“It’s part of why I started drinking,” Affleck told Stern. “Because I was trapped.”
Affleck went on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday to clarify his statements.
“I would never want my kids to think I would ever say a bad word about their mom,” he told Kimmel.
Affleck shares three children with Garner.
Affleck said after investigating why what he thought was a “honest” interview was causing a stir, he came to conclude that his words had been turned into “clickbait.”
“They had, literally, taken the conversation I had for two hours and made it seem as if I was saying the exact opposite of what I said,” he said. “I had gone on and said, like, how much we respect each other and cared about each other and cared about our kids and put them first and went through our stuff. And they said I had blamed my ex wife for my alcoholism and that I was ‘trapped’ and just made me out to be the worst, most insensitive, stupid awful guy.”
He added: “It’s not true. I don’t believe that. It’s the exact opposite of who I am and what I believe.”
After Kimmel pointed out that Affleck was riled up by talking about the subject, Affleck admitted, “It hurts my feelings, man.”