I don’t know about you guys, but if I was Ben Affleck, I’d be kicking myself pretty hard right now.
Because as far as beautiful, amazing women who are also really, really cool goes, you can’t really beat Jennifer Garner, we think. (Your loss, Ben!)
And when you have heard her read this very funny and candid goodnight story out loud during her recent Vanity Fair cover shoot, we bet she will be your new mum crush too.
The 43-year old mom-of-three (Violet, 10, Seraphina, 7, and Sam, 4) is not only classy (did you catch her recent Vanity Fair interview?!), but she sort of – despite being a drop-dead-gorgeous celebrity – also feels like “just another mum” like you and me.
My own love-affair with Jen was cemented way back when I heard her telling Jimmy Fallon in an interview about how the Affleck/Garner’s dealt with an outbreak of head lice (and had to attend a party alongside George Clooney with a head full of lice treatment cream). Legend.
And hearing her read Adam Mansbach’s Go the F*ck to Sleep out loud did little to lessen my mum-crush on her. I mean; sometimes even celebrity mums just really, really wants their kids to go to sleep.
When the hilarious book was first released a couple of years back, it practically caused the entire Internet to erupt in a standing ovation, for sweetly telling kids of the world exactly what we’ve always wanted to tell them: JUST. F*CKING. SLEEP, ALREADY.
In the funny clip above Garner uses her trademark girl-next-door, sugary-sweet voice to convince children to go to bed. She even ad libs a poignant line, adding, “I know you’re not thirsty, that’s bullsh*t, stop lying. Lie the f*ck down, my darling, and sleep.”
Now do you see why I LOVE her?!
What do YOU think, ladies? Could you not imagine sharing some great laughs and mum-talk with Jen over a bottle (or five) of Prosecco?! #MumCrushMaterial
