Ben Affleck’s comments about how much he drank when he was married to Jennifer Garner have raised a few eyebrows.
It’s part of why I started drinking … because I was trapped,
the Oscar winner said in an interview with Howard Stern on Tuesday.
“Daredevil,” which came out in 2003, starred Affleck and Garner. Affleck has been open about his alcoholism. They got married in 2005, and in 2018, they got divorced. Together, they had three children. Violet is 16 years old, Seraphina is 12 years old, and Samuel is 9 years old. Reports say that he even asked her for help, and she put him in touch with someone who could help him. He said that even though he was married, his focus was still on his children.
I was like ‘I can’t leave ‘cause of my kids, but I’m not happy, what do I do?’
he said.
What I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.
Affleck, who got a Golden Globe nomination for “The Tender Bar” and reportedly got back together with Jennifer Lopez, said he and Garner were not meant to be together.
We had a marriage that didn’t work, this happens, with somebody that I love and respect, but to whom I shouldn’t be married any longer,
he said.
Ultimately, we tried. We tried, we tried because we had kids,
he added.
Both of us felt like we don’t want this to be the model that our kids see of marriage.
People certainly talked about what Affleck said on Twitter, and many of them called him out.
Ben Affleck, Jerk. Has sunk as low as you can go blaming his marriage to Jennifer Garner for His and His alone responsibility for drinking. pic.twitter.com/eQEdHmeRxX
— Kate Fine (@KateFine) December 15, 2021
Ben Affleck, Jerk. Has sunk as low as you can go blaming his marriage to Jennifer Garner for His and His alone responsibility for drinking,
one person commented.
Ben Affleck blaming Jennifer Garner proves he also has an accountability problem as well. pic.twitter.com/oVmUknOXsK
— SAM6 (@travelong6) December 15, 2021
Ben Affleck blaming Jennifer Garner proves he also has an accountability problem as well,
someone wrote.
Ben Affleck should have kept this story about Jennifer Garner to himself,
another person said.
Especially since she continued to be supportive of him after the divorce.
#BenAffleck don't blame your drinking problem on JG. Its all YOU.
— S M (@SM39696799) December 15, 2021
#BenAffleck don’t blame your drinking problem on JG. Its all YOU,
someone commented.
Sorry Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and your children were the ones that were trapped living with an alcoholic and will bear the scares of your drinking.
— SAM6 (@travelong6) December 15, 2021
Sorry Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and your children were the ones that were trapped living with an alcoholic and will bear the scares of your drinking,
one person said.
Ben Affleck made it sound on Stern that marriage to Jennifer Garner was so insufferable that it drove him to drink,
another person said.
Even if he believes that, you don’t say it for the sake of the kids or to be a person of integrity. Maybe Jennifer Lopez should re-think things.
