Bennifer apparently wasn’t good for the career of the Ben portion of the duo, or at least that’s what he says. In a juicy interview with Details magazine, Ben Affleck spills the beans:
“It was probably bad for my career,” he says, unlatching the timepiece, pulling it over his hand, and gripping it between his fingers. He’s talking about the Bennifer years (2002–2004).“What happens is this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you only go once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn’t work . . .”
So does that mean he regrets his cameo in that fabulous video? Come to think of it, that was minor in comparison to the train wreck that was Gigli.
Via / Details
Ben got to smack and kiss one of the most perfect butts in the world. Whatever. He’s just bitter right now cause his girl got nothing back there!
No, but seriously. He gave every nerd/geek hope. If someone who you just know wasn’t shit in high school, got to hit the hottest Latina in the country (not my opinion…) you can’t really complain.
What I’m interested in knowing, is how many Latinas rationalized being with white dudes after that video and the whole Bennifer years? I mean, icons can sell burgers, sodas, clothing, they can sell white meat too. An icon for so many girls, I wonder… That sounds like the sort of Ph.D. work that will not get you tenure!