Ben Affleck is a grown ass man who has written and directed several movies, has tens of millions of dollars in the bank and never has to fly commercial again in his life. So why is US Magazine treating him like a teenager whose mom still bails him out of trouble? I don’t understand their PR reasoning here. Is it “Ben must not be a sexual harassing POS because his estranged wife and the mother of his children still looks out for him?” That’s the gist of this new US story, all about how Jennifer Garner and Ben’s brother, Casey Affleck, held an intervention and got Ben to go to rehab. They’re saying that Ben went away to inpatient rehab for 30 days starting September 25th. We heard rumors about this but there was no confirmation and I assumed he was only going to outpatient rehab. Also, I sort-of understand why Ben is sharing cover billing with his ex and why this story is focusing on her support of him. People are much more interested in Jennifer Garner than him, and she can sell magazines. Plus they’re hoping her goodness can still rub off on Ben.
“Ben reached a breaking point,” a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “He knew he was spiraling and was unhappy.”
To get ahead, he turned to the one person who has always been there for him: estranged wife Jennifer Garner. “Ben told her everything that was going on with his life,” says the insider. “He was devastated but knew he had to change.”
Along with his younger brother, Casey, Garner found him help at a rehab facility in northern L.A. “After everything they’ve been through, she is going to continue to be there for him when he needs her,” says the source. “No matter what the circumstances…
“From the smoking to drinking and gambling, Jen has always been the person who can get through to him,” says a second insider. “She keeps Ben in line as much as she can…
“Jen is a good person — she’s an angel,” says an Affleck confidant. “No one ever told her she needs to stick around to help Ben, but she always will. They are both good parents and good people.”
[In rehab, Ben] “got into a great headspace,”says the Affleck source. “He has learned that dealing with his addiction is an ongoing battle. He understands he cannot just wake up one morning and say, ‘OK, we’re all done.’ Treatment is like a job.”
Improving his health also means improving his relationship with his kids. “Ben will do whatever it takes to be a great parent,” says the Affleck insider.
And, as always, Garner has his back on that mission. Adds the first source. “She wants her kids to have the best dad possible, and Jen knows Ben can be that person.”
Oh I almost forgot that US often runs very Garner-centric stories, with details that could only come from her. This has been evident for years. So that could explain the spin to focus on her and her greatness as well. I just wonder why Affleck is doing so much press for Justice League. He probably should be lying low for a while. Instead he’s doing the same thing he always does and trying to control the narrative. Good for him for going to rehab though. I hope he’s sober and that he maintains it for a while. I also hope he makes good on his promise to donate all his Weinstein residuals to that “woman’s organization” RAINN and to Film Independent.
Here’s Jennifer Garner walking a chicken. She made Mean Girls references in her Instagram post about it. I swear she has team trying to make her look hip online, to mixed results.
Photos credit: WENN and US Magazine cover
Oh stop. Am I supposed to find this adorable or something? You married and continued to have children with an addict who repeatedly cheated on you. For your children’s sake you damn well better be trying to help. What do you want a cookie Jennifer? Give me a break.
Careful, someone will yell at you to not blame the wife.
Oh I have no doubt, but I absolutely do not blame her for his behaviour. That’s all on him. But I am seeing more and more how they seem to push and enjoy the Sainted Martyr Garner narrative, bow down to her selflessness. 🙄 Yeah…no.
I give her a lot of slack but I don’t understand what I’m supposed to find enduring about this story. It’s just sad. I pity her.
Yeah, I was gonna say if this is true it’s because she has a vested interest in him as father of her children and primary breadwinner. I’m sure she doesn’t want her kids to have an absentee trainwreck for a dad. And she doesn’t want him gambling away the child support either.
I agree! The kids love their father and she doesn’t want them to see him as an addictive drunk. But someone they can respect and admire.She is no saint just.. because she is trying to help him. They are no longer married but she still cares enough for him not to see him hit rock bottom, what is wrong with that
Yeah I don’t get the objective of this article. It doesn’t make either one of them look good: he’s a loser who left inpatient rehab after less than a week, she’s the forever doormat who can’t/won’t move on and will settle for scraps, etc. I don’t really believe that it was planted by one or the other’s PR — it sounds like it came straight from a Garner/Bennifer 2.0 stan.
