Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have announced their divorce in a statement to TMZ:

“After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time.”

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Speculation over their marriage has gone on for months. It was stoked recently by the appearance of a moving van at their family home in the Brentwood neighborhood.

Garner and Affleck have three kids together: Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3.

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