18 Times Celebs Called Out Paparazzi For Making Them Feel Unsafe, Disrespected, Or Afraid

She continued, “We lived down a street that was chock-a-block full of actors, much more successful and famous and decorated than me, including Ben [Affleck, her then-husband], and they’d all go by one by one, no problem, and then I’d go do a school run and it’d be 15 cars going with me. I never had a day without them, and if I did, if I made it to a park by hiding in the bottom of the pool man’s truck or something, then a nanny would see me there and call a number and they’d swarm.”

She also said that it caused her family a lot of “anxiety,” and during the pandemic, wearing masks enabled her to take her kids to the beach without being recognized.

She said, “I told them, ‘We’d try to go [before], and we’d just get chased away [by the camera scrum].’ And you’re not just ruining the experience for your family. You’re ruining it for everybody. It’s like, ‘Who wants to have us around?'”