Addiction is a brain illness that involves the whole family. I like to call it a dance, and the spouse is always dancing as fast as they can to try to keep the addict clean and sober. They fail over and over and over – because until the addict says, “I’m done. Period,” he/she will keep going back to their first love.
I didn’t know it was even possible to walk a chicken on a leash, learn something new everyday 🙂
Hm. As someone who used to own chickens, I’m sceptic. I imagine it’s like having a feather clad satellite, always swerving and pointing in the direction of bugs and dandelions.
I wish she had posted a video instead of a photo of her attempt at walking that chicken. I don’t even care about Affleck I just want to know what’s going on with the chicken.
(I’m easily amused today I guess lol.)
ETA : easily amused or is a chicken more interesting than both Affleck and Garner 😉
Chickens can be rather adorable, what with their razor sharp enthusiasm for food and their fluffy little bottoms. However, they are as dumb as dirt. You need a minimum of intelligence to learn tricks. Video or it didn’t happen, Jennifer!
I figure most animals can be conditioned in at least a basic manner to do certain things as long as food is used as a motivator. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that every time your owner does x they give you a treat – you’re going to be at least somewhat motivated to do it. It might take a LOT of conditioning from a young age, but I figure it’d be possible.
Hell, my fish are conditioned to do things for food. The dog barks whenever we get home. When I get home from work is usually when I feed the fish. They start freaking out at the top of the tank, all excited and trying to catch my attention. They now do this every time the dog starts barking – not only when I come home, and in no way was I attempting to teach them anything.
AP recently stated what some of us already knew: These suburban, backyard chicken farmers are prompting diseases from Salmonella to severe respiratory illnesses because they treat their chickens like pets picking them up and petting them and all.
Put the chickens down!
I’m innocent…mostly…
Salmonella comes from eggs during the laying process. Chickens are pets for some people, and they cuddle. The backyard farmers need more safe handling training.
It’s a thing. If you google chicken on a leash, you find all sorts of info, including places to buy the leashes.
Last night, ET ran a clip-JG is not the only celeb with a leashed chicken.
Oh, I don’t doubt that people try. But even cats ought to be better at it.
I used to leash walk my Bengal cat and she loved it. RIP Greta. *sniff*
They even have leashes just for chickens.
http://www.kittycooks.com/how-to-socialize-and-train-a-backyard-pet-chicken.html
I don’t know , the article sources “Ben confidants “. I think it’s his pr machine trying to attach to her goodness. Did anyone notice, not one mention of current girlfriend Lindsay. Nothing about how she is supporting him. If you want to stay sober, how are you in a relationship that leads you back to the bottle? The post also says that he left after 5 days and now does outpatient- something which has been well documented via pap pics. Ben has been in London for past few days doing JL junket, think Lindsay is with him?
No, highly unlikely she is with him. SNL has a new episode this week.
LOL! He always shoves her to the sidelines and latches on to Garner when he wants good press. That must hurt.
There was a twitter sighting of him at the Four Seasons in NYC yesterday, so I would assume that his promo is done for the moment and he’s visiting her.
Also, Shookus is the one who has been going to outpatient rehab with him, not Jen. US is inventing things to get clicks and purchases, per usual.
The tweet was actually out of San Francisco
Hmmm well maybe they were in SF together? Regardless, he’s with her — DM has pics of Ben and LS at JFK airport today.
She is with him but her friends hate him and he is demanding. I think he might be making her think twice. Or at least think hard if this is worth it.
This didn’t come from JG but what can she say?
mr-you sound like you know the inside scoop!!! Any more info???
if I had to guess, this story was planted by Ben and he’s still using his ex wife to get good press. You’re the father to her children, of course she wants you to get help but that doesn’t mean anything more you bag of crap. Jen has been doing her own thing and looking fabulous.
