I’m just going to say, okay? Why is it that Ben Affleck never looks at his wife the way he looks at other women? First it was Blake Lively, and now it’s his other female costar in The Town – Rebecca Hall. Jeremy Renner is around here too – all three are in Venice to promote The Town, which I have to admit, I’ll be seeing this weekend come hell or high water. Getting back to Hall and Affleck – even though in some of these photos, they look like they’ve got some heat, I’m going to say that they have not done the dirty previously, nor are they going to do the nasty in the near future. Also: Rebecca looks a bit like Jennifer Garner, doesn’t she? I never really noticed that. Ben hired a British bird to play an American girl in his film, and the character is his character’s love interest. Interesting.
What do you think? Does Garner have anything to worry about with Rebecca Hall? Hall was the alleged “other woman” in Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet’s marriage, although she’s always denied it, and I tend to think it was probably bullsh-t. But still, the accusation is still floating around out there, perhaps affecting who hires her and who doesn’t. I don’t think Garner has to worry about this one. I think Garner has to worry about Blake Lively. Blake and Ben’s Interview Magazine conversation made me uncomfortable in their mutual flirtation and gushing, and I’m not even married to him. I can only imagine what Garner felt like.
You know what’s really unfortunate though? No photos of Jon Hamm at this press event. The Hamm is in The Town – he plays the F.B.I. agent tracking Affleck’s bank robber. Although… there are new photos of The Hamm at an airport yesterday, so maybe he’s on his way somewhere to pose his cute ass off. Also: Even though I mostly want to slap Jennifer Westfeldt, I melt a little to see the cute way The Hamm looks at his girlfriend. