Jennifer Garner’s Friends Defend Her Against Ben Affleck’s Comments

On Monday Ben Affleck went on The Howard Stern Show and made the stupid boy decision to say that part of the reason he started drinking was cuz he felt trapped in his marriage to Jennifer Garner. People were pissed (including Jennifer Lopez, reportedly) and a day later Ben appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and explained that his very deep comments were taken out of context for clickbait. Ben said that he would never say a bad word about the mother of his children and that he deeply respects Jennifer Garner. But that tail-between-his-legs-backtracking wasn’t good enough for J.Garn & Co, cuz now Page Six is reporting that “sources around the actress” are “furious” at Ben. Sigh. Everybody hates Affleck…

Page Six reports that one “industry insider” who’s close with both Ben and Jen (Garner) says the comments are “disgusting”:

“Jen has been the only one picking him up time and time again when he’s done horrible things — fallen off the wagon or worse.
“Jen stood by him because she loves him. This is the mother of his children.”

Another source tells Page Six:

“Anyone who knows addict behavior knows how untrue those comments could be for any addict, but particularly Ben. It’s one of the first tenets of AA not to place blame for your disease.”

Apparently, Jennifer’s friends think the new comments echo Ben’s “cringeworthy” Oscar speech from 2013, where he thanked Jen for working on their marriage, adding, “And it is work. But it’s the best kind of work.” I guess Jen got tired of working her ass off, cuz two years later their marriage was kaput. Here’s the speech:

But Ben does have one “industry source” defending him:

A source who knows Affleck told Page Six in his defense: “I do think that the quotes have been taken out of context, if you actually listen to the interview he says everything in a different context.”

However, the industry insider said, “He didn’t need to act like he was talking to his shrink.”

Obviously, there’s been no official comment from Jennifer Garner, but she’s been dealing with Affleck’s messy ass for over 17 years. And not just his sobriety issues. There was the nanny, the groping allegations, the Ana de Armas of it all… Ben shitting on Jen on Howard Stern is annoying, sure, but she’s probably none too surprised. Boy is a drama magnet!

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