I’m sure Jen can get through to him because at the end of it all, she’ll be the one getting sole custody if things take a toll for the worst. Whether or not any details leak from such court proceedings will be irrelevant. Sole custody means something is very wrong and that would feel tons of speculation and/or confirm other stories.
ETA: Justice League… I’m wary. I’m gonna see it regardless, but I dunno guys. The reshoots make the movie look totally different. I’m worried it’s gonna be Suicide Squad situation where you could clearly see the movie had one direction and then reshoots and editing took it in another direction.
Well, he definitely looks off the booze. After Justice League opens nationwide and no more public appearances scheduled, we’ll see if he stays with some sort of ongoing treatment or relapses.
Oh good gawd. So all it takes for a damaged, poor assh*le … I mean good man to stay the course is a good woman. Are we still doing this? Of course she won’t let him destroy himself, he’s the father of her children.
She needs to disentangle herself from this narrative. THAT would be smart PR.
They only appear together when it’s a child centered cause-Halloween, school meetings, etc. I think she’s disentangled and looks the better for it.
Ben is an incredibly self-involved man, and his scruples are very questionable. I don’t think she is anywhere near his side, but he isn’t above saying it to save his image. He is obsessed with his image, and this Harvey story has him scared for more crap to come out, and he knows his negatives are high. Believe me; there are sordid stories out there that he and Damon hope stay hidden.
I don’t be think his image is going to improve. Now that he no longer has the good family man cover and is known as a cheater and assaulter, it just keeps getting worse. He is doing it to himself too.
I just want to know what brand of green tea he drinks to de bloat so fast. Damn that was fast, it seems like last week he was so big and carby face.
I need this for when I woof down pizza and cheese fries.
If you cut out grains and sugar (and alcohol, obvs), you’ll see a big depuff in a week. You might feel terrible going off all three at once, but you’ll look better.
I’d like to know too, especially when I have PMS, although growing a beard probably helps shape his face too. Maybe I should just let all my hair grooming go and grow a beard!
I think he did what Courtney Cox did and had his face fillers dissolved.
He is just going to squeeze, squeeze, squeeeze every single bit of goodwill people have for JG, isn’t he.
How to subtly deep six your toxic ex without it falling back on the children… she needs to figure out how to thread that needle, methinks, or he is going to drag her down. I feel for her.
I’m getting contact embarassment from that chicken post but I get her desire to help the father of her children. She needs him to succeed for them.
Rehab or Refreshening? He looks different.
Jen needs to start attending some AL ANON meetings. She is seriously co-dependent with Affleck and her need to be his soft place to fall is ONE of the reasons why he wont get and stay sober. Why would he when he has someone who will always catch him? She needs to stop worrying about his image and well being and start focusing on her own and her kids. I get that she wants the kids to have two parents in their lives but what good is having both parents around when one is a raging alcoholic? Kids are smart and they know when something is wrong. I highly doubt Affleck has had the self-control to not be drunk around them.
My daughters’ dad never got sober and he was a very minimal part of their lives. They were healthy and had positive childhoods, but their dad’s absence definitely messed with their self esteem and healthy relationships with men as adults.
He needs to be as much of a presence as he possibly can be, especially for the girls. If he won’t sober, then no, but if he can, then yes.
Speaking from personal experience – yes to everything you said – self esteem issues; healthy relationships with men
Of course if he’s sober he should be a part of his kids’ lives. My comment was specifically about the fact that he clearly isn’t. Alcoholism runs in my family on BOTH sides. I have seen firsthand what being in a home with an alcoholic parent can do to a person. Which is why Ben has to get the help that he needs. Jen can’t save him from himself and shouldn’t sacrifice the emotional well being of herself and her kids attempting to do so.
how is it possible to be in an inpatient facility for 30 days starting September 25th when he was seen ALL October on both coasts with and without his current drinking buddy? This is so obviously all PR BS ahead of Justice League and they think it will pass?
Because it’s not true is my guess.
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Yep. Liar.
The actual US mag article does say that he left after 5 days. It’s whoever wrote this post on this site that said 30 days, or didn’t bother to read the details.
