The "Good Will Hunting" star spoke about the "cruelty" of fame recently on the "This Past Weekend With Theo Von" podcast ... noting that although he did not know Brit at the height of her fame, he understands "the cycle of having people harangue you and yell at you and hassle you and follow you."
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00:00And now, we are not animals, we're celebrities, starring Ben Affleck and Britney Spears, kind of.
00:09Years and years ago, like, I really had a lot of empathy for Britney Spears.
00:13So Ben Affleck is defending Britney Spears. He went on Theo Vaughn's podcast.
00:19And talked about all those years, Britney was so big, she was constantly surrounded by paparazzi.
00:24Having had my own experiences myself, I knew, like, these are people who are following her around in a time where she may or may not have been having difficulty.
00:33I don't know, because I don't know her.
00:35Well, she says she made out with you one night, but there's a story for another day.
00:39And they're kind of poking a stick at it and going, look, look, look at it.
00:42What's taken out of the image that you see are the people around, you know, waving the stick at the tiger.
00:50Well, the umbrella, the umbrella thing.
00:52That was the point he was trying to make.
00:54He says he hates it because he doesn't like being photographed for two reasons.
00:59He says he's, like, self-conscious about it.
01:01And don't marry J-Lo. Don't date Ana de Armas.
01:03But also, as an actor, he feels like it hinders his art.
01:07Oh, God.
01:08Because I don't really want people, if they watch a movie, to be like, that's not him.
01:13Because I saw him yesterday eating lunch.
01:14Okay, easy, Batman. We know how movies work.
01:17It does get intrusive for him.
01:19But to say that.
01:20Yeah, that point, it's, like, ridiculous.
01:22If that's true, how does Meryl Streep go from rowing a raft down a river to Sophie's choice?
01:27Meryl Streep is not a paparazzi target, so she's able to slip into roles.
01:31I so believe the role, I thought that was her.
01:33If I saw her next to Kevin Bacon, I'd be traumatized.
01:36Incidentally, Kevin Bacon was in R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds, who was in Smokin' Aces with Ben Affleck.
01:42Boom! Did it in two.
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