Whenever someone high profile leaves a job and needs to make an announcement about it, the usual explanation involves spending more time with family and/or focusing on their health. So it’s not surprising that Ben Affleck used both of those reasons to explain his exit from the Netflix thriller Triple Frontier, directed by J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year, Margin Call). Only in Affleck’s case we know what a mess his personal life and health are, so it’s more believable. Here’s the announcement from Deadline:
Ben Affleck has decided to drop out of Triple Frontier, the JC Chandor-directed hot button thriller that is mobilizing at Netflix. Affleck is going to take some time to focus on his wellness and his family. The film will move forward without him; it is casting up quickly.
As Deadline notes later in that article Affleck is due at Comic-Con over the weekend to promote Justice League. I’m sure he’ll field plenty of questions about the solo Batman movie as well. The Warner Brother panel is scheduled for early afternoon on Saturday.
This might not be an issue of Affleck needing time off work though. Deadline has two other stories about this film, which is “scripted thriller set in the notorious border zone between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil where the Iguazu and Parana rivers converge.” In April Paramount dropped out of the film, which lead to the loss of stars Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy before production. In early May we heard that Ben was in talks to star with his brother, Casey Affleck, and Mahershala Ali, who was previously attached.
Now, six weeks later, Ben has left the project, so it could be for any number of reasons. It’s possible he decided not to do a Netflix film as he was concerned about his career or something like that. It’s also possible that there were issues with production, the script and/or new director. However this is the guy who had a genealogy show edit out the fact that he had a slave-owning ancestor. He’s probably freaking out about the negative publicity and needs to work on getting his head on straight and staying/getting sober. This may have been another stressor he didn’t want in his life.
Speaking of stressors in his life, here are new photos of Affleck outside the Ritz in New York last night with Lindsay Shookus. (They were also seen going for a Starbucks run earlier in the day.) Notice how Ben first got photographed after announcing he’s focusing on wellness and family, with the other woman and looking hungover. I’ll say something nice, her dress is cute I would wear that, and I love her little white tennis shoes. Ben and Lindsay are starting to wear the same colors when they’re out together. I bet she’s doing that accidentally on purpose.
Lindsay’s working on her pap face!
Photos credit: Backgrid, PRPhotos and WENN
Ben, no one wants to watch you on Netflix bro. Your time has passed.
True story. I’m excited to hear Mahershala will be in it though!
He’s still sucking on his cigarettes. Nothing is less appealing to me in a man than one whose clothing and breath stinks.
He left to focus on his wellness and family??
Because all of his recent press indicates that he is focusing more on himself and getting loaded with his side piece who in no way seems to committed to him being sober and healthy (but does seem to love all the attention she’s getting).
didnt she recently have a kid? is she even spending any time with said kid?
I think (believing gossip here) she is about 4. These two started up shortly after she was born.
…and he has three kids, including a young son. Are you really questioning her, but not him?
Well
They both have kids, which are both being taken care of my ex spouses and nannies. Having a vagina means she can carry a child, it doesn’t mean she is any better at taking care of a child than he is.
What a gentleman letting her struggle with those bags. At least take one.
He needs to focus on his health, because he does not look healthy here.
Right?!?! She’s holding two heavy bags, you can see her biceps straining, and he’s just like lalala. This fits in with my low opinion of him, though. At least he’s meeting expectations.
He’s too busy holding his phone in case any of his other side pieces text him.
^^^ gold
He’s never been a helper. I recall so many pics of Jen struggling with a stroller plus another walking kid, while Ben strode far ahead carrying his coffee. I don’t think women are with him because of his gentlemanly ways.
…maybe she’s using them as a weight lifting exercise. She might not want the help, and you’d think she is old enough to ask if she wants help.
What is that on her leg..a birth mark?
I looks like a Port Wine stain aka a “firemark” as it’s referred to because of the red color. It’s caused by capillary malformations in the skin. I had a great uncle who had one on his face.
One of every 1000 children is born with this. They can also arrive on the face of pregnant women.
My daughter had one on her shoulder blade . It grew until she was about 1, then it stopped. As her body continued to grow the mark broke apart. Now it is barely noticeable. You can get laser treatments if it doesn’t disappear on its own. I have never seen one on a leg.