He didn’t go for 30 days. The article states very clearly that he left after 5. (lol)
Agree that US Mag. used to be the go-to for Jen, but after it changed ownership, she seems to switch to ET. At least, they are the ones that have released stuff that appears sourced from her team for the past few months. Most of the editing and reporting staff that was at US has left, from what I have read, so her contacts are likely elsewhere now – maybe ET?
Relating to its change of ownership, US is now owned by the same entity that owns National Enquirer, Radar, Star, OK. Did you read Lainey this week when she covered the relationship Weinstein had with Dylan Howard, the Chief Content Officer of that entity. Apparently, Weinstein worked with Howard, using his Enquirer resources to get stuff to use against his victims, etc. Ben’s buddy was Weinstein and who knows, did they share PR team? Ben has YET to call out Weinstein. He refers to “someone” and “that guy,” but hasn’t called him out by name. I think that is very significant in how he perceives Harvey and what he’s done – like sorry you got caught dude, but I got your back.
Ben’s been using US in the past few months, I think, along with E and People. His PR team is clearly getting desperate. They likely think (probably justifiably) Jen is pretty much the only hope Ben has for redemption of his reputation at this point.
Were there five days when we didn’t see Ben after the Emmy event and in between the LA and NY shows he and Lindsey put on for the paps? That’s all he apparently was secreted away before he decided that wasn’t for him, according to the sources that fed this story.
Do I think Jen participated in getting him into a facility? Yes – and I would have done the same with my ex for my kids’ sake. Do I think she participated in this article? No, I don’t. Can she do anything to deny it? I can’t imagine what. The comments about her were very flattering – she would deny she will always support his sobriety? It’ll be interesting to see how she works around this. She started filming her new movie, so her time may be taken up with work and kids for a while now.
I think this just shows the low BA will go – in using her AGAIN in spite of having traipsed the woman who was likely a great cause of hurt to Jen in his house-hunting just a few days ago. He’s likely buying a house a couple down from Jen, where LS will be visiting/living. THAT factor alone would tell me Jen did not consent to being used in this way. She has been careful in her demeanor when around him – not to show expression of being engaged with him. She wants her image separated from him as much as possible and has been quite successful.
This is total PR on Ben’s part and it is beyond gross.
Also, I like Jen’s instagram. Not everything is for everyone, but I enjoy cute funnies.
Agree with you.
“Ben’s buddy was Weinstein and who knows, did they share PR team? Ben has YET to call out Weinstein.“
Ben protecting Weinstein? Nay, more like Ben protecting himself from Weinstein releasing dirt on him. While people are patting Ben on the back for donating money to “the woman’s organization” so the press can go easier on him they are forgetting that he has victims out there. How comfortable would you feel seeking help from an organization who takes money from your abuser? I really hope his money is quietly sent back. But I’m happy to see non-abusers donating to the cause.
Oh my days…just stop. Every time there is bad press it’s like a cycle of pap outings (church and some café where they something cute like icecream). Then if that doesn’t work or BA effs up more, it’s rehab. Then it’s JG supporting him always because he’s good dad.
I was with JG until the assault allegations came out. JG, the man has 2 daughters is that the ‘good dad’ example they have? He was a shit husband so we already know they did not have a good example of a man respecting a woman in the household. And I’m sure his girls are smart enough to know too. Let’s hope the daughters have more self-respect than their mom. There is no reason she’s going to bat for him, he ain’t shit. Shookus isn’t on the scene anymore, is that how they want to play it now? JG can pick up the pieces and the side piece can give the entertainment and BA has to do nothing but eff up and then debloat…honestly these women…
Along with his younger brother, Casey, Garner found him help at a rehab facility in northern L.A.
Right, maybe they should have left Casey there too to deal with his sexual assault tendencies…
From the smoking to drinking and gambling, Jen has always been the person who can get through to him,” says a second insider. “She keeps Ben in line as much as she can…
Right, that’s why he’s never stopped being a mess and added serial philanderer and sexual assault to his ‘I want to be a better person’ resumé?
