Remember when Ben Affleck was an up and coming star winning Oscars and dating Gwyneth Paltrow? Then he took a terrible turn for the worse and became a ridiculous joke while he was dating J Lo. He was always looking so done up and as if just left a tanning salon. Well now Ben is admitting that it was as bad of a time for him as it was for us. We love the cleaned up, more serious family man Ben has evolved into. Ben looked relaxed and happy at the premiere of HBO's Ithuteng last night in LA. As for what he said about his time with J. Lo, here's more:

... J.Lo's ex lover Ben Affleck has admitted their engagement was a huge mistake.
Their high profile relationship ended in 2004, just months after they were due to marry - a wedding that was called off at the last moment.
He said: "I should never have got engaged and never gone down that route. I thought I wanted certain things, but I didn't. I got lost and felt suffocated, miserable and gross. I had to smile for the cameras, but I was really in turmoil. I was no longer in control of my life and I didn't know which way to turn. I felt like a hamster in a cage. The faster my legs went, the less distance I seemed to travel."
Maybe Ben was destined to marry a Jennifer but we're happy Garner was the one he ended up with. His career has made a major come back as well so it looks like he made the right choice.
















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1hmmm... wonder what J.Lo thinks of this...
2he is so cute w/ Jen & Violet. Just goes to show you that no-one has a clue what they are doing when it comes to love! Everyone bumbles around for awhile
I feel like this is the case with Tom and Katie. All this build up and then it's just going to turn into one huge mistake. Wow, I would never want to hear an ex describe his time with me as feeling suffocated, miserable, and gross.
3I would respect him a lot more if he had never talked about it. He should have taken the high road and kept it to himself.
4wow, it seems so long ago. didn't they date like 5 years ago? anyways, they're both married and seem happy.
5Seems to me that he's talking more about the intense media frenzy than the relationship. I'm sure JLo feels the same way.
6This is my FAVORITE hollywood couple! Violet is adorable as are Ben and Jen together!!!!!!!
I'm all in.
7He sucks for saying that!!!!Show some class and keep it to yourself.I think he's really rude.
8Oh, boo hoo Ben. You had to date JLo. It brings a tear to me eye.
9Sorry, but he was SOOOO hot when he was with Jlo, now he looks idk, but def. not as hot. I think he should have kept it to himself tho, u don't see her complaining about the phenomenon that was BENNIFER.
10I for one am not a sucker for the homely look that he and Jennifer Garner have going on. Quite frankly I think he pretended to be into J.Lo, but was really just sampling her. I always thought it humiliated her, and now I know it did. I still think it was the race thing that started and ended that relationship. He was an adult when they got together and she never pretended to be anything she wasn't, but he did.
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12When they dated, she seemed really happy (unlike how she appears w/Marc now). He seemed so smug & awful when they were together. I was soooooooo happy when they were over.
Yep, I agree. Regardless of how he feels, he should keep those comments to himself. Not cool. You are a big boy, if you didn't want to be in a relationship with her, then you should have spoken up. I hardly think JLo had him trapped in an basement threatening him to marry her or risk death. Give me a break. And he DID look way hot while dating JLo. I'm glad he's happy and moved on with cute Violet and Jen, but saying those kinds of things can be very hurtful. If I were JLo I'd have to speak up on that one.
13When ever I hear about Bennifer I just think of that awful scene in her video where he literally kisses her ass. That video was creepy.
14I don't think he's talking about Jennifer Lopez as much as the intense tabloid frenzy surrounding them.
15It's good to see him on the right track. He's an Best Actor Oscar winner waiting to happen.
16I think they really were into each other for a while and then with all his friends whispering in his ear and with all the media hoopla he finally realized he was making a mistake. I think Jennifer absolutely LOVES and lives for that type of media attention. I think she really did love him and in the end he broke her heart. How does she get all these men to propose to her anyway? Oh, and I still blame YOU Ben Affleck for the color diamond trend! He started it all!
17I always thought they would marry.
18I agree with the peeps that said he seems to be talking about the media frenzy around their relationship. I would feel suffocated if every move I made was reported by the media simply because of who I was dating.
19I'm sorry y'all but he still looks like a drunk. Hope all that is behind him for Violet's sake.
