Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner began to meet in 2004. A year later they got married, later three children were born. But in 2015, the couple declared a divorce and in 2018 it was finally separated. According to Ben, the divorce contributed to his alcohol addiction, which became the stronger than the more problems arose in his relationship with his wife.
The presenter read the words from the Affale note, in which he thanks his former wife:
I want to tell her thanks. Thank you for being a caring, attentive, responsible mom and just a wonderful person.
During the conversation, 47-year-old Affleck admitted that he never thought that his struggle with dependence would lead to divorce with Garner.
I did not want to divorce. I really did not want our family to divide. All this is very upsetting me, because it means that I am not the one for whom he accepted. Divorce brought me a lot of pain and disappointment. In itself,
Said Ben.
In a recent interview with The New York Times Affleck also touched on the theme of the divorce with Jennifer and called it "the greatest regret in his life."
The feelings of shame and regret are very toxic. You just cook in a poison, disgusting feeling of low self-esteem and disgust. At first I saw relatively ok, did not cross the border. But when my marriage began to fall apart, I began to drink more and more. It was in 2015-2016. My drunkenness, of course, gave rise to even more family problems,
- he admitted.
The actor was treated several times in the rehabilitation center, he was last located 40 days in August 2018. After he wrote in his Instagram:
I completed a forty-day stay in the center of treating alcohol addiction and remain on an outpatient treatment. The fight against any addiction is a lifelong and difficult struggle. This is a full-time commitment. I'm struggling for myself and my family.