It is spin. The sources are even cited as Ben’s. They are using Jen and her good name because they have nothing left to use.
If it were really from Ben’s sources they would not state that he left inpatient rehab after less than a week. The language would be more ambiguous than that because it’s not actually a good look for him. I think the whole thing is just completely fabricated. Since US changed ownership it is complete trash and I don’t actually think even Affleck is using them.
They had to say he left after a week because there have been too many pap shots of Ben that prove he wasn’t in inpatient care. This way they get to say he was there for at least five days (lol).
Exactly SSe. In the age of the internet, he can’t lie about time.
“Right, that’s why he’s never stopped being a mess and added serial philanderer and sexual assault to his ‘I want to be a better person’ resumé?”
EXACTLY. What is Jen trying to take credit for here anyway? Convincing him to go to inpatient rehab? He left after five days. How’d she feel about THAT?? Is that “getting through to him”? Seems to me that he did exactly what he wanted to do in the end anyway. He’s been a PR mess for the last two years but especially the last month or so, pap strolling with the kids, to church, the puppy, and getting called out publicly for all of it. Then there was that ill-advised statement about Weinstein. I could go on.
I don’t think this article is true — it’s more tabloid fantasy. Did he even go to inpatient rehab (for a mere 5 days before declaring himself cured lmao) back in September? Is that part even true? I don’t really buy it. I think when it comes to the Affleck-Garner drama, they’ll print anything. I don’t doubt that Jen wants him to be sober (duh) but I don’t think Buddhist outpatient rehab with Lindsay was her idea.
Did a Garner stan write this? The whole article reads like a tumblr entry. “Ben continues to be hopeless but Saint Garner the Doormat to the rescue!”
Really? I don’t think makes her look great at all.
So let me get this straight: US is claiming that Saint Jen and Casey got Ben into inpatient rehab on Sept 25, he checked himself out on Sept 30 (lol) and then was spotted in NYC attending SNL after parties a week later? Oh okay. In the first place, I don’t think the inpatient rehab actually happened. I also don’t think that Ben’s PR people planted this article. It makes him look bad. If it came from anyone it was Jen’s people. Someone needs to tell them that this ongoing saga just makes her look sad and pathetic and clinging to something that isn’t there anymore. She needs a new narrative.
Same old fake shit. US mag doesn’t have any credible sources re: Affleck and Garner.
is it possible that this is just a false story that even Jen didn’t plant? I really thought she was trying to distance herself and was remaking her image as an independent divorcee with an action film career reboot in the making.
I agree.
+2
Since E! has now come out with the same story – with less detail, and E! has been a faithful Ben mouthpiece, I would say it is a Ben plant. The way the quotes are put in there, it’s obvious they are not from Jen’s people – especially as it includes Lindsay as a supporter.
ET has NOT put it out, so are they holding out because Jen isn’t on-side with it?
And now he’s getting papped with Lindsay. He is just gross.
I think his PR is getting pretty desperate. He looks good at the airport with Lindsay. She looks happy too. I figured the story was from his side when they said “they are both good people”. He is beyond gross. I do think his relationship with his family has been deeply fractured. He spent the past summer and early fall on his “love tour”. Then the groping scandal and the house hunting on both coasts. It appears that he no longer has the sober companion. Time will tell.
Why is he “gross” for spending time with his girlfriend? Garner stans are weird.
@A that poster is a huge Garner stan who carries a big, flaming torch for their relationship. Anything about Ben and someone not named Garner is “gross.” It’s pathetic.
No, I am not a stan. I haven’t seen much of either’s movies, actually. I don’t carry a torch for their relationship either – it was toxic and I am glad she is free from it. I do know what it’s like to be with an addict and there is a great deal of emotional abuse involved in that kind of situation (for me and for others I met through the years in the same situation).
I didn’t even know who either were until the divorce stuff came out. It resonated because of my personal experiences. I am a researcher, so I went out and read interviews, articles, and comments to many boards across the internet – truly, nothing is ever deleted…. What I learned about Ben pretty much made my skin crawl – and still does. His lack of respect for women over the years, and not just limited to Jen, is obvious and nasty.