He is parading his new girlfriend all over LA and New York and he’s saying he dropped from a movie for family and wellness, oh please man we are not dumb.
He’s been looking awfully puffy and sweaty lately. More than usual I mean.
Looks like “coke bloat” to me.
or steroids? or getting over a facelift? fat injections gone wrong? who knows.
Righttttttt because he’s focusing SO much on his family flying back and forth across the country with his mistress right? I’m sure his kids appreciate the “focus”
They both look raggedy every time they are papped. No way this guy is sober. He’s a hot mess.
Not hot. Just a mess.
Lol. Why isn’t he helping her with those bags?
Also, for all those DM posters who claimed he slept with the nanny because Jen doesn’t glam up in her day to day…I give you Shookus. He clearly prefers his women makeup free and in sensible shoes. Now that I think about it the nanny was also a glam free sensible shoes kinda girl too.
I think he wants anyone that lets him indulge in his vices. Jen was a meany because she didn’t let him smoke, gamble and drink to his hearts content. Enter this woman that clearly looks like she goes on benders with him and a hot nanny because middle aged men love cliches
Yeah but in Hollywood it’s not hard to find a girl who navigates life in makeup, blowouts and Jimmy Choos who will also happily look aside when he plays with other girls. In fact this type he seems to go with would be a minority in his world which implies he singles them out from the wider selection
True and he has that girl. The nanny fits that. What that girl doesn’t fit is the family/sober man narrative that he has now. Trust he’s still sleeping with the nanny. But she cannot be his public post divorce gf
Yeah, I also think he dislikes the hair and makeup look. Jlo is the odd one out but I bet you he hated it the whole time.
That said, I think Ben also has a thing for A type women. Gwyneth, Jlo and Jen are all very controlled and controlling people. I mean that positively. These are not people you will catch at less than their best. This Lindsay person must be a similar personality to end up a producer on a show thats practically a national institution. The problem with Ben is that he seeks out an organiser and then resents her when she organises him.
I think he hated J-Lo’s entourage, makeup, hair, stylist, etc, always around.
But Ben can be very affectionate. He may not be holding Lindsay’s hand or carrying her bags, but he couldn’t keep his hands off of J-Lo back in the day when they were madly in love.
Home video of Jennifer Lopez and Ben with her family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG1Dh1gSswE
I would be surprised if a home video from a fairly short relationship didnt reveal affection. I mean he did have publicly affectionate moments with Garner in the first year or so being together. His permanent sour face didnt settle in until after the first two kids.
If you are going to wear white shoes AND be papped, at least make sure you have CLEAN white shoes! hers are dirty
The bags she’s carrying look pretty heavy…but I can see that he’s holding his sunglasses (?) so obviously he was unable to help with that. Very understandable /s
Maybe he has to keep his hands free just in case he has to fend off any over zealous paps or fans?
Does she wear makeup? If the reports she’s so “enjoying” the attention are true, I’m kinda surprised she doesn’t try to be a little more camera-ready.
Mind you I look like a hot mess 90 percent of the time i step out my door but I also don’t have paparazzi stalking me.
Jen Garner never ever wears any makeup, except for TV interviews, etc. When he dated Gwyneth, she never wears makeup during the day either But both are much prettier than Lindsay. At least Lindsay combed her hair compared to that last photo of them in LA. I think he likes the more natural look.
Ben seems pissed about the photographer at the hotel. But he could at least carry her bag.
You can wear makeup and still look natural. The whole “no makeup” makeup look exists.
No-makeup makeup exists but Jen doesnt seem to use that either.
I’d wear better clothes too if I were her. Knowing that your picture is going to be in many news stories I’d be pulling out my best outfits because I can’t even stand when my kids post a photo on facebook and I’m in the background looking scroungy.
He looks awful, bloated and sweaty all the time. I just hope he gets help. Lindsay is the fun girl right? That’s not what he needs. He needs a firm hand, he needs someone who will push him to wellness. That’s not what he wants though. Quite frankly, he should be able to pull himself together on his own but he clearly can’t do that.
When they were doing the coffee run during the day, he actually looked good. He looked healthy. Of course, he had sunglasses on. LOL
In my experience with addiction (and really, with any run of the mill personality issue), people have to want to change before they ever really will. They can hold it together for someone else for a while, but if they don’t want it for themselves, nobody can help them long term.
