Pale Girls Rejoice: Jennifer Garner’s Nickname Used to Be “Casper”

I’m pale as hell and I burn lobster red (even with sunscreen) when I’m out in the sun for more than an hour, so I totally feel Jennifer Garner when she admits she used to be made fun of for being so white. I mean, just last year I was walking to the subway and some teenager (ugh, youth!) called me a “white ghost bitch”, which made me laugh a LOT but also goes to show you just how pale I really am. I like to call it “Elizabethan beauty”.

Anyway, Jennifer wasn’t called “Casper” because she’s naturally see-through, but rather because she spent all her time at the movies when she was younger. Way to go, Jen – admit to former adversity while also re-asserting your passion for acting! I love it.

From People:

“When I was really young, no one thought of the sun as being a problem,” Garner says. “We would put on baby oil and lay in the sun to try to get brown.”

As it turns out, however, being a theater kid “saved” her complexion. While her friends spent afternoons tanning, “I was inside in the theater geeking out. My friends called me Casper!”

Jennifer is the new brand ambassador for Neutrogena, hence the reason she’s going on about this. I do agree that sunscreen is important and skin cancer is no joke, but it’s funny when they try to get these soundbites out of celebrities about the most mundane shit – like when Ginnifer Goodwin was rattling on about mouthwash.

Anyway, I imagine Jennifer is a bit more tan now, although maybe not if she’s been sitting on the couch and eating ice cream with Ben Affleck after his Oscar win.