Ben Affleck has candidly opened up about his failed marriage to his ex-wife.
The Batman star, 47, insisted that his divorce from Jennifer Garner is his “biggest regret” in his life so far.
Ben also explored his struggle with alcoholism, and the devastating impact his addiction had on his marriage and career overall.
Speaking to The New York Times, the actor unveiled the pain he felt amid the breakdown of his marriage to Jen.
The pair announced their separation in June 2015, but Ben has admitted that choosing to leave his wife was one of the biggest regrets in his life.
Ben Affleck has candidly opened up about his failed marriage to his ex-wife (Image: PA)
“The biggest regret of my life is this divorce,” he insisted.
“Shame is really toxic. There is no positive byproduct of shame. It’s just stewing in a toxic, hideous feeling of low self-worth and self-loathing.
The Good Will Hunting star also opened up about his addiction to alcohol and explained the lasting effect it had on both his marriage and his career as a whole.
The father-of-three – to daughters Violet, 14, and Seraphina, 11, and son Samuel, seven – said he “drank relatively normally for a long time” after separating from Jennifer (Image: Getty Images)
The father-of-three – to daughters Violet, 14, and Seraphina, 11, and son Samuel, seven – said he ‘drank relatively normally for a long time’ after separating from Jennifer.
“What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart.
“‘This was 2015, 2016. My drinking, of course, created more marital problems.”
In a bid to save himself from self-destruction, Ben checked himself into a rehabilitation facility for alcohol addiction in August of 2018 (Image: FilmMagic)
In a bid to save himself from self-destruction, Ben checked himself into a rehabilitation facility for alcohol addiction in August of 2018.
About his journey to recovery, the star said, “I am fighting for myself and my family,” in a social media post two months later about his efforts to remain sober.
Ben has been persistent in his efforts to battle alcohol addiction with multiple stints in rehab over the past 20 years.
Ben and Jennifer married in 2004 and finalised their divorce at the end of 2018 (Image: WireImage)
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in 2012 about one particular incident, Ben put his addiction down to not having any boundaries in his life.
“I went to rehab for being 29 and partying too much and not having a lot of boundaries and to clear my head and try to get some idea of who I wanted to be.
“It was more a ‘let me get myself straight’ before it became a rite of passage.’
Ben and Jennifer married in 2004 and finalised their divorce at the end of 2018.
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