Jennifer Garner Says Reese Witherspoon Was 'There' For Her During A 'Hard Moment

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00:00 Jennifer Garner can always count on Reese Witherspoon to be there for her.

00:03 This weekend, the Yes Day actress got candid about her long-time friendship with the morning

00:09 show star at Hello Sunshine's inaugural ShineAway event in Los Angeles. While chatting on stage with

00:14 Reese and Mindy Kaling, Jennifer explained how the Legally Blonde star was there for her during a

00:19 "very public, very hard moment in my life."

00:23 "I think back to being pregnant. This one was sitting next to me. I think back to going through

00:29 a very public, very hard moment in my life. She was right there, and the way I needed to get

00:34 through it was dance cardio," she said, according to People magazine, adding,

00:38 "And I dance-cardioed so hard we broke her foot. But she kept going. It was like, 'Okay,

00:45 we worked out at 7 on vacation. We're going to work out again at 2.' She was like, 'I'm going

00:50 to be there. I'm going to be there.'" The 51-year-old didn't specify what

00:55 "difficult moment" she was referring to, but later in the panel, she praised Reese again for

01:00 always supporting her as a parent. Quote, "She'll also look at you and say, 'Okay, you need to be

01:06 finding a preschool. This kid is two and a half and they need to start next month. You actually

01:11 have to get on this.'" Jennifer shares three kids with her ex-husband Ben Affleck, 17-year-old

01:17 daughter Violet, 13-year-old daughter Serafina, and 11-year-old son Samuel.

01:23 Saturday's event isn't the first time Jennifer has praised Reese. Back in April, she talked to

01:28 Access Hollywood's Scott Evans about being in awe the first time she met the Oscar winner.

01:33 "I was kind of in awe of her. She's so smart. She's such a great mom.

01:40 It all seems, she seems to be five steps ahead always. And she's younger than I am. So you just

01:48 feel like, 'How do you know all of this, you little whippersnapper?' But it was a long time

01:52 ago. I was just, I have a few things in my kitchen that I've, you know, you use like every single day.

01:58 And they are from Reese like almost 20 years ago. So wild, right? Yeah."

02:03 "So, yeah, I'm just, I'm just so proud of her. I mean, I'm just so proud of her. I mean, I'm just so proud of her."