Ben Affleck clears the air regarding his comments about “being trapped” in his marriage to Jennifer Garner.
and discussed the time he spent with the 49-year-old actress and how alcoholism affected his marriage. After receiving some backlash on social media regarding his comments, the 49-year-old Oscar winner walked back his remarks during Wednesday's episode of“I was really happy with it,” he told the host of his interview with Stern, adding that he thought the two-hour conversation was “meaningful.
Affleck said he didn’t have a problem being the “sad Batman” or “Dunkin Donuts” meme guy, but that when it comes to his family, “I have to draw a line and be clear." Kimmel noted that it seemed to “upset" the star. Affleck concluded, “It hurt my feelings. And even being the subject of that is just the cost of doing business a little bit as an actor. But not with my kids. Don’t do that. It’s wrong. It hurts me. It hurts them. Stop that.”
He continued, "And then we said, 'You know what? We tried. We tried, because we had kids. And then both of us felt like, 'We don't want this to be the model that our kids see of marriage.'"
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