Seems like Ben Affleck is channeling the fate of another Batman actor – Val Kilmer – who played the dark superhero then turned super fat. Now that Ben’s divorce from Jennifer Garner is definitely a go, he’s been stress eating, has packed on at least 15 pounds – and that’s on top of the 30 pounds he gained to play Batman that has now gone to mush (look at chest in above photo).
For a while there, Ben Affleck was looking good. The initial 30 pound weight gain was all muscle and he was looking very buff. But now, all we see are man boobs and jiggly bits. Holy junk food Batman, what the heck have you been shoving in your gullet? Ben is one of those guys who’s normally tall and pretty slender, but not buff unless he has to be.
If you think back to early in his career – like in Kevin Smith’s Mallrats – Ben was sporting untucked shirts, a trenchcoat to camouflage his gut, and was sporting a double chin – and that was when he was young and had no excuse to be tubby. Since he’s been with Jennifer Garner, though, Ben Affleck has been consistently pretty lean and looking good, largely thanks to her forcing him to eat healthily.
But now that Ben has cut ties with Jennifer, partly because of her controlling ways, he’s determined to do what he wants and that means boozing, partying and eating whenever and whatever he wants. That’s bad enough, but insiders also says Ben is stress eating because he’s upset about the divorce. But it’s not missing Jennifer Garner that’s got him double-fisting the snacks – it’s stress about being a bad dad.
Ben himself had an alcoholic dad who split with his mom when Ben was just 11 (a bit older than Ben and Jen’s oldest daughter Violet). Ben Affleck was raised by his single parent mom, his dad was rarely in touch until he got clean, and Ben didn’t reconnect with him until he was grown. Ben’s worst fear is turning into an absentee father like his dad. And that’s what has him over-eating and nervous.
Ben worries if he takes work out of town, the kids will think he’s just gone. The initial plan was for he and Jennifer Garner to live on the same property so they could co-parent, but Jennifer changed her mind and kicked him off their estate so he’s out in the cold and it looks like Jen will get the lion’s share of time with the kids.
That puts Ben in the position of choosing work or his kids and he’s eating himself up with stress and food while he tries to sort things out. Ben has already committed to directing and starring in Live By Night which starts shooting in November. He’s also committed to back to back Justice League films. That’s a lot of time way from LA and his kids who are already upset about their parents split.
For now, Ben is drowning his sorrows in food. Soon, though, Ben Affleck is going to have to put down the fork, pick up a barbell, and get back in shape for his cape so he can play Batman… not Fatman.
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