Ben Affleck Open up, said his divorce from Jennifer Garner was ‘the biggest regret of my life’…see the full story

In an interview with The New York Times, Ben Affleck revealed that alcohol consumption was one of the contributing factors to the end of his and Jennifer Garner’s marriage. “I drank relatively normal for a long time. And I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart. That was in 2015-2016. Alcohol, of course, created many marital problems.”

He continued, “The biggest regret of my life is this divorce. Shame is really toxic. There is no positive by-product of shame. It is just a toxic and hideous feeling of low self-esteem.”

However, Affleck understood that while he made mistakes, he hoped to learn from them and “keep going ahead.” He said, “It’s not particularly healthy for me to be obsessed with failures, relapses, and hurt myself. I certainly made mistakes. I certainly did things I regret. But you need to compose yourself, learn from it, learn a little more, try to keep going ahead.”

Garner also remains dedicated to speaking well of Affleck to their children. In a 2018 Instagram post celebrating Father’s Day, Garner said, “Our kids are lucky to have a dad who looks at them the way you look at them and loves them the way you love them.”