Jennifer Garner: The Next Barbara Walters?
Is Jennifer Garner the next Barbara Walters?
She and former So You Think You Can Dance host Lauren Sanchez-Whitesell are pitching a TV show described as “The View for mothers,” Sanchez-Whitesell tells PEOPLE.
“It’s really [Jennifer’s] show and I’m the host,” Sanchez-Whitesell, 37, said at a luncheon for iVillage Cares and the Children’s Defense Fund in Beverly Hills.
“We’re putting together a show for moms, by moms,” said Sanchez-Whitesell, whose husband, agent Patrick Whitesell, represents Garner’s husband, Ben Affleck.
“We’re pitching it next week to a network. I call Jen the Barbara Walters of the show. She will come on periodically. We haven’t quite settled exactly [how often], but she’s the executive producer.”
Walters, of course, is both the executive producer and occasional cohost of the 10-year-old ABC daytime talk show.
What can fans expect from the show? “We’ll talk about how to get your kids to sleep, or how do you choose the right school, or how to keep your marriage together after having kids,” said Sanchez-Whitesell, who welcomed a son in June.
She added: “Jen might talk about how you keep a marriage together when you’re in the spotlight with a child. She’s photographed picking up trash in her front yard, she’s photographed doing everything.”
Garner, 35, and Affleck, 34, are the parents of 17-month-old daughter Violet.
“We don’t have a name [for the show] yet,” said Sanchez-Whitesell. “It’s still Jen Garner Untitled Project, but I think next week we’ll have more of an idea of where the show’s going.”
May 15th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
maybe they should have a few more kids and be married a bit longer before they start doling out the marriage/kid advice..it’s very annoying when “celebs” think they have a handle on raising kids and being married when they have nannies,chefs,personal shoppers, trainers and unlimited finances..
May 15th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
boring…
May 15th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
At least it will keep her from making movies…
May 15th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Jennifer Gardner does not have a nanny, cook or a personal shopper, personal fiances, yes, which is alot of dough, but……. She is always hands on with her child and seems very down to earth. She is not fake like all those other actresses. KUDOS to Jen and girl keep doing what you are doing, you are it girl
August 19th, 2007 at 11:49 am
yes she does have a nanny, and wellduh is right…she is hardly the foremost authority. wasn’t it ben who went through rehab and slept with strippers which ended his relationship to jlo…hardly material that makes a marriage last.