners and got knocked up before there was a ring on her finger, she’s just as Hollywood as every one else. I’d like her more if she owned that instead of acting like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth.
I was a little struck by that line too.
I lived in a small town in upstate NY for years and people looked out for each other there too. I think it’s in the big cities where everyone is hardened and self focused that it’s rarer ( but not impossible) to see empathy. Not really a north/south thing.
What exactly do you define as upstate New York? Westchester county? Albany?
Well I lived in Ulster County which I know isn’t really upstate if you live further north.
People in the city consider the north Bronx upstate.
I’ve always wondered where you go to find “Southern values”? I live in Florida (moved here from Boston), and most people here are extremely rude and standoffish. There really isn’t a strong sense of community or support and crazy stuff happens all the time. I guess Florida doesn’t really count as “the south”, though? TBH, people were nicer in Boston (which is saying something).
As for J Garner… She had big lips in Alias, I think, too — which was a while ago. If they’re fake, she’s been doing it for ages.
Florida and Ohio seem to garner the most WTF? news items. No offense to either, just the strangest news.
Ohio too? Really?
I follow “Florida man” social media accounts to laugh at the ridiculous news that this state generates, and it does seem weirder than most states. But plenty of people have also investigated the “WTF?” Florida news stereotype, and figured out some of the reasons that we seem so strange. Most of the state is still semi-rural, so there are a ton of tiny towns that don’t have very much in the way of “news” and publish ridiculous arrest reports every day. Another reason is the retirement community… older people tend to be more voracious about knowing every detail of everything that happens in their town, and news stations definitely cater to it. Our wildlife also seems strange to other climates, but for us an alligator is way more “normal” than a deer, so stories that involve our wildlife might seem more bizarre than they really are.
Of course, there’s also the drug problem that happens when you put people in a remote swampland and don’t fund the schools. Meth can lead to some pretty crazy things… but if we tallied all the stuff that happens because of drug users in, say, New York City or New Orleans? I don’t think Floridians can beat the weirdness in big cities.
Can’t believe I just “defended” this horrible state, though. Look like it’s time to amp up the moving plans.
Yeah @brittney, there’s also the fact that we’re the third most populous state, right? So, in theory just more people to make crazy headlines. Agree about the rural areas, drug problems and lack of education all playing a role, too.
Didn’t the dude who ate the other dude’s face–didn’t that happen in Florida?
But what about Disney World?
Disney World is fun.
And stuff.
Guy on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba hacked off a man’s head and ate part of him.
Ohio… We have Cedar Point… I got nothin’ else.
Lol… And I’ve lived in both states. Born and raised in Ohio and then moved to Miami, FL when I got married.
Don’t forget the whale who ate the trainer at Florida Sea World! That’s pretty WTF……
@Brittney B
Oh yeah. I live in a small, quiet town (village, it’s literally a village)……we have like 50% people who are old enough to have retired. Lots of old people. And wouldn’t you know it, the police regularly kick in doors (especially of one of my neighbors who *cough* would regularly have his basement lights on ALL NIGHT) for two things: meth and/or weed. We have SUCH a drug problem it’s ridic.
Trust me, Florida counts as “the South” if you’re in the right (or in my case, wrong) part of it… the closer you get to the beach (unless you’re near the Panhandle), the fewer Florida natives you’ll actually find. I grew up in central Florida, in a county that’s full of ranches and orange groves and swamps, and I’ve found the exact same dialects and mentalities in the middle of Alabama and Mississippi. I’ve spent time in the town that inspired Their Eyes Were Watching God, too, and it’s still a bit of an anachronism.
I’m a life long Floridian,and yeah, I really don’t think, culturally speaking there’s too many parts of Florida that qualify as “southern”…parts of the panhandle, perhaps. But I have distaste for idealizing southern culture, as well. I mean, there’s a lot of very ugly stuff that went on there (I’m speaking of slavery and Jim Crow laws, etc). And yes @Kiddo, Florida or Floriduh as some would prefer often spawns the most cringe worthy headlines, I’ve certainly noticed that, too.
