Actor Ben Affleck took to social media to take down a magazine, which body shamed him in an article titled “The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck”. Affleck responded to a New Yorker magazine article which suggested he was depressed after new photos surfaced of Affleck on a beach with a large tattoo of a phoenix on his back, reports variety.com.
The actor took to Twitter with the post: “New Yorker I’m doing just fine. Thick skin bolstered by garish tattoos”. When the tattoo was first spotted in 2016, Affleck insisted it was fake and just for a movie.
The New Yorker article said that ever since Affleck’s 2015 split from actress Jennifer Garner, paparazzi photographs have shown a “sad Ben”, from him vaping in his car to the low-energy interviews he gave during the “Batman v Superman” press tour.
The article drew backlash online this week as the story also appeared to fat-shame Affleck with lines like, “his gut is pooching” and “a blue-gray towel is wrapped protectively around his midsection-recalling a shy teen at the local pool.”
{{/usCountry}}The article drew backlash online this week as the story also appeared to fat-shame Affleck with lines like, “his gut is pooching” and “a blue-gray towel is wrapped protectively around his midsection-recalling a shy teen at the local pool.”
{{/usCountry}}The images were taken while Affleck was filming Netflix movie “Triple Frontier” in Hawaii with Garrett Hedlund, Charlie Hunnam and Oscar Isaac, who were also photographed in the water.