Ben Affleck reveals how he makes shared custody with ex-wife Jennifer Garner work as he opens up on their 'wonderful' co-parenting relationship

Ben Affleck has opened up about his 'wonderful' co-parenting relationship with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner as he spoke about sharing custody of their three children.

The couple divorced in 2018 after 13 years of marriage, and the Gone Girl star shared how they navigate raising their children Violet, 20, Fin, 17, and Samuel, 14.

In rare comments about his relationship with Jennifer, Ben said there is 'nothing salacious' about his personal life as they have remained on good terms.

Ben went on to marry his ex Jennifer Lopez in 2022 after the pair stunned fans by rekindling their Noughties romance, but she filed for divorce just two years later.

The Oscar winner said: 'I work hard, and then I go home and pick up the kids from school.

'We have dinner if they agree to hang out with me. They're with me for a week, then with their mom for a week.' 

Speaking to Variety, Ben described his co-parenting relationship with Jennifer as 'really wonderful,' and credited his children for being the reason he's continued working in Hollywood. 

'I'm divorced, I have shared custody, and I don't want to miss these years. My kids are here, and their life is flying by. I don't want to have to be in Shreveport or New Mexico in order to work.'

While having a past conversation with Entertainment Tonight, the Gone Girl actor also offered insight into his relationship with his children post-divorce.

'For the record, Jennifer Lopez is spectacular. Great to my kids, great ongoing relationship with them.'

He continued: 'I love her kids. They're wonderful. She's [an] enormously important, tremendous person of a lot of integrity who I adore and am grateful to.'

The On The Floor songstress is mom to 18-year-old twins, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony. 

Affleck recently admitted that his children don't want relationship advice from him following his failed marriages to Lopez and Garner. 

The star made the comments while stopping by an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

'I'll say, "You know, well the thing about that relationship there…" and the 17-year-old turns to me and goes, "Oh, like you're the expert on relationships?"' he said. 

'I give advice and try to talk to them, parent them as you do. What I found is that now it's not only one teenager rolling their eyes.'

Affleck added: 'I'll kind of launch into something at the dinner table and I'll catch them giving each other looks and I realize I'm the caricature in this story.'

The actor explained that he thought of himself as being a 'cool dad.'

But with his children now growing up, they often offer their famous dad sarcastic one-liners.

Affleck and Garner had initially been slated to co-star in his new film Animals, with Kerry Washington later being cast to replace Garner. 

The former couple would have portrayed a rocky marriage on the screen.

'I talked to Jen, and she was like, "We don't wanna do that. You just get baggage,"' he said of their conversation during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.

However, Affleck shared how he does want the chance to collaborate with his ex-wife in the future. 

'I would love to work with her, frankly. She's fabulous, and we're really good friends, and I'm profoundly grateful to her, and we have a great thing.