Three years after breaking up with Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck has some perspective on this relationship that was a media circus. The actor who dated Jennifer Lopez for 2 years told Details, "It was probably bad for my career."
Affleck believes that the media frenzy had its effect on the actor. The couple was constantly chased by paparazzis and were always in the tabloids. They attracted more media attention than the attention of the film industry.
Affleck added, "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 …"
The 35-year-old actor has turned the page and will present his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, on October 19, in theatres.