I live in Florida, and most Southern states do not consider Florida the South. When I lived in Atlanta and people asked me where I was from and I said the South, too, Florida, they laughed and said that was not the South.
it depends on where you’re at. If you’re in the backwoods, then yeah, they’re not very accepting of people from the North. I’m from Missouri, so I’m always told, oh you’re okay. but I lived for a hot minute in a country town and yeah, I was deemed a Yankee and felt the people were not that accepting. In my opinion, the southern friendliness is more fake. They seem nicer and friendlier when you meet them. but as far as getting to know people, it’s harder to be accepted if you’re not from here. Florida is the South, it’s really bad in the Panhandle. Destin is better, it’s more a rich tourist area. So the people visiting are typically richer, more cultured. Panama City Beach and Panama City are the Redneck Riveria, you might as well be in Georgia or Alabama. sorry to anyone who lives in GA or AL, jmo. I live in Jacksonville, now. I like it a lot, there’s a lot to do. There’s still the racism but it’s not as bad. I think if you go more Southern Florida, you would prob find it better. but that’s just a guess on my part, I haven’t been down South. But yeah, I was really surprised by Florida, I thought it was going to be like California, just a different coast. not true! but my family lives here now and I love the winters.
Do you mind if I ask you what part of Florida you live in?
North Florida is more Southern because it’s close to Georgia. I did live in Jacksonville when going to college.
@snowflake I’m sorry that happened to you (both). I’m sure it’s been an enlightening experience, though not in a good way. I hope Jacksonville works out for you two. I’m in Gainesville and we really love it. It’s always kinda fun to live in a college town, I think.
I’m sure I’ve seen some pictures of her before her big success in Alias and I remember the upper lip was significantly smaller than what it looks now.
edit: found it!
https://gossipinpillole.wordpress.com/bisturiprimadopo/jennifer-garner-lips/
yep. there are a few others out there just like this.
not sure what these celebs get from lying to the public in these internet/google image search days.
Maybe it’s when she smiled big her lip pulled under.
Here’s a yearbook photo of her side by side to her now, and she looks the same. Although, I do think she still has enhanced it somewhat these last few years.
http://www.snakkle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jennifer-garner-nerds-young-photo-split.jpg
That clinches it for me!
I’ve been to the south. I wish people who idolized “Souther values” would acknowledge that they don’t extend so much to people who aren’t white.
Exactly.
There’s plenty of racism up north too !!!!
True, the South doesn’t have a monopoly on racism… but Southern states were the last to repeal slavery, the last to accept integration, the last to get on board with civil rights (hell, some still haven’t). This isn’t purely a backwoods stereotype; it’s rooted in a few major historical facts.
It’s still important to recognize that racism is endemic EVERYWHERE, though. I definitely can’t abide the privileged white people who demean other states and applaud northern cities’ diversity when their own implicit biases are still very damaging.
that’s what my husband tells me. I don’t know, I’m white. But I do know that I am treated differently when I am with him. I used to go to a sports bar when I was single, actually that’s where I met him. We went up there to eat together after we started dating and I got kind of a weird vibe. a lot of people that work at the winn-dixie go there. after, I saw someone in the store and they kinda gave me a dirty look..sometimes when we go out, people look. depends on which part of town we’re in. not as much in the beach area. we were in panera bread one day and this guy was staring at us. I said to my husband, why is that guy looking at us? The sad part is, they mostly seem to direct it towards him. messed up. and we’ve gotten some looks from older black people too. I didn’t realize what white privilege was until I started seeing him. I’ve never really dated a black guy before. It’s so hard to see how people look at my husband, because he is a sensitive guy and I know it tears him up. He’s also a mix of 4 different races, so he grew up with people asking him what he is. and not being accepted by black people or white people, because he wasn’t black enough or white enough. I tell him he’s special, beautiful and exotic. but it breaks my heart he had to go through that. but imo, the racism is more blatant in the South, although my husband tells me it’s bad in Rhode Island, I’ve never been on the east coast that way.
Racism is definitely a lot more subtle up north. I’m in Michigan. One small example is that whenever we (me and my siblings) would have (white) friends come over, it was all cool. They were always at our house. But there was never an invitation to come over to their houses. Ever. Not invited to birthday parties, etc.
That’s what I was thinking when I read that she “wouldn’t trade” her West Virginia upbringing for anything. I’m sure there are plenty of kids who grew up at exactly the same time who didn’t benefit from the local values at all.
This is very true. We lived briefly in Pittsburgh (when husband was doing postdoc) in a working class neighbourhood and I was shocked (SHOCKED!) by the racism and homophobia. Of course not everyone was like that, but most of the neighbors on our street were. I just had never heard anyone speak that way before, it really opened my eyes to just how alive and well racism and bigotry are.
