Ben: J Lo Hurt Career

Ben Affleck’s claiming his romance with Jennifer Lopez affected his career – and not in a good way.

He’s told Details magazine: "It was probably bad for my career."
 
"What happens in this sort of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work."

The actor – who is now married to Jennifer Garner – added: "I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and the media mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn't work ..."

35-year-old Ben – who has directed his first movie, Gone Baby Gone – also said: "There's something really great about directing."

"If you don't like this movie, I'm the guy to see. I'm the guy to criticize."

"I feel like Gone Baby Gone is a linchpin for my life. My career. I have a lot riding on it. I want it to work. Badly. I mean, a s**** movie comes out on 2,800 screens? I've been there and it's embarrassing."