Oh man oh man why is everyone so mean
😂😂😂
Anyway I think the celebrities should have paparazzi school for civilians this woman needs to go and just what to wear and how to look decent when photographed. She doesn’t know about angles.
This is a complete train wreck. He looks bloated and she looks like she’s about one sip away from AA herself. The poor kids is all I can think. It’s one thing to have to work through a divorce but adding to it with THIS disfucntion takes it to a whole new level. I hope Jennifer has her crap straight. The kids will need her. Obviously the dad can’t handle it.
It’s not just him. Plenty of newly divorced/seperated parents lose their shit when they jump back on the dating merry-go-round. Both of my parents were lunatics in between seperating and settling down again with new partners.
Correct. A lot of people lose their sh!7 when doing through like divorce or loss of a loved one. But this playboy/destructive behavior I tbelieve we’ve seen before from him. What makes it worse is that it’s in our faces and in full public view. So we all see the downward spiral. Regardless, I feel for those three kids.
Dang, I didn’t realize how much they look alike.
His people should’ve left it at focusing on his health because family is the last thing he’s thinking about. Ole girl looks like just as much of a train wreck as him.
I saw the pic of when they went to Starbucks in NYC and he did not look thrilled to be photographed. Also, anyone notice he never holds her hand???
He never held Jen Garner’s hand. If he did, it was very rarely. I always noticed that, because I’m a hand-holder. And I noticed it because everyone said for years there was no affection between Ben and Jen, so I started looking at papped photographs when they came out to see if that was true. That’s when I noticed he never held Jen’s hand.
Yeah, you’re right, he was never affectionate with Jennifer Garner either, at least not publicly. I’m sure this chick is calling the paparazzi too. This will end badly.
There are pics of him holding Jens hand. Not as many as some couples but certainly more than Brad and Angelina or Jay Z and Beyonce. I do agree that he is not really a PDA type though.
Also, Ben is probably the one calling paps. I say that because he is the common thread in three highly photographed relationships and now look at him in this new one. Compare to Brad or Depp who also have a high amount of interest in their current love lives and we cant get full face pics of them leaving a restaurant much less pics of them leaving half a dozen restaurants, a Starbucks and boarding a private jet in under a week.
of course she’s calling the paps! why wouldn’t she?! this woman is stretching for the paps in the park for christ sakes, lol!!! that makes me laugh so hard because it’s so thirsty and posed. I can’t, hahaha. she’s also the only one smiling in any of the pap pics with both Ben and the ones taken with her ex today. well, except for the sweaty T-shirt pics of Ben where he’s kind of smirking/smiling. and I’m sure Ben’s people are calling the paps, too. his image is “I hate the paps” but the reality is he needs them to stay relevant and in the news like any other celeb, especially before he goes to Comic-Con. I lived in NYC for 10 years. no one gets pap’d in NYC unless they WANT IT.
I still love his JLo era the most. A lot of PDA, kissing, cuddling, hugging… I think he loved JLo. But he never loved Garner or Shookus. No love=no PDA. When he is with Shookus he looks sad and tired. Same with Garner.
BOTH Affleck like PDA and they like to show. I’m concerned that Ben prefers more exotic types and basic stripper style girls (just like Christine, the nanny. Tbh she is beautiful).
@Nancy, I don’t agree. I think he was very much in love with Jennifer Garner in the early years. And he smiled a lot.
http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/11/114/439/114439433_large_BenJennifernuzzledstandsOctober2004World.jpg
http://images.ok.co.uk/1435747323_ben-affleck-and-pregnant-jennifer-garner-on-family-day-out-in-2005.jpg
@Jayna: Ok, I have to admit, you’re right, he loved her in the very early years. 2004 -2005. But I think he loved her other way like JLo. His love for Garner was more mature. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Garner. Really.
Most people are loved up before all the kids, nagging and disappointments. You know, before the fantasy becomes reality and you realize you’re not cut out to be a husband and a father 24/7.
I think they both like they are bloated and hung over. She looks like a party girl. He looks bloated as can be and hung over. Pictures of Jen show what healthy looks like. Ben has screwed up his life me thinks.
