You may remember Ben Affleck’s slurred rant on Bill Simmons’ talk show last week.
But besides displaying his passion for sports-related controversies, the 43-year-old actor also spoke candidly about his famous split from Jennifer Lopez, which he blames for hurting his career.
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Speaking about the lowest point of his career, Ben said, “If you went by what people said … I wasn’t cool and I wasn’t talented, and I was, like, the lowest rung of cool and talented that you could possibly be in the public consciousness at that time.”
“I had broken up with Jennifer Lopez and I had, like, three or four movies in a row that had bombed.”
Those films included Gigli, Jersey Girl and Surviving Christmas.
As we know, Ben’s career came back in a big way and he went on to direct box office hits such as Gone Baby Gone and The Town, ultimately winning an Oscar for his work in Argo.
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But the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice actor acknowledges he didn’t achieve all that on his own.
“My wife was really instrumental and helpful in me doing a lot of that work because I was just so focused [on it] and it was harder to balance family and all that,” Ben said of Jennifer Garner.
Ben has credited Jen for her role in his comeback.
Ben and his wife of 10 years are going through a somewhat nasty divorce, with sources recently revealing the actor had called an intense meeting to discuss how their rocky relationship was being portrayed in the press.
Meanwhile, the mother-of-three seems unaffected by the reports surrounding her split.
She looked in high spirits as she was spotted chatting to friends outside an LA church on Sunday.
While Ben appears to be struggling with the split, Jen has never looked better!