Except that many southern blacks are proud of their own “southern values”. They are socially conservative, religious/church going, use “southern” mannerisms and ways of communicating, enjoy and cook popular southern foods, etc. I notice so many self-righteous people who are not from here think that to be “southern” or rather to be proud of such is reserved for racist white people. I would actually venture to say that the better parts of “southern” culture came from the southern black community, which my family going back for generations is a part of.
Are her lips a thing? I don’t recall much discussion about them, unlike, say, Angelina’s lips.
I believe those are her real lips, more so because I just don’t think she’s the type who would get injections. She’s always come across as very down to earth, and I love that she admits to being stuck with post pregnancy tummy flab, she could easily have a tuck and get rid of it but she hasn’t. I really don’t think she puts much emphasis on those things and I think it sets a great example for her girls. She’s a natural beauty and her personality makes it even better!
I also have big lips and get asked if I’ve had injections, as a teen I was so self conscious about them but now I love them!
Have a look at the link in comment #9, sorry I don’t know how to provide the link.
I love her. Alias was my show back in the day and that was all because of her. Have never understood her relationship with Affleck. Have always thought she deserved better, but oh well…she loves him. Shout out to the South. It has its drawbacks, but for the most part you can ignore the idiocy and enjoy the people and the weather.
Eeeek, the weather’s almost WORSE than the idiocy for me. I still can’t understand why anyone settled here before air conditioning.
I just see nothing special about Ben Affleck AT ALL. I mean he’s a good director, and an okay actor, but something about him just comes off to me. I don’t know what it is. I don’t really find him attractive. I mean, I’m not kicking him out of bed, but I don’t see what’s to go so gaga about him, like she did.
Its not just the south–we have the neighborly thing in San Francisco too. My husband came home recently after an illness and seemingly the entire block noticed and came out to the street to wish him well.
Her lips have the unnatural shape that suggests not just lip injections but a lip implant. It’s definitive she had something done based on the high school pics.
Yeah, it looks like a lip implant. My friend had one. Although, usually with a lip implant, they get that almost milk mustache looking line above, like Meg Ryan did. My friend even had that same thin whitish appearance above. Jen doesn’t have that, though. So who knows.
Her lips? I’ve only seen comments wondering if her marriage was real..never any lip chatter..
Her top lip has filler, it’s quite obvious from the before and after photos. Not much but enough to make her lip much softer against her top teeth. She looks great but it’s a disservice to women to claim she had nothing done. Who cares, especially in that profession? They all fight to keep on the game.
Yep, that is what I thought, too.
Maybe she is annoyed by all that not-so-nice gossip about her lips
her older daughter looks exactly like her (especially in the 2004 photo)!
She’s given interviews before where she says they take the children down to her hometown all the time and just hang out and loves to see old friends. I was even shocked to find out that Ben still has his coastal home in a small town secluded outside of Savannah Georgia, and that they still go there. He mentioned how they go down there as a family still and love it. I read last year they were down there looking at homes in Savannah also. I think he loves it down there.
I remember after he stopped the marriage from J-LO and she went to his Georgia home with him how out of place she looked, all dressed down, hanging out in a small town with him.
Pretty sure she at least had that procedure that pulls the upper lip down, to cover a gummy smile. She had a very gummy smile and practically invisible upper lip as a teen. Technically that would make her lips “real”, but it’s still something.
I totally agree! She’s playing with semantics by calling them real when it still appears she has had something done.
She has had the procedure to fix the gummy smile, but lips get thinner with age. Hers are bigger now. Lip Augmentation has been around for decades people. She would do better just ignoring the speculation.
We moved from Minnesota to NC too, still LOVE Minnesotans and NC is a gorgeous state with friendly people but yes, typical southern sentiments, manners, morals, attitudes in small towns, rural areas. Cities are much better, cosmopolitan, home to few of the most popular colleges, hospitals, state of the art facilities, technology, intellectuals. No, nobody is paying me. Haha.
Jen Garner is great girl, great mom, good southern upbringing shows. Ben better recognize. Whole family looks good, her oldest and son looks like her too.
More importantly, I think it’s time for Jennifer to ditch the bangs. I think she is prettier without the bangs.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_pcPYDgDzyA/T0Q4W-94r9I/AAAAAAAAACg/ic2u_xlLASU/s320/jennifer%2Bgarner.jpg
This woman is about as intriguing as a wet cardboard box. I guess she needs to deflect from her troubled marriage (at least it was in the past) by talking about her lips! And those lips are fake indeed. I think the picture with her mother proves that as her mom has a large fake looking upper lip!