I don’t get this pairing. But I think it’s unfair to start saying she’s hung over and a party girl. She does hold a demanding job at SNL. It’s not like she’s a slouch. I don’t think she is very pretty and is cursed with bad hair, so can look rough. But I see nothing in photos that says she’s hungover or drunk.
She strikes me as a high functioning drunk. Someone with a high alcohol tolerance and a self discipline even when she is toasted. That would so appeal to our boy Ben.
Well she didn’t say she IS hungover she said she LOOKS hungover. LOOKS like a party girl. And I agree, she does look a little..tired. Disheveled. And honestly, if there is someone I’m going to give the benefit of the doubt, it certainly isn’t this woman. Even if the cheating/adultery rumors are not true, I judge her for her bad picker.
She isn’t a starlet trained in pap strolls. She just looks tired. He looks hungover though. I don’t see hungover but I am not claiming she isn’t either.
At this point they both deserve each other.
Paraguay?! I thought it was Uruguay…
No. La triple frontera is the border shared by Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. We even had a war that basically depleted Paraguay’s male population, borders and economy for DECADES.
ETA: Uruguay only limits with Argentina and Brazil.
I went to look the map and it borders with Ciudad del Este. Thanks!
Ps: are you talking about the Guerra do Paraguai? If yes, yes it is a really bad part of our History.
Pps: I isually recall more about the Cisplastina war
Exactly, that was territory dispute between the vUnited Provinces of the River Plate (former viceroyalty; present day Argentina) and the Brazilian Empire.The disputed territory is present day Uruguay and a southern brazilian province. It lasted 3 years until a cease fire was signed by Argentina and the brazilian Emperor. As a result Uruguay became an independent nation.
The Triple Alianza war was waged by Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay. Paraguay meddled in Uruguay’s civil war (one party was being supported by Brazil, which had troops in Montevideo), captured a brazilian ship in retalliation, and declared war. Brazil fought them off in Uruguay’s territory. When Paraguay’s president requested argentine authorization to use our territory as a gateway into Uruguay, we refused as we were neutral. Our northern border was breached, we were invaded and had to declare war. At this time the civil war in Uruguay was over and they also declared war on Paraguay for their meddling and invasion. Paraguay was, of course, defeated, and it is said 50-85% of their population died and 90% of its male population. They also lost territories to Brazil and Argentina, and had to face a large debt with the British Government, which OF COURSE meddled and backed Paraguay’s involvement in Uruguay’s civil war.
EDIT: The United Provinces of the River Plate is not present day Argentina. It’s Argentina + Uruguay + Paraguay + parts of Venezuela. I basically forgot how big it was.
Thanks for focusing on the movie subject (and not Ben/Lindsay). This conversation you’re having here is so much more interesting and makes me want to learn about La Triple Frontera.
I hope this film never gets made unless it’s by Argentina, Brazil and/or Paraguay. If not it will end up white-washed and full of BS.
Yeah while the premise sound intriguing, it’s very telling that not one of the possible leading actors mentioned has been Latino. Oh I assume they’ll be a few in supporting roles but for not one of the leads to be Latino? In a movie about the Triple Frontier?! 🙄
@Cee: don’t hold your breath, it’s Holkywiod we are talking about… BTW, thank you for giving more details about our history. It is great to hear about someone else’s perspective. It was a shame what we did to Paraguay.
It’s a disgrace, especially the way they’re treated in Argentina. The way women are slutshamed… Granted we weren’t the only ones at war against them, yet we perpetuate our egocentrict streak by mocking them.
They get on my nerves when they whitewash and especially when the subject is interesting. There are scores of talented South American actors available. I find it distracting when they do that and it kicks me out of the story many times. I start listening to see if the accent sounds authentic and focusing on things other than the story.
He’s looking red and puffy again. I wonder if he bought her those Cartier love bracelets that she’s wearing.
Ben was photographed with a fan outside of Cartier this week, so possibly.
I don’t usually click on the Affleck stories, but is that Ben’s usual style? Looks like something my brothers would wear lol
I’ve never understood how a man who has all these vices is so scared of negative publicity.
Please do us all a favour and drop out of EVERYTHING.
He looks like a heart attack waiting to happen. She looks like trash.
Lindsey shookus looks like Amy Smart.
Ben Affleck looks like a guy whose liver is sick.
Netflix exec to Ben Affleck, *deadpan* ‘Oh no Ben, please stay on. You can’t? I understand. Bye.’
