Jennifer Garner bursts into tears as she and her mother are surprised by the perfect recreation of her childhood kitchen
Hollywood A-lister Jennifer Garner and her mother were moved to tears when they were surprised with a near-perfect replica of the kitchen that was in the actress’ childhood home in West Virginia.
Garner, 53, and her mother, Patricia Anncouldn’t help but get emotional when they were taken into the space, which was designed by appliance company KitchenAid to perfectly mirror the kitchen in their Charleston, WV home.
The mother-daughter duo initially thought they were being brought in to take part in a holiday photo shoot, but after stepping into the kitchen set, which looked identical to the one in their Greystone Place abode, they were left stunned.
Both Garner and her mother warmed up at the sight of their vintage wooden table and green refrigerator, with both women quickly remembering the many happy memories they made in the original space.
“This is where we hung out, all our crafting was done here with someone looking in from that side,” Garner said as he looked through the cabinets. “This is the cupboard where you hid the chocolate pieces.”
The kitchen had a large wooden table, matching wooden cabinets, a yellow oven, granite countertops, drawings and a yellow KitchenAid mixer.
The “13 Going on 30” star then pointed to a nostalgic photo of her mother sitting on the kitchen counter, adding that it reminded her of the days when Patricia would get her perm done while “sitting at the table.”
“I think it’s a privilege to see where we used to be. I want this to be the study and then I want to hear Dad come home from work. That’s what I feel,” Patricia said.
The 87-year-old noticed that the patterned wallpaper in the replica kitchen first caught her attention.
Garner noted that the experience gave her a “very deep sense of homesickness and gratitude.”
“You made everything. Whatever we had, it was things we made. You made every cookie we ate, you made our homemade pizza. We sat there around the stove waiting,” Garner said.
In another clip, Garner and her mother got emotional as they recreated her childhood chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Patricia previously joined her daughter in Garner’s latest installment of her ‘Pretend Cooking Show’.
In the clip, which was shared to Instagram on October 6, the mother-daughter duo followed Patricia’s famous enchilada recipe.
Garner noted that her mother “had been making them for years.”
The clips come a year after Garner’s father and Patricia’s husband, Williamdied at the age of 85.
Although the actress has lived in Los Angeles for many years, she maintains a close connection to her West Virginia roots, revealing in an Architectural Digest shoot of her custom-built home that she has a stained glass window designed to capture the area where she grew up.
Garner’s current home, which she built from the ground up, is a far cry from her picturesque home in West Virginia. It’s a lush farm that offers her a perfect escape from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood.
Speaking to AD in September 2024, she admitted she was hesitant about allowing cameras into her personal home, but said she was so proud of the property that she couldn’t resist showing it off.
“I’m such a private person when it comes to my house and here I just showed you around the whole house, and actually that’s for a few reasons,” she said.
“I’ve never built anything from scratch, and I’m so proud of it. I’m filled with gratitude every time I walk into my house, that I get to live here, that I’m so lucky to have my children here. It’s different from me, and yet I’m so glad I shared it with you.”
