'The thought had crossed my mind': Ben Affleck on rekindling his relationship with J Lo
During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Ben Affleck discussed a wide range of topics such as his career, marriage to Jennifer Garner, alcoholism, and the Jennifer Lopez relationship. Affleck also confessed in the interview on Wednesday, December 14 to having hesitation over rekindling his relationship with ex-fiancee Jennifer Lopez. "Was there a hesitation on your part, because now you're a dad?" Stern asked Affleck, noting that Lopez "brings even more attention" to everything he does.
The 'Good Will Hunting' star replied saying, "the thought had crossed his mind. The greatest responsibility I have is to my children. There is nothing I would rather avoid doing to them if at all possible." Ben started dating J-Lo again in April after she split from her fiancé Alex Rodriguez.
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Affleck, who had a troubled marriage with Garner, 49, and shares three children together, further said, "That being said, I know that my life affects them," noting that the fact that he and Garner are celebrities is a "cross to bear" for their children - Violet, 16, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9. "I was like, 'I can't leave because of my kids, but I'm not happy. What do I do?'" said Affleck, who went to rehab for alcoholism in 2018. "And what I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution."
In addition, Affleck revealed that it took him an entire year and a half to recover from his alcohol addiction. "The cure for addiction is suffering. You suffer enough that something inside you goes, ‘I’m done,'" he said of getting clean. "I’m lucky because I hit that point before I lost the things that were most important. It was not my career or money—it was my relationship with my kids, and when I felt as if it impacted them, I recognized it."
Affleck's comments on Garner, Lopez have resulted in him and the celebrities trending on Twitter. Many Twitter users slammed him for his comments on Howard Stern's show and for putting Garner on blast in public. A few called him with a slew of derogatory names as well.