*Hangs up phone and goes to phone numbers of A listers to replace him*
What if she’s pregnant and why he’s rolling this relationship out as serious, setting it up for when the news comes out she is pregnant when she starts showing? Ben isn’t that sloppy, is he? Being tied down in another relationship by a pregnancy?
He should get snipped, if he hasn’t by now….
Her being pregnant is the only reason that his charade makes sense. There is NO reason why he wouldn’t be living in a bachelor pad and playing the field even if he was already dating her.
Oh yes he is that sloppy. But I don’t know what it is between them. The stories are all over the place.
I thought he just left his family. Is he going back to his family. How many times is he going to get treatment for alcoholism and gambling. Poor 👶. Hope Brad is doing good in his recovery. Angie and the kids looked happy yesterday in DM.
Ben is a messy drama queen and is loving the attention from his new relationship.
She looks as dirty as he does. His jacket? Ugh
Saw the pics of Lindsay’s ex and their daughter….Adorable scared little girl!
Kevin was really trying to protect her from the paps!
All I can say is a 4 yr. old needs het mother and a 5, 8, and 11 yr. old needs their father!
It looks really really sleazy coming out of a hotel! (Even a luxurious one!)
I saw now us weekly has pics of them coming out of her office in NYC!
Who is calling the paps??? Because neither of them look great here, so why? If it turns out to be Ben I’d be surprised because he looks unhappy and bloated/unhealthy. If it’s her, ugh. I can’t even think of one good motive for wanting to be seen in this mess.
Its Jen lol – don’t you read the comments she’s always calling the paps they never stalk her just like they aren’t stalking Ben and Lindsay here lol. So nows she’s calling them on Ben cause she’s got a hidden micro chip implanted in him that he doesn’t know about so that she knows where he is and can tip off the paps in LA, NY, London etc, lol. It had to be her, because the paps just don’t show up without being tipped out, they have no brains to figure this stuff out.
At an expensive hotel where celebs are known to frequent the tabloids usually have a few moles that work there who are paid for tips. There are some hotels where this never happens because they lock it down tight. If management finds the person who tipped they most likely will be fired.
Were they followed from the Starbucks to the hotel yesterday, though?
Well, if Ben was on the wagon, I’m pretty sure he’s off it. These photos are so bad I just picture his manager *heading desk* for about six hours. And I’m pretty sure his PR team has just given up, and is hoping a cutout of him might work at Comic-Con.
Yeah. That guy isn’t sober or clean.
Character aside, I just really can’t bring myself to call her – or anyone (with maybe a few exceptions) – “trash”. And while I’m sure she drinks, I don’t see anything that suggests she’s a “drunk”. I actually think her face looks pretty in the third pic of her alone. I do think she could update the color and style of her hair – that would make a huge difference.
As for Ben quitting the movie, that’s been a troubled production since the start. My guess is it’s either a conflict with JL filming or there’s some reason he suspects it won’t be a good career move for him. Did Casey and AIi back out too, or they just never signed on?
From certain angles she can look pretty. Her eyes are nice. She has strong, angular features that don’t photograph well. To me she looks hard and definitely older than 37, but to each his own.
That description easily fits with Giselle’s strong masculine face that looks more feminine at certain angles but she is still considered one of the world’s most desired woman. I think Jen Gardner and Lindsay are equal in looks both from two different genres of pretty. Gardner is feminine pretty, Lindsay masculine pretty. Get her the same dermatologist, plastic surgeon peeps as Gardner and Giselle’s and bam! But just like the attractive Nanny, people angry at them can’t see them clearly.
Men have cheated since the beginning of the world with willing women and will continue to till the end. Attacking or shaming the woman is not going to stamp out cheating, it never has. Because MEN always get forgiven. Ben Affleck is the golden privileged white man in Hollywood who will be given a million chances and a millionaire more. Because Hollywood is run by White men with the same vices.
@JOJO
We can all see you like Ben because you are always defending him. A person who has been through rehab should not be around drinking period. That is way too tempting! I think his sober coach would agree!
You must really dislike Jennifer Garner for some reason since you are always defending Lindsay. I think that what makes Lindsay “ugly” is not so much her appearance but her behavior. She has a 4 yr.old missing her mother and an ex looking like the better co-parent. That may not be the case, but that is the perception.
