Jennifer Garner just broke a celebrity taboo when she called out People magazine

When it comes to feuds, celebrities vs. tabloids is all-too-common — stars routinely talk about how they’re disgusted by tabloid rumors. Of course, it’s all a delicate balancing act, because those same famous folks will often rely on celebrity weeklies to boost their profile.
So there’s often an interesting dynamic at play, where the celebrities pretend not to acknowledge that tabloid coverage fuels their fame and, as a result, don’t make it a common practice to call out a specific publication unless it’s a truly egregious claim. Sometimes they’ll allude to a rumor that they want to smack down (Taylor Swift: “As my 25th birthday present from the media, I’d like for you to stop accusing all my friends of dating me.”), but it’s rare to see a celebrity and a tabloid go head to head.

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So it was all the more surprising on Wednesday when Jennifer Garner unleashed a critical Facebook post against People magazine, which just put Garner on its next cover, touting the 45-year-old actress’s “Life After Heartbreak” following her divorce from Ben Affleck.

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