It’s not just late night talk show hosts taking self-isolation seriously—since almost every production in Hollywood (from TV, to films, to concerts, and plays) has shut down—all of our fave celebs are at home and finding ways to stay connected. Jennifer Garner was Jimmy Fallon's second at-home guest during
The Tonight Show and the actress-amateur Instagram baker shared that while being home given her extra time to hang out with her kids and explore the joys of cooking, she’s also had to wrangle her stubborn parents into taking the quarantine seriously.“My parents are the hard ones,” she explained via video-chat. “I'm like, ‘Dad, Mom, the world is shut down to keep you guys safe.’ And they're like, ‘We think we're going to go to Sam's Warehouse!’ I'm like, ‘Oh my gosh! Mom, you have to stay home!’"
She and Jimmy had a good laugh about it, which is important (ya gotta laugh during these trying and uncertain times), but as has already been
reported, the elderly are especially sensitive when it comes to the virus, putting them at a greater risk. So Mr. and Mrs. Garner, please listen to your daughter and stay home!“You got to get them Amazon accounts, and they'll send you stuff!” Jimmy quipped. "Everyone's been going to Amazon and now all of a sudden we have to stay in and everyone wants to go out and buy stuff."Nonetheless, Jen seemed to be enjoying her time at home with her three teen/preteen kids, whom she shares with ex
Ben Affleck. “My kids have online school,” she explained, “so they are engaged in different ways. We've been doing a family Skype with my sisters and parents at night. So I have nothing to complain about or worry about, and so it's actually been totally fine for me,” she explained, adding that she realizes the importance of what they’re doing, as their social distancing “flattens the curve” of the rate of infection. “We have a job to do. We're doing it. We're staying home.”[video_embed id='1924882']RELATED: Jimmy Fallon’s kids crawling all over him while he’s trying to work is all of us right now[/video_embed]The other job Jen is taking seriously now that she has more free time is working with the charity
Save The Children, even getting fellow moms/actresses Amy Adams and Reese Witherspoon on board too. The charity—which typically provides meals to underprivileged kids through at-school programs—is working overtime to provide the same services even when kids can't be in the classroom. The hashtag #SaveWithStories encourages people to donate to the cause by raising awareness through celebs reading children's stories. If you haven't yet been lulled to sleep by
Reese Witherspoon reading Uni the Unicorn, we highly recommend.Speaking of food, whilst at home, Jen has been busy cooking and baking and posting all about it to her
social media feeds, something the world truly needs right now. She reiterated again how much of a
Barefoot Contessa and Martha Stewart fan she is and talked about her true love of cookbooks (“It's what I read to fall asleep!”) and how she’s putting her skills to good use. “Yesterday, my kids wanted hamburger buns. And we had turkey meat. They wanted turkey burgers, so I just looked it up and made them!” Inspiring.The cute interview ended with Jen whipping out her "sexy saxophone," Sally, and playing a ramshackle version of "Happy Birthday" whilst Jimmy improvised lyrics about hand-washing.[video_embed id='-1']RELATED: Kristen Bell calls Jennifer Garner one of her ‘guiding lights’[/video_embed]