The dates vary when they got together, but the seed has already been planted that it was while Ben was married to Jen . And even if that isn’t true, it is already out there.
Lindsay & Ben have to go to a hotel because her ex lives in the same building so they can coparent their child. How classy is that!
For the record, I like Ben, but after going through rehab, he needs to just focus on himself, his health, not ANY telationship!
Many people call Jen an “enabler” to Ben. I would call her a housekeeper because she was always cleaning up Ben’s messes because she LOVED him and she didn’t want anyone to see the “love of het life” at his worst. When you love someone, you will try to protect them from their “vices”.
Jen enabling wasn’t based on love. It was based on maintaining their image. She covered his messes so SHE wouldn’t look bad. PS. You can’t protect anyone from their vices. They have to decide on their own to be better. No one can “save” another person. Which is why Ben never got any better when Jen was enabling/mothering him. That’s just a fact.
Ruby, thats a ridiculous statement. Going by her appearance on Dinner For Five with Ben, she was clearly madly in love with him first. Remember how at the beginning of 2016, many months before the nanny, she broke into tears in the middle of a GMA interview. She then gave the thin explanation that she was just emotional from speaking to her sisters recently because she misses them? That was right around the time we are now hearing that these two resumed. If she was merely concerned about image why would she weep on breakfast tv over a hidden mistress that nobody else knows about?
It’s not ridiculous, it’s completely rational and logical. It’s also speculation on all our parts to assume how people feel. We’ll never know. But the way that Jen Garner goes out of her way to constantly manipulate the tabloids, goes on her grinning daily pap strolls and gives her PR-friendly sound bytes lead me to believe that it’s more than just puppy love at play here. And also, you’re giving the tabloids way too much validation on their various timelines about Ben’s extramarital relationships. It’s something different every week, frankly.
On the one hand I believe she was obsessed with him from minute one (and still is, IMO). On the other hand, there is no question in my mind that she LOVED being Mrs. Ben Affleck. She basically put her acting career on the far back burner and made being his wife and mother to his kids her way to stay relevant. Her image was and is tied to being part of that “happy family.” I think that’s mainly what kept her around way longer than she should have.
There was a post on ontd yesterday with Lainey blinds that have sorta/kinda been revealed over the years to be about Ben. His nonsense was off the charts. That marriage has been sh*t for years. Who would put up with that kind of repeated humiliation? Jen had a stake in Ben Affleck and she wasn’t giving that up …unless he ended it for someone else. Which is what I think happened and probably what Lainey thinks happened. Jen never left him after all the cheating and addictions over the years. But he found a mistress and couldn’t/wouldn’t give her up, so it’s over. YMMV.
@Caroline – Simply because I don’t want to call Lindsay trash and a drunk (no evidence at all of the latter) doesn’t mean I’m defending her other actions. Same with Ben – clearly, he has major destructive/self-destructive issues, but likewise, I’m not going to criticize his every step, his every breath for the rest of time – just for the sake of it. I actually do think he is looking better/healthier in the last few sets of photos since Starkey. It is also hot as he** here on the east coast right now, and yet he wears a leather jacket… can’t help.
I think Lindsay is pretty when she smiles. I don’t think it’s fair to call her trash either, since all of the bad stuff we know about her is courtesy of the tabloids and not verified.
I thought nothing of him dropping out of the movie. He may still be on the hook for Justice League stuff (looping or whatnot).
That is absolutely correct that nobody can save someone from their vices! But how do you know that Jen “enabled” Ben to protect her image and not because she loved him?
I think he dropped out because he has his doubts about the movie. He didn’t want to hurt the film’s chances with that disclosure for dropping out, as a couple of other actors had already dropped out before him. It would hurt the project. I never thought much about him dropping out.
I don’t think she’s trash. But I don’t really find her attractive at all. But I believe only part of the gossip out there about her. She has a demanding job. So I’m sure she’s a responsible adult.
I do think her fashion sense is horrible and the clothes look cheap. She’s making Jen look like a fashion plate. LOL
CarolinR, you don’t know what JG is feeling any more than anyone else here speculating. Dial down the indignation.
