Hollywood star Ben Affleck named his marriage to actress Jennifer Garner the reason for his alcoholism.
In an interview with Howard Stern, the star of the "Batman v Superman" movie comic book said that an unhappy relationship "trapped" him and caused him to start drinking.
"I thought: I can't leave because of the kids, but I'm unhappy, what am I going to do? I would drink a bottle of whiskey and fall asleep on the couch. It didn't turn out to be the best solution," People quoted Affleck as saying.
He added that if he had not divorced Jennifer Garner, he would not have been able to overcome his problems with alcohol.
In 2020, Ben revealed that alcohol ruined his marriage and career. Affleck has struggled with addiction for the past 20 years. Then he said that most of all he regrets in his life about the divorce from Garner. The actor noted that because of his behavior, he felt shame, which ruined him even more. However, after the divorce, the Hollywood star began to drink even more.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck met on the set of the Daredevil comic strip, which was released in 2003. They got married two years later. For 10 years of marriage, they had two daughters and a son. In April 2017, the couple filed for divorce.