In the street as in an interview, Ben Affleck does not hide his disdain for the paparazzi. It is therefore without surprise that the star ofArgo expressed empathy for Britney Spears at the time when the singer was permanently followed by photographers.
A phenomenon that was able to contribute to the mental health problems of Pop Star in 2007 and 2008, and to its guardianship against its will until 2021.
“For a long time, years and years ago, I had a lot of empathy for Britney Spears because it seemed to me that these people were chasing her at a time when she could have difficulty,” said Ben Affleck in an episode of the Podcast This Past Weekend with Theo Von. “I don’t know (what she felt) because I don’t know her, but I know this cycle of people who pursue you, shout you, harass you and follow you. It seemed to me that it was it even that set fire to the powder. »»
A “bizarre and involuntary cruelty”
Britney Spears chained, in 2007, stays in care centers and shaved his head in a Los Angeles hairdressing salon under the eye of photographers – clichés that have become sadly famous – before losing custody of her two sons born from her marriage to the dancer Kevin Federline. The following year, the star was hospitalized after locating himself in a bathroom with one of his sons, and placed under the supervision of his father until the procedure in 2021.
-Ben Affleck, who was the subject of increased monitoring during his recent divorce with Jennifer Lopez, compared the treatment of certain celebrities to that of wild beasts in a circus.
“This is the first time that I thought it was a kind of bizarre and involuntary collective cruelty – I think it is cultural – where what is absent from the image you see is the people who wave the stick to the tiger or who strike it,” he described. “Everything you see is the roaring animal. »»
In an interview with GQ In March, the actor, whose expression blasé on certain images gave rise to the same, however recognized that “many people” managed “celebrity with more finesse” than him.