She’s a terrible actress too.
Totally agree. And, yes, she’s boring, too.
Exactly. Jennifer is beige.
Her lip, however, isn’t. But it’s fake. 😉
I truly don’t see how West Virginia is considered “southern”, by any stretch of the imagination. I grew up in Alabama and would visit my grandparents in West Virginia during the summers. If your house remains at a comfortable temperature without air conditioning, then you’re no longer in the South.
Mason Dixon line is at Maryland.
West Virginia was a part of Virginia until they broke away in 1861 because of the Civil War. It was considered a border state/territory, and they were not a part of the Confederacy. They officially became a part of the Union in 1863. So, it can be considered a part of many regions depending upon what and how you feel.
I researched the location and it is probably cooler in the summer because the entire state is in the mountains.
But being southern does not guarantee manners, kindness or anything else. Believe it or not, I got the same things growing up in, of all places, Los Angeles, CA. It is not all movie stars and money.
Oh yes, I definitely agree that being southern doesn’t automatically equal any of those stereotypical “charms” – I think that is just all about how you’re raised, no matter where that may be!
It just struck me as odd to hear/see West Virginia as being in the south, since for me it was always “way up north”! 🙂
I think her lips look good, but as many have commented, they definitely aren’t “real.” As an aside, I love her street style! She always manages to look nice and relaxed at the same time.
I do think Jennifer Garner is a very attractive woman, but I also think she is doing something to her face. She has to be getting some kind of injections because her eyes look off… She can barely open one of them. I didn’t realize she was southern either. I thought she was from the midwest. She is so Junior League which is kind of refreshing for Hollywood. She is clean cut and preppy, but she also seems genuinely down to earth and caring- the opposite of Reese Witherspoon. If anyone needs a lifestyle site it is Jennifer Garner. Mothers would love it.
Poor ol’ celebs still haven’t figured out what the rest of us clearly know: these procedures look basically the same from person to person, with the only difference being the extent to which people are willing to convert themselves into Wildensteins. It’s not hard for us to tell. Please stop insulting our intelligence.
Her upper lip spontaneously grew in a decade? Nice try, Jen. I’ll bet her teeth fixed themselves, too?
To tell you the truth I don’t see a difference in the lips but the teeth….seriously, the teeth. What did she do – it’s not like they were crooked or stained and got sorted out, it’s like she had some procedure done to make her smile seem less gummy. That seems worse than getting periodic botox injections IMO. Structurally there was nothing wrong with her mouth and she felt compelled to muck around with it. So much for old fashioned southern sensibilities…
Neighbors being friendly and looking out for you isn’t just a southern thing. I’ve been to the south and there wasn’t a whole lot of this southern hospitality you speak of.
She’s never had any work done on her lips, it’s all her own. She looks exactly the same as she did when i first saw her on the show “Felicity”, and that was like 1998…almost 20 years ago, she had the same fresh faced look, really full plump lips, if anything, they were fuller then and now with age are not as plumpy lol…anyway, that’s my proof can’t judge her on that…
Although, how she broke Scott Foley’s heart to hook up with Michael Vartan and then dumped Michael Vartan to be with Ben…that’s somethin else…
how can you dump Scott Foley???? I always wished he were my R.A.
Vartan and Foley didn’t see it that way.
” But Vartan says his romance with Garner ended without drama and quickly morphed into a brother/sister-like bond. He describes their split as “benign,” adding, “We’re much better off as friends.”
“They remain so close that Garner was the one who pulled Vartan aside to clue him in on her engagement before the rest of the world got wind. “On the surface, it could have been a recipe for disaster,” he concedes of his and Garner’s post-romance on-set relationship. “But Jennifer and I were best friends first, during (the romance) and after.” And though he has yet to meet Affleck, Vartan says, he has “heard nothing but wonderful things about him. Their love is very genuine. I’m hoping Ben will put me in one of his next movies.”
Scott Foley:
“Nobody else was involved,” Foley, 31, tells TV Guide. “Jennifer became a huge celebrity. She became a huge star, and she deserved everything she got. There was no other relationship, there was no infidelity, nothing. People get divorced, you know? Through no one’s fault and everyone’s fault.”
