Appearing on the daytime show alongside her own mom, Pat Garner, Jennifer said: “My eldest is about to go to college.”

“I was a wreck the whole month leading up to [Violet’s graduation],” she added. “Every awards ceremony, every final everything, I just cried at everything.

“I cried on planes trying to think about it,” Jennifer went on, before admitting: “Then the day of was so happy that there was nothing to be other than just so proud and happy.”

And Pat resonated with her daughter, admitting to the hosts that she “howled” when Jennifer went away to college because she feared she would never come home again.

Jennifer is also anxious about Violet flying the nest, and while it isn’t confirmed which college Violet will be attending, she was previously spotted wearing a Yale sweatshirt.