I am not going jump on the Hester Prynne express and attack her looks. I don’t see anyone in this story who is exceptionally good looking. No Angelina Jolie or Halle Berry or Jlo who smokes them both in the hot category. Glamour is clearly not part of this story. If she was a great beauty there would be other criticisms.
I think he is going back into some kind of rehab and the movie isn’t shaping up to be worth much.
I don’t think Ben is moving to NYC nor is Kevin,Lindsay’s ex moving to CA so what happens to co-parenting their daughter then?
It is going to get very tiresome (if it isn’t already) traveling back & forth.
The only movie that comes to mind with these two is Trainwreck.
Ben looks like hell. I feel a secondhand hangover just by looking at pictures of him.
In the photos on the DM article with more pics 1) they are checking out of the hotel apparently, so it appears she may be going to LA/ComiCon with him? and 2) in a photo she is stepping into the car and there is a very, very suspicious bump in her tummy. She may well be pregnant, thus the blitz of togetherness before they are forced to announce.
Neither are divorced and live on different coasts. I really hope she is not pregnant, because that poor child.
Yeah I saw the paunch (along with the pantylines of her grandma undies). The paunch could just be her natural body though.
Nope. I think he just wants a lot of free time to devote to his addiction to gambling and his drinking.
Singing Chris Farley’s “Fat man in a little coat”
Oh boy. She was just photographed out with her ex and their daughter together today in NYC. She really is working the paps and LOVING the attention! >eye roll<
She’s playing the PR game, just like Jennifer Garner. This Lindsay Shookus is no wallflower. Will definitely give JG a run for her money. Look at her, she is as tough as they come.
Oh for sure. She’s loving this. And it shows. In her pap pics with Ben and her ex she is the only one smiling most of the time!
I bet we will see pictures of Ben with his kids when he gets back to L.A. I totally believe that she will be the next wife. They are really trying to sell this relationship and have been since the beginning. His PR knows that the roll-out hasn’t been smooth. Who do you think is feeding the tabloids with all the details of their outings, feelings, etc. ? What I find interesting is the wording of various phrases. So similar to how the Garner/Affleck relationship was described. I don’t know how she convinced her husband to play along but I imagine they are negotiating a settlement as his Ben with his wife.
And can we just talk about how the DM has pics of her STRETCHING in front of the paps?!!? LMAO! Like I said since day one of this hot mess – she is thirsty!! Totally working it – literally! LOL!
@Tina, she and her husband have been split up since 2014. that’s three years ago they split. They both live in the same apartment building, for the sake of co-parenting more easily, I guess. I’m not surprised by his agreeing to do this photo-op. I would do it too. They get along and have a child. He doesn’t want to be hounded again with paps with his child. So they did a pap shot to show they get along and co-parent together. I think he did it for his child, not to be hounded again on school runs, etc, and for himself not to be used by the press for part of the storyline for the Ben/Lindsay dating drama. The press will lose interest. He’s not famous.
I get it why he did it.
As far as Lindsay and her stretching, she is loving the attention. I don’t find anything about her appealing. But they’ve both been separated from the spouses for years. However they started, I don’t see the problem with them out dating. Ben’s kids have had several years to adjust to the split of their parents. I just find it all messy as far as the roll-out.
@Jayna, I hope they do leave him and the little girl alone. They don’t deserve the hounding by association.
Dragging him and their daughter in this is gross. Her relationship with her ex is his business. Using him to make her seem horrible is not fair to him.
@magnolia @Jayna +1
Just for the record, he was wearing that same outfit earlier that day minus the leather jacket and looked thin. That jacket makes him look fat.
He’s definitely trimmed down.
He has, but also there was a comment I saw yesterday about his wearing spanx. It makes me wonder if that’s one of the reason he wears or does not wear jackets. Is he or isn’t he?
Ben’s trying to hide his moobs with that jacket, imo. Also, it does look like he’s wearing some type of girdle, like he can’t take a deep breath, I bet it is spanx.
Just saw pics of Lindsay & her ex with their daughter. Was that really a surprise? Her husband looks extremely uncomfortable and she is grinning like a Cheshire cat! Someone is really trying to change their image!
Lindsay Shookus is a very unattractive woman with the personality and character to match.
She is loving the attention even though it’s somewhat negative and does not show her in the most positive light. LMAO
What a loser!