I always read it was Jen’s huge stardom at the time when Scott’s career was floundering and the hit it took to his ego and pressure on the marriage.
that doesn’t convince me much about what they say in interviews because they have to say only nice things about each other…in hindsight things never look as bad as when you’re going through it…plus, like i said, these people want to look good to the public so they won’t throw each other under the bus most of the time…
at the time it was happening, it was widely viewed and believed that she broke foley’s heart…
that doesn’t convince me much about what they say in interviews because they have to say only nice things about each other…in hindsight things never look as bad as when you’re going through it…plus, like i said, these people want to look good to the public so they won’t throw each other under the bus most of the time…
at the time it was happening, it was widely viewed and believed that she broke foley’s heart…
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I think it’s a bit arrogant to think that all the specifics she listed, which seem to me to basically be good manners, are attributed solely or even “more so” in the South. I’m mid-western and everything she cited is normal upbringing in Michigan. I know she loves her home and I can respect anybody’s fondness for their home state and their upbringing, but it kind sounds like she thinks southerners are the only ones who attend church, teach their kids manners and to respect adults. I think she is confused between good parenting/good upbringing and logistics.
+100000000
I grew up in the same city she did….is it friendly? Yes. Does it have its charms? Yes. So do lots of smaller cities and towns all over the country. Is it “southern?” Not really. This whole Southern Culture Thing is contrived and ridiculous. I suspect the name of the magazine is what has precipitated all this hype.
I’m sure you’re right. Personally I think it’s an interesting topic to discuss just in general.
Despite some photographic evidence from our CB detectives, I just can’t be sure.This post is like the Zapruder debate-we are all seeing something different. If there is a (Lip) shooter on a grassy knoll on Rodeo Drive, he/she is pretty good. Also, I like JG. There is something very Steel Fist in Velvet Glove about her. She’s held Affleck in fairly well.
Nah. There’s a couple pics floating around the Internet that show her original top lip, and it’s much thinner. And her mother has clearly had something done to hers, there’s no way that top lip is natural.
That was my thought, too. That Jen’s mother perhaps had had some lip injections in order to make it look more matchy with her daughter. … What would a mother not do for her daughter?
I generally like her a lot but she was not born with that upper lip. Cut the crap, Jen. 🙂
I think Jennifer’s “Rah Rah the South” talk is in relation to the life she now leads in LA. I don’t think she’s trying to say the South is superior to the North or anything like that. She just wants her kids to have a more humble, down to earth, environment than what they have in LA as the children of stars. If she grew up in the suburbs outside of Chicago she might be talking about “Chicago values” Just my impression.
That’s what I got from it. Even Sandra Bullock talked about living in LA as a celebrity was really bad for her in many ways, and at the time, why she moved back to Texas and getting back to normalcy and less narcissistic.
She’s definitely had something done. Look at the old before pic and see how gummy she was. I think she has a lip implant. It’s very small though so it doesn’t jump out in an obvious way but.
http://news.makemeheal.com/images/jennifer-garner-lip-augmentation.jpg
What’s obvious to me – as I said up the thread – is the teeth. Why did she feel compelled to screw around with her teeth – they were perfectly straight and white. Tells you something about how deep her down to earth southern roots really are when she has procedures like that. I guess that’s what Hollywood does to (some) people. Meryl, knock some sense into these people!!
Jennifer Garner is just so beige to me.
yeah, I never thought Alias was all that even though it’s the best Bcoop has ever looked, but I believe her lips are natural. They were that fat even before the trend for collagen injections began.
and her small-town girl act is definitely part of the persona but I once read an anecdote from someone whose college professor once hired a high school-age Garner as a babysitter, and apparently she was awesome at it – read the kids stories, played with them etc.
http://news.makemeheal.com/images/jennifer-garner-lip-augmentation.jpg
Her top lip has definitely been enhanced.
Come on, ladies! Her lips aren’t even all that big, and besides she looks the same as she 15 years ago. Just look at her older movies.
Now the youngest Kardashian. Yes! Fake and a fake butt, like most in her family.
Jennifer Garner’s lips have never looked fake. They look real.
There is no duck pout, no extra swollen part on the side.
Face it, some people have naturally full lips.
Hmmm… Whatever, Jen. Yo mama’s lips look surgerized too…
http://plasticsurgeryes.com/jennifer-garner-plastic-surgery-before-and-after-photos-2014/
had so many plans for those lips back in sweaty high school Alias days.