20I think he is talking about the whole media thing, and not J-Lo. Even that creepy video was meant to make fun of all the publicity, but no one got the joke. I think he really cared about her but couldn't face the life they would have had. Can you picture him getting dragged to TomKat's wedding? But he is on the right track now - as he said himself - all that wasn't really him.
21As for being rude - how about Diddy - making fun of people like Ben who actually wanted to marry her. That ugly thing still isn't married - like Clooney - he also thinks he is too good for any one woman.
All I can say is, I'm glad he left if he wasn't happy.
22I agree with whoever said he still looks like a drunk. I don't see why either Jennifer would want with him. He took Jennifer Lopez to his parents home, filled it flowers, and then proposed. I think that took a little planning. Now he calls it a mistake. Maybe it didn't work Ben because you were busy drinking, gambling, and visiting strip clubs.
23that is one fugly face
24He does look drunk.
25I think he was probably talking about the media, but if he was talking about his feelings for J-lo then that's pretty rude.
26How can we be sure that this quote is real. It's from a British tabloid, for chrissakes, and they don't even tell us how they got that quote. I'm sure it wasn't directly from Ben.
27I haven't cared for him since the JLo thing...he is just so cheesy looking.....UGH!
28I can't believe no one else has commented on his horrible toupe. It looks very fake to me.
29Ben is a washed up, balding, drunk loser- he should stick to taking care of his family. I am not a fan obviously.. he better treat Jen G right!
He is one fugly man.
30He should've taken the high road on this one. Regardless of what he was referring to, it could be hurtful to JLo-someone he supposedly cared for at one time. What a lout!
31Ben is talking about all the media attention. J Lo has said the same thing about their relationship in so many words.
When Ben was in Britain for the London Film Festival, all the interviewers would ask him about was Bennifer. They never asked Ben about his Wife and Baby. It was like they where stuck in time.
I think they took interviews Ben did (after Bennifer 2004) from "Rolling Stone" and "Details" and created quotes. I have read both interviews and he says something to this effect about the media (Not J Lo). This British Tab is just using Ben's words for the most attention getting way possible
J Lo isn't innocent. She co-wrote a song about Ben with her husband then fiance Marc right after Bennifer. In a few interviews she made some snide remarks when asked about Ben.
J Lo and Ben are both married now. They both have become much lower key people because of Bennifer.
32Ouch....
33I think he's talking about the media attention, and I also think they both came to the realization they wouldn't work in the long term.
I think that had the media left them alone, instead of killing their relationship without all the scrutiny, things probably would have ended up the same way, but without all the media craze. If I were him, I'd have a bad taste in my mouth about that too.
Thankfully they are all happy and doing well with their significant others. I do wish the media would leave things well enough alone, when they believe the pair up is weird to them for whatever reason.
34I'm just wondering why Jen's exes are now coming out with how they weren't actually happy (Ben) or they wouldn't have married her anyways (Diddy)...why are they bringing up this history now...three to five years later....do they have beef with her, or they just trying to bring her down. Either way, I think it's low...and I'm sure it really doesn't bother her. She's happy with her (zombie-looking) husband Marc, I think.
35I wish Ben had specified if it was Jen who sucked or the media frenzy around them that sucked. It sounds like he means the media, but it's so unclear that it seems really mean towards Jen.
I do love him with Jennifer Garner and Violet is the cutest! But still, his statement was a bit harsh!
36oh the poor thing he HAD to date the most sexiest woman alive! get over it ben, jen hasnt spoken about u in years and u still feel the need to bring it up?!!!
37I think he is a jerk for saying this, and about his relationship with Garner, PLEASE, they are together for what? 2 years?
38Lets not forget that they got married because she got pregnant, thats why people gets shocked when those couples split, they only wanna see the beautiful pictures.
I am so happy he is with jennifer garner they are so good together and violet is absolutely adorable!
39shut the hell up ben... and I disagree that Ben is the next oscar-winning actor... only if he erases Jersey Girl from his past along with Gigli.
40You guys,
Celeb*tchy.com ran an article on this the other day, and I agree with her that this story is probably fabricated, just like the Renee Zellweger story is out now is probably made up.
http://www.celeb*tchy.com/index.php/archives/2006/11/fake_relationship_q...
41LMAO! He didn't say that being with a superficial shallow money grubbing cheap ass b*tch sucked..which he sooo easily could have. He said that the situation sucked and that he did things he shouldn't have. No shocker. More pathetic that PDiddy is still p whipped by her mega ass after all these years.
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42hmm didn't we all know that?
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