In a guest appearance on Howard Stern's radio show, actor Ben Affleck blamed his ex-wife Jennifer Garner for his alcoholism, claiming he felt "trapped" in his marriage to her, which is partly why he started drinking.
"We had a marriage that didn't work. It happens. It was someone I love and respect, but I couldn't be married to anymore," he said.
Despite that, he says, he tried to save their union, and for the sake of their three children Violet (16), Serafin (12) and Samuel (9).
"I thought I couldn't leave because of the kids, but I wasn't happy, so I started drinking a bottle of whiskey a day and sleeping on the couch, which turned out not to be the answer," Affleck was honest.
"But we both felt that's not the example we want our children to see when it comes to marriage," the actor added.
Now he thinks they made an honest decision.
"Now they'd probably have their arms around each other's necks. I'd probably still be drinking. Part of the reason I started drinking was because I felt trapped," said Affleck, who went to rehab in 2018 after getting divorced.
Garner and Affleck started dating in 2004 and got married a year later.
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