Ben Affleck admits he would have drunk himself to death if he continued as Batman

He also would have drunk himself to death if he had to suffer another day of marriage to aging church mouse, Frau Garner.

He's so handsome in that pic. Is it an old one?

Oh what a crock o' shit.

He's mad because Matt is now the handsome one and he has to find a way to rationalize to himself why HE WAS FIRED from Batman. He didn't turn it down. It was never offered to him.

Can we admit that drunk sloppy bisexual thirty-something Ben Affleck was more fun & likeable, and actually entertaining?

Being paid millions of dollars to play a superhero, boo hoo, where's the vodka

So now he’s drinking himself to death while not playing Batman, huh.

That fucktard has been an attention whore since go.

Good for him for coming clean about alcoholism. Compared to your average Hollywood douche, I like him. I think it’s a horrible business but he’s made a lot of money so he shouldn’t complain.

I loved him in The Accountant. Ben can bounce back.

He was stumbling drunk in public less than 4 months ago, and now he’s giving interviews pretending all is well??? Give me a break!! How about being sober for an entire year before the cheesy “All is fine now!” success interviews?🙄

Forgot about that R11. Proclaiming sobriety is a dangerous game. Everyone slips up. Why set yourself up?

Glad y'all bitches are perfect!

I like Ben. I get him. He’ll either get his shit together, or he won’t. It’s that simple.

now, this is someone about whom it is legitimate to ask: what's his damage?

wealthy, talented, famous and sometimes good looking. he can write his own ticket in life, as few of us can.

R15 The article seems to suggest that addiction and mental illness run in his family.

This is how he "gets honest"? Blames his insane level of drinking on his ex-wife and a movie role but claims that everything is just peachy now after less than four months sober?

Ben is just terminally unique, isn't he.

Goopy broke him.

most people have those problems "in their family". in those that don't, my guess is that denial and subterfuge covered trails of otherwise black sheep.

he is in a much better position to get help and treatment than most of us. and he has had these advantages for awhile, yet is still a mess.

it won't matter to anyone in Hwood as long as he keeps making them money. so, this "story" is for optics only so that he can continue to do so.

Spending three months on a set is SO stressful. God, what that man has been through, acting in movies! My heart goes out to him.

Which of the 12 Steps is 'Blame your ex-spouse'?

He's got a movie to promote (about a washed up old alkie - imagine that!), so he's got to put his big boy pants on & get out there. But he'd probably be better off taking time off & getting himself straight, but I guess child support doesn't pay itself - he's gotta work!

I read the article BTW, & I didn't get the sense he blamed her at all - rather, it made it sound like she & the kids were the rock of his life. It's hard to say what's true & what's just BS, but you did get the sense that he genuinely regretted that he embarrassed them.

[quote]Ben can bounce back.

He's got enough fat on him to that for sure

What’s his skin color?

womp womp

I'll take him drunk or sober.

He looks like he smells.

Drunks often smell.

You can tell he washes himself with a rag on a stick.

Anyone see the leaked pics of the new Batman costume?

Ben will be just fine.

Baffleck

Ex Batfleck

Is this what you really want for yourself, Joey Lawrence?

[quote] Is this what you really want for yourself, Joey Lawrence?

Why has-been Joey Lawrence?

Accepting all those millions of dollars for sitting around on a film set and doing NEXT TO NOTHING every damned day makes no sense at all. Better to drink until you fall over.

I would drink myself to death if I had to watch his Batman again.

How entitled do you have to be to whine about being cast in a multimillion dollar franchise?

"Entitlement" is Ben Affleck's middle name.

[quote] Why has-been Joey Lawrence?

A while back he was in some Quixotic campaign to get Warner Bros. to cast him as Batman.

The sad part about this is, the part was only given to Affleck because Warner Brothers wanted to please Affleck after giving the Whitey Bulger biopic role to Johnny Depp.

[quote] Being paid millions of dollars to play a superhero, boo hoo, where's the vodka

Life is so hard; when Hollywood refuses to stop depositing millions of dollars into your bank account.

The church frau took half his net worth. No way he left Batman of his own accord. That's why he's hustling. He has to rebuild his fortune.

He got fired from Batman, he didn't leave voluntarily.

"Fired" is such a strong word. One contract ended. The next contract... is yet to appear.

He would have drunk himself with any role. And what about the coke? Notice he's not talking about that. So sick and tired of these white actors wanting us to feel sorry for them. Hear this, Johnny Depp and Jon Hamm.

We wouldn't get that lucky.

Thank you, R40.

Casted

No, the audience would have drunk itself to death if he had continued as Batman.

The obvious solution (if his story were true) would be to simply leave Hollywood and the entertainment industry.

If you really want to feel bad for someone, it’s Wes Bentley, because Christopher Nolan pushed hard for him to get the role.

His raging narcissism won't allow him to leave Hollywood in any capacity.

As much as they bitch and moan about how tough it is to be a celebrity, they can never retire from the business and leave a fully private life. Being a star is too much of a drug, they can't give it up.

To this day, I believe Greta Garbo was the only big star to ever truly turn her back on fame and walk away 100%.

r54 I guess it's also a legal thing, many get either thrown in jail or killed or their children get killed, or they get harassed and infamed, if they try to escape.

He's always looking to blame someone or something.

R54, Deanna Durbin belongs in that category with Garbo. She was a big MGM child star, made a lot of movies, won the Juvenile Oscar, transitioned into adult roles and walked away from it all when she was about 28. She left Hollywood in 1949 and until her death in 2013, only gave one interview about her experience there.

Didn't he do just one Batman movie? Please, he needs to stop blaming his addiction on that

i wonder what his mindset would have been on the set if he had 'acted" as batman in schumacher's homoerotic kink fest of "batman forever" and "batman and robin".... affleck having to take direction from schumacher and wearing the outrageous rubber suit of nipples, huge bulging cod pieces and rubber encased shapely on purpose ass and shown off on purpose in scenes?!.

That's the thing they b**** but they never leave Hollywood. They're too addicted to the fame. Look at Kurt Russell he has a nice life in Colorado or Harrison Ford in Wyoming.

r60 they're still very much in the business, and also have homes in LA.

R61... i guess (r60) he meant that such stars like russell and ford and others CAN get away from the industry and la la land by moving away or at least having a home elsewhere., they are comfortable in their skin and their careers and self to not be in the center of it 24/7 365 days of the year.. i don't believe affleck has any similar living situation?..