He can spend every minute with his girlfriend – and good luck to her, cause I don’t think that will end well for her, either.
It’s that he uses his ex (whom he treated with a total lack of respect and care) when it suits him, and then comes out with the woman he cheated on her with all loving and happy. For any man to do that is just gross and ugly. I don’t know him, but I have seen nothing in any of his press or activities that would give me any positive opinion of him at all.
I stand with the women in this – the ones that get used up and treated like cr*p, that’s all.
That he’s “using” Jen here is your assumption. Jen using him (again) for press to make herself look saintly is simply not an option in your little world. We get it. All of your arguments are blatantly one-sided so don’t get all pissy when people call you out on it. You have experience with an addict and you project. Jen Garner was cool with his shenanigans until he left her for Shookus. She’d be happily getting used up and crapped on if he hadn’t.
Her IG is so cringeworthy. No comment on this fake, Garner stan plant of an article.
5 days in rehab before bailing to spend time with his gf in NYC? Yeah Jen really got through to him, made him see the light. lmaooooo US weekly not even trying with this anymore.
I’m sorry but when was Ben in rehab? He has been consistently photographed with his enabling ex-mistress since July and he really went full ham in October being photographed multiple times per week. There’s a stark difference between attending meetings and doing a couple of hours of outpatient care per day and being IN rehab.
Who decided to use “megastar” lol. That really made me laugh. What a cheesy word.
I saw the trailer for justice league at the movies seeing Thor and he’s very “Ben Affleck” in it. So if that’s your cup of tea, and it must be for lots of people since he’s a megastar and all, I can see why they have him doing the promo work and have articles like this shining him back up.
I like her IG. I like cute and funny and harmless posts like hers.
Fact is Ben is not seeking help for his drinking and gambling. Celebrities that are serious about getting help don’t invite the media/Tabloids because that’s a non-factor to them. These celebrities go dark and get the help they need and then months maybe years after completing treatment they speak on it.
Ben is putting on a show to fix his image without getting help. Right now he drinking less because on the movie coming out, but he is still drinking.
I agree.
Do the sons of Ben and Casey emerge from all of this unscathed? Or does it carry over to the third generation? Thoughts?
When you have kids together it’s no longer about you. You do what you have to so that the kids grow up healthy and emotionally well adjusted. As long as it’s safe for the kids, she shouldn’t “abandon” Ben.
Ben is a grown a$$ man that Jen does not need to look after that is called enabling. She did that for 10 years and he has not changed. If she hadn’t already she need to back away and let him grow up and start acting like the 40 somthing man with 3 kids that he is.
This article sounds fake. I don’t care about her helping him now. As long as she officially divorces him and doesn’t live with him again to make their children believe their marriage is a healthy model. We have decades of research saying in these toxic relationships, children do better when the couple divorces and the children stay with the stable parent. He can live in the neighborhood and visit.
There’s no way that Ben’s people planted this. It’s all PRO Jen, how she’s allegedly saved him and is an “angel” for doing so, blah blah. You really think that the same day it comes out, he’s going to allow himself to be spotted en route to some vacation with his girlfriend? (Daily Fail has the pics.) Sorry, no. He’s more savvy than that. It’s either from a huge Garner fan or it’s made up by some unpaid interns.
I absolutely believe it’s Ben. Jen absolutely gets no benefit from these stories. In fact, she has worked very hard to create a separate image of herself apart from him. This would set that back.
I do think he’s just used to bad things blowing over quickly when a feel good story comes out that he is doing what he’s always done…moving on to the next thing he wants to do. It’s like the WaPo story said – PR is struggling to change with the new way of things post – Weinstein. Distractions just don’t work like they used to.
Jen “absolutely gets no benefit” from this story?? Um WHAT?? That makes no sense whatsoever. She’s portrayed as some kind of selfless martyr for the no-good husband who left her for another woman. That’s not a benefit? It is. She gets to look like the good-hearted, down-to-earth woman doing it all for her kids. Don’t be ridiculous.
