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Aakch

Ima need people to stop acting like Ben did not know what he was getting into. He was in a relationship with her before, he sent her letters and fully courted her. He showed up in her documentary, hell he even produced it. Maybe they disagree on what should be public BUT A 50 SOMETHING MAN WAS NOT COERCED INTO MARRIAGE. Relationships can end because of alot reasons. I can understand having chemistry with someone but just not being able to align on what you want in life. But FFS stop blaming the woman for the failure of a relationship.


spllchksuks

Ben plays the pap game as much as she does. Remember the Mr. Ana de Armas pap walks during the pandemic? J Lo is an easy target because she’s so publicly effusive but Ben is just as messy as she is.


ellastory

To be fair, that could have been Ana who called the paps. He does generally seems to be a private person, but from everything I’ve gathered, he is definitely just as messy.


Uplanapepsihole

yeah people are really weird towards her, acting like he’s miserable and she’s locking him in the basement when all he wants to do is hang out with matt damon. extremely sexist and i say that as someone who really does not like jlo. ben affleck has always had that miserable look in pap photos (apart from those weird pap walks during that PR relationship he had a few years ago)


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Agreed. He knew who she was. Like my sister tells me love people for who they are, not who you want them to be.


americanpeony

The “poor Ben” narrative is getting old as hell.


Phoebes-Punisher

The constant reporting of the two of them is just as gross as it was 20 years ago. Nobody cares more than them


Aatypicalflower

And the constant disgusting commentary of Jlo in comparison of Jen Garner. It screams of racism. The middle aged white woman is an angel who was a complete victim of her ex husband. Where as JLo is the reason for every single problem in the Affleck/Lopez marriage and household. I am sick of this.


singledxout

And is Jen Garner really an angel? I still think about the microaggressions towards Regina King on Chelsea Handler's dinner party show.


gumbybitch

THANK YOU I am sick of everyone acting like she’s perfect! I’m not even a JLO fan, I’m a lamb! That was so messed up of her and I’ve had a bad taste in my mouth since


sparkleghostx

Maybe they are both victims to an extent when it comes to Affleck. I’m not here to defend Garner or cast JLo as the red woman - but what I did find interesting in the linked article was reading how a “source” said he considered his marriage to JLo temporary insanity. I cast my mind back to the comments Affleck made in the breakdown of his marriage to Garner, [about how she drove him to drink](https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a38526114/ben-affleck-still-drinking-married-jennifer-garner/). There just seems to be an utter, shocking lack of respect let alone any empathy for both of these women that have loved and supported him.


visthanatos

Didn't her relationships also 'overlap'


Visible_Writing7386

I mean he's been with her for years, they broke up and reconciled several times, he knew what he was getting himself into. I don't think publicity is his problem per se, i think bad publicily is. While the press was delighted that they were back together, he ate that up, but as soon as the criticism came he was out.


Gayfetus

Reminder: Ben Affleck was videotaped on ~~[two different occasions](https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ben-affleck-fondles-tv-host-video-1202587226/)~~ [one occasion](https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/hilarie-burton-ben-affleck-groped-1202586677/) groping someone without their consent (or what we'd call sexual assault).


LowObjective

Not defending Ben Affleck in general because he’s awful — but the woman in that article said it was consensual and it was a bit they had been doing for years. It’s important to read articles beyond headlines. Doesn’t take away from him non-consensually groping Hilarie Burton before then, or the ableist joke he tells in the very video in the article.


Gayfetus

Thank you, I've corrected my comment!


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_cornflake

But but but someone on reddit said that their friend's cousin's wife's sister's hamster served JLO in a restraunt once and she didn't leave a tip! Ben Affleck would never endorse this because he's funny and he likes Dunkin Donuts haha