Ben Affleck makes uncommon remark about Britney Spears amid media scrutiny
Ben Affleck has just lately made uncommon remark about Britney Spears after she claimed that they made out.
Throughout an look on the most recent episode of This Previous Weekend With Theo Von podcast, the Argo director revealed that he has “empathy” for the singer who’s consistently dwelling underneath media scrutiny.
“A long time ago, years and years ago, I really had a lot of empathy for Britney Spears,” stated the 52-year-old.
Ben instructed podcast host, “I remember it seemed like – I mean it’s not somebody I knew, or hung out with but just like everybody else, you see all this stupidity that comes through.”
Curiously, the Air star shared that he doesn’t know Britney very nicely however he knew paparazzi folks and had his personal expertise with the media.
Ben acknowledged, “I do know that the cycle of having people harangue you and yell at you and hassle you and follow you, it seemed like that itself was kind of whipping up the whole thing into a tizzy.”
The Hypnotic actor is perhaps referring to Britney’s 2008 breakdown when she shaved her head. Later, she was positioned underneath a 13-year conservatorship which resulted in 2021.
Reflecting on singer’s situation, Ben identified, “That’s the first time I thought this is kind of a weird, unintentional – I think culturally – but kind of collective cruelty where what’s taken out of the image that you see are the people around waving the stick at the tiger or poking on it whatever.”
“And all you see is the growling animal or whatever it is, but like a part of that is because somebody is coming around hitting on it to make it get active,” added the Accountant 2 actor.
Nevertheless, the actor’s feedback got here one 12 months after Britney made claims that she had “made out” with Ben years earlier.
“Cool pic of me and Ben Affleck and Diane Warren years ago!!! He’s such an amazing actor. Did I fail to mention I made out with Ben that night … I honestly forgot … that’s crazy!!!” wrote Poisonous crooner in a since-deleted submit in February 2024 alongside a photograph from 1999.
In the meantime, Ben prevented a query about made out periods with Britney.
