Bennifer Revisited

[Anonymous]

From Oxford dictionary
"a man who behaves dishonorably, especially toward a woman.
'her adulterous cad of a husband'"

Seems applicable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ben Affleck was as trapped in the marriage as Jennifer Garner was. Except, Jennifer did not have the luxury to become an alchoholic because this ahole was sozzled, promiscuous and an irresponsible addict. See what happened here? Men have the luxury to check out and become alchoholics. Women still have to be the responsible adult mother.

Ben forgot that Jen hauled him to rehab after a massive intervention while he was being an addict manwhore. He is actually well suited to JLo because she will either whip him into shape or dump him.

Lol! I think you're right!

JLo won’t whip anyone into shape.

She is attracted to macho alpha males. Remember: she didn’t dump him the first time around. She tolerated his bad behavior.

She and Ben are cut from the same cloth: they prioritize their own happiness. It works for them since they prioritize their couple-hood: constantly on kid-free vacations, out enjoying themselves, etc. Neither one prioritizes their kids. Does he even work anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think he was drunk or high when he did this mot recent interview? He's usually pretty careful about his PR re: his family. This is just so uncouth, even for him.

+1. This screams relapse. It is so damn transparent that he knows that Jen G. sees the real him....the warts and all, as anyone who we coparent and marry do. He HATES that. So he resents her because of his own failings. And this is his way of lashing out. Ironically, it makes him look terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird I did not find this interview offensive and really did not read it as criticizing or blaming Jennifer Garner.

He basically said they were having problems, he was unhappy, and instead of behaving responsibly he drank. And that if he'd stayed in the relationship he would probably not have gotten sober.

That isn't a criticism of Jennifer Garner, its just probably an accurate perspective on his feelings. She could be the greatest wife ever (she kind of seems like she was!) and still be not totally right together. Love doesn't always work like that. Someone isn't 'good' or 'bad' because another person falls in or out of love with them.

I think Ben Affleck has made a lot of poor choices, but I think talking about his sobriety and the difficult path to get there isn't one of them. Maybe it will help someone else on a similar journey.

but he didn't get sober! he was continued to drink after the divorce. I kind of agree with you that he didn't mean to blame garner but his whole theory does not make sense at all. he didn't start to drink during marriage and didn't stop after it.

Jennifer Garner did an intervention after he went on a bender during his relationship with the TV producer lady. She drove him to rehab and took charge. She does not want her kid's dad to die.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6089075/Ben-Affleck-seen-driven-rehab-ex-Jennifer-Garner-staged-intervention.html



JLo is a hot mess regarding her relationships.

It is hard to look at this picture. He looks awful, so bloated, sweaty, and 15 years older than he was. Man, they should show this to kids in middle school health class.

[Anonymous]

https://www.howardstern.com/news/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-opens-up-about-nearly-losing-his-career-and-how-he-made-his-big-comeback/

He sounds high or drunk. uh oh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.howardstern.com/news/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-opens-up-about-nearly-losing-his-career-and-how-he-made-his-big-comeback/

He sounds high or drunk. uh oh.[/quote

Ugh. I agree. Way too relaxed and sloppy. And it's such bad look. Doing interviews to promote your movies is your job. Pull it together, Ben.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is the ultimate cad.

Gwenyth Paltrow must be smiling today at the foresight she had in the late 90s to steer clear of this guy as a life partner.

+1 yep

“Ben makes life tough for himself. " - Gwyneth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.howardstern.com/news/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-opens-up-about-nearly-losing-his-career-and-how-he-made-his-big-comeback/

He sounds high or drunk. uh oh.[/quote

Ugh. I agree. Way too relaxed and sloppy. And it's such bad look. Doing interviews to promote your movies is your job. Pull it together, Ben.

Wow. This is really bad. He is clearly on something....he is not able to fully pronounce his words. His PR team must be livid.

That said, what is he promoting? The Last Dual? That movie bombed already.

[Anonymous]

The Stern/Affleck interview reminds me of the interview Brad Pitt gave where he shaded his marriage to Jennifer Aniston and blamed it for his pot-smoking.

"I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself." "I think that my marriage [to actress Jennifer Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird I did not find this interview offensive and really did not read it as criticizing or blaming Jennifer Garner.

He basically said they were having problems, he was unhappy, and instead of behaving responsibly he drank. And that if he'd stayed in the relationship he would probably not have gotten sober.

That isn't a criticism of Jennifer Garner, its just probably an accurate perspective on his feelings. She could be the greatest wife ever (she kind of seems like she was!) and still be not totally right together. Love doesn't always work like that. Someone isn't 'good' or 'bad' because another person falls in or out of love with them.

I think Ben Affleck has made a lot of poor choices, but I think talking about his sobriety and the difficult path to get there isn't one of them. Maybe it will help someone else on a similar journey.

but he didn't get sober! he was continued to drink after the divorce. I kind of agree with you that he didn't mean to blame garner but his whole theory does not make sense at all. he didn't start to drink during marriage and didn't stop after it.

Jennifer Garner did an intervention after he went on a bender during his relationship with the TV producer lady. She drove him to rehab and took charge. She does not want her kid's dad to die.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6089075/Ben-Affleck-seen-driven-rehab-ex-Jennifer-Garner-staged-intervention.html



JLo is a hot mess regarding her relationships.

It is hard to look at this picture. He looks awful, so bloated, sweaty, and 15 years older than he was. Man, they should show this to kids in middle school health class.

It's the way Elvis looked his last few years.

[Anonymous]

https://pagesix.com/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-responds-to-backlash-over-jennifer-garner-comments/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.howardstern.com/news/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-opens-up-about-nearly-losing-his-career-and-how-he-made-his-big-comeback/

He sounds high or drunk. uh oh.

Definitely not sober.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this! He is done having kids and found someone his age who is hot hot hot. I always thought they were cute together.[/quote

Their kids still aren't grown and someone to parent them. Fortunately, these 2 "hot hot hot" teens have exes who are responsible parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://pagesix.com/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-responds-to-backlash-over-jennifer-garner-comments/

Jesus, has there ever been a worse, more narcissistic response?

Ben Affleck says it “hurts” his feelings that his confessional blaming his doomed marriage to Jennifer Garner for his alcoholism are being used to make him look like the “worst, most insensitive, stupid, awful guy.”

The real problem here? The real problem apparently is that when people criticize Ben's attempts to blame his marriage for his alcoholism, his "feeling are hurt."

If a high school thespian was using this as material for "Hollywood douchebag," he'd be told to dial it back as too over-the-top and unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.howardstern.com/news/2021/12/16/ben-affleck-opens-up-about-nearly-losing-his-career-and-how-he-made-his-big-comeback/

He sounds high or drunk. uh oh.[/quote

Ugh. I agree. Way too relaxed and sloppy. And it's such bad look. Doing interviews to promote your movies is your job. Pull it together, Ben.

Wow. This is really bad. He is clearly on something....he is not able to fully pronounce his words. His PR team must be livid.

That said, what is he promoting? The Last Dual? That movie bombed already.

He's promoting the Tender Bar and she's promoting her rom-com out early next year. They are in full PR mode.