Jennifer Garner has revealed her octogenarian mother Patricia has developed a taste for the spotlight after starring in several chaotic cooking videos.
The 53-year-old actress often features her nepo mom, 87, in her social media posts, including segments on her Pretend Cooking Show series – and Patricia is reveling in her newfound fame.
‘She’s so funny. She loves it. She loves being recognized. She loves when people say hi to her. She’s very opinionated about what we should and shouldn’t do,’ Garner told People.
Garner, who has three kids of her own, with ex-husband Ben Affleck, added: ‘She likes to tell me that her episodes perform the best and are the best ones.
‘And I’m sure she’s right because she’s been right about everything for the last 53 years of my life. Why not the next?’
Garner highlighted two episodes in particular as she shared, ‘I loved, early on we made bagels and that was funny. And then another time, I made beef bourguignon and I almost burned my kitchen down and that’s another good one.’
Jennifer Garner has revealed her octogenarian mother Patricia has developed a taste for the spotlight after starring in several chaotic cooking videos.; pictured in 2024
Garner and Patricia seen baking a chiffon pie for Pretend Cooking Show in 2023
She said: ‘I always like when my mom is with me because she’s so cute and she’s just the best and I love it. And she’s a serious scene partner.’
In January Garner treated her mom to a trip to see one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
She told her Instagram followers all about their New Year visit to Canada to see the Northern Lights AKA Aurora Borealis.
‘My mom, Pat, she’s an adventurer. This year she told me that she needed to see the Northern Lights. Needed to see them,’ she emphasized at the start of a video montage.
‘So, off we went in search of the Northern Lights to Yellowknife in the northern territories of Canada. As soon as we landed on New Year’s Day the sun set at 3:45pm,’ Garner recalled while posting various photos from the excursion.
Wrapping up the inspiring clip, she said, ‘Mom, you had a really good idea. What a great way to bring in the New Year. I’m so glad you love adventures.’
In multiple snapshots, the mother-daughter duo were bundled up in heavy winter coats with fur-trimmed hoods.
The movie star wrote in the caption, ‘If experiencing awe is good for you, 2026 started off with [heart emoji]. Thank you, Mom.’
‘She’s so funny. She loves it. She loves being recognized. She loves when people say hi to her. She’s very opinionated about what we should and shouldn’t do,’ the former Alias star; pictured in June 2024
In January Garner treated her mom to a trip to see one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the Northern Lights
L-R The actress’ dad William, Garner, and mom Patricia in 2018
In June 2024 she and her mother made an appearance on the Today show and discussed the death of her dad, William Garner.
During the morning chat with Hoda Kotb, the subject of Patricia’s husband came up, as the host noted, ‘Another thing we admire about you is your husband passed a little bit ago – and I can only imagine how hard it was to get out of bed, to just start another day – but one day you just decided, “Today’s the day.”‘
Patricia replied: ‘Well I pretty much decided anyway, before, that I would be all right. I was so worried about being a widow and then one day I had an epiphany, “You will be alright.”‘
Turning to her mom, Garner gushed: ‘He loved how much people love you, so he would be right there smiling,’ as co-host Savannah Guthrie confirmed the couple were married for 59 years.
She later added, ‘I mean, I have a pretty special mom. My mom is not judgmental of people or of things or if things are happening to you. She is just kind of gifted at giving to people and seeing what people need and just quietly taking care of them.’