This woman loves the attention. At least JG even JLO have something to sell like movies, their projects, etc. This one is trying hard to sell her 15minute of fame. Too bad people see her now in negative light. First impression really counts a lot. She is being called different names on different sites…Goldie Diggers, wh0r3, groupie, a linebacker, a Viking, Kevin Bacon, a fameho3, hom3wrecker, etc. some descriptions make me laugh. But I guess she really wants to consolidate her position as the main GF. She probably got mad seeing the 4th of July all American family pics of Ben and Jen. Ben looked somewhat happy talking to Jen. I have a feeling this was forced on Ben by this woman. Either she is pregnant or just a plain forceful, aggressive move on her part. Affleck looks tired, sick and very unhappy. This is not a look of someone head over heels in love with his new woman. He needs help big time and this woman is not it. Pregnant or not.
Affleck also looked unhappy or/and ill at ease with Garner
Didn’t you read my point where I said “This is not a look of someone head over heels in love with his new woman.”? They are trying to sell to us this love story but it is looking sad instead.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha
*catches breath*
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Yes, poor wittle Bennie Affweck, always being forced to cheat on his wife, forced to drink to excess, forced to gamble…
GMAFB
He looked quite happy the other day when they were leaving the restaurant in LA. Ben has never been one to grin for the cameras. He hates the paps. If he were grinning like an idiot you’d claim that he was putting on a show for the cameras or accuse him, like Lindsay, of LOVING the attention.
@Anon33. I am glad I made you laugh. 🙄🙄
You know, I’ve had it in my head for a while that when he finally started publicly dating, he and Kate Beckinsale would be the couple. She’s been single for a while, and I thought she would be good for him. But instead she’s now dating a 21-year-old that looks like her son, and Ben is in his latest drama. LOL
My one nice thing to say about Lindsay…she looks like someone with a lot of confidence, or as my dad used to say, “her nose is so high in the air, if it rains, she’ll drown”. Can’t help wondering what Bens’ mom thinks.
She does look tough and self assured.
I wonder what his family thinks too. That would say a lot about the truth behind the scenes.
Is People mag going to make an article out of every date that they have?
Probably yes, in hopes everyone will forget when they started and just see them as an everyday, loved-up couple. Considering Angelina is hated to this 12-years-later-day…not likely to happen in today’s hostile internet world.
This is completely random, but did anyone notice when Ben came from rehab he wore a thin ?leather bracelet on his L wrist. He no longer does. I was wondering if this is something significant in rehab therapy or not. It struck me as odd, because you don’t usually see him in pics with jewelry on.
I wish Jen would start vamping it more. This fitted dress she wore back in May looks great on her and her hair is so soft and silky. I like the waves. She even upped her shoe game.
She looks beautiful
http://www.etonline.com/news/2017/05/24332276/jennifer_garner_GettyImages-684782532.jpg
She looks great. I get the sense she will be just fine.
It also occurred to me this afternoon that Ben seems to be doing the exact PR he and Jen used to portray happy family. Lots of couple pap strolls and similar blurbs in tabs. It’s kinda lacking in sincerity because it is so unoriginal.
I’m interested to see what Jen is gonna come out with. You know she is working it. I do think it will be all about her though, setting her apart from him altogether. That’s the show I’m waiting for.
This is great news. JC Chandon is an outstanding filmmaker and storyteller. Each of his films has been uniquely original and a masterpiece. I will enjoy this project much more without Affleck in it.
I wouldn’t put it past Affleck to try to workshop a project that already had a clear artistic vision and so he was invited to walk or walked off in a huff himself.
I would rule out the difficulties of this project as the reason to drop put: had it been because the movie has problems being putting together the wording of his statement would have been different, or usually there isn’t a statement at all: projects fall off all the time and actors get attached and leave projects in development all the time.
But the family and health reason in this case it might exactly what it really means, whenever we hear it form other actors and we know is code for one thing only: rehab. Insurance wouldn’t risk with a big star not at 100% on a movie which already has had a lot of problems. Which means Hollywood is dropping Affleck’s ass. First he was fired as the director of the Batman. Now even Nextlix has issues with his sobriety.
there’s a video in one of the daily mail posts, where they’re entering the NBC and he’s clearly walking like a drunk. He can’t keep his balance and struggles to do so. He’ snot sober at all.