Agree to disagree. There’s nothing in the articles that make it appear to have come from her and several things that point to him. He has also shown that he will do what he’s always done, and using Jen’s good name has been his go-to for a long time.
Baffled how someone could really think that this tabloid trash was an Affleck plant. It’s all about how wonderful and saintly Jen is. He is given no credit for his sobriety whatsoever and Shookus, who has actually been attending rehab sessions with him, isn’t even mentioned. Seriously? This article was written by (and for) Garner fanatics who still stupidly hope that they reconcile. It is hilarious to me that the same day this gushing, Jen-is-so-wonderful-for-saving-him article comes out, he’s spotted looking happy as a clam and doing his thing with his gf, who he’s probably been with since he left London. Amazing.
My god, Jen’s public relations team needs to get another narrative to run to the press about. The “Saint Jen has devoted her life to saving hopeless Ben even though he treated her like shit and they aren’t together anymore, ain’t she amazing?” story line is OLD, tired, and totally played out. It’s funny that the same day this runs, Ben is spotted in NYC living his life, and Saint Jen of the Tabloids isn’t a thought on his mind. Jen’s people need to move the eff on already.
He looks *great* at the airport. Very healthy.
Interesting what I am learning about how PR works in these blogs. Hmmm.
+1
I dislike Ben Affleck. I always have, since he first became famous.
Remember the old SNL joke….Baba Walters (snl cast as BW) talking to (snl cast members as Matt D and Ben A) right around the time of their Oscar win for GWH.
BW: Matt, you are one of the new talents to hit Hollywood, a bright future as writer and actor.
… turns to Affleck: Ben, you’re Matts friend.
Yup. Hit the nail on the head.
Affleck is tall, I’ll give him that. Other than that, he has a huge case of Smug going on, and his personal behavior for years has shown him to be an overgrown frat boy that refuses to grow up. Blech! to him and Garner.
Do t worry about Ben, he’s got $Millions, he will always find a woman willing to tell him how great she thinks he is.
Everyone loves to take their side on Ben/Jen/drama and then backfit every single media story into the narrative that they want to be true. It’s like a horoscope – if you like it, it’s true. If you don’t, well horoscopes are stupid anyway.
People are perfectly willing to believe everything that’s said about Ben (or Jen) when it’s coming from blatantly unreliable sites like x17 and others – because usually they’re trashing Ben, so hey, they must be true. But when stuff comes out in more traditional outlets like E! or US, suddenly they just can’t be true because it paints a picture of Ben and Jen getting along, and the “Garner is SO over him” people just don’t want to believe that.
Obviously, I don’t know which stories are true and which aren’t, but this story doesn’t ring false at all to me. Seems pretty spot on for their dynamic historically, and I personally suspect they get along a lot better and talk more frequently than most people here would like to believe, and on her part, I don’t believe it’s “just about the kids.”
Yeah we know that you think they’re getting back together. You’ve been coming to this site for years and repeating that over and over like a broken record.
Um no, I actually don’t think they’re getting back together. And anyone who actually understood my posts over the years knows I always predicted they’d split and never thought they made any sense as a couple. I did think they might get back together after they split in 2015, but not out of love. Mainly for PR and co-dependency. As for right now, I’m saying that Garner fans want to believe she’s gained so much independence that she wouldn’t support him now, but I don’t think that’s the case at all.
Hmm. Where does this leave his current partner, Lindsay?
The E! article that followed included Lindsay.
You guys still fall for this tabloid garbage after like 2+ years? I noticed that E! news reprinted this same article but with all of the BS stripped from it (the intervention, Garner and Casey getting him into inpatient rehab in Sept) and added Shookus. The result was a very generic article: woman supports ex-husband’s ongoing sobriety and his girlfriend is very supportive. Is any of that new or groundbreaking? It’s all for clicks. These tabloids don’t have actual sources feeding them stuff. They post what they think will get people interested and reading. There are still a few fraus out there who sit around and care. Meanwhile, both Ben and Jen have moved on with their respective lives: she’s working in LA, he’s traveling around with Shookus. People are battling it out on here for no reason.
They will get back together.