Jennifer Garner ‘Basically Had a Wedding’ This Year, Too

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, and we're happy for them and everything, but did you know his ex Jennifer Garner also had a wedding this year? Yeah, take that!

She's thriving! She's bridal!Okay, so it wasn't a get-married wedding. It was more of a big reception to celebrate the ceremony of her birthday.

But screw it, that counts. talked about for a new profile in , telling the magazine, “I basically had a wedding for myself…I was so shocked that I was doing it.” Her 50th fell over Easter weekend in April, and the party was filled with friends and family.

A lot of them. So many that she added a charitable element to the get-together, and all told they filled 5,000 backpacks with food for Blessings in a Backpack, an anti-hunger nonprofit. “I put everyone to work,” said Garner, adding that it wasn't all work; they also danced to “Rocky Top” by the Osborne Brothers.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.In the same interview, Garner addressed her nice-girl image, a rare reputation in an industry full of, let's say, big personalities. “I have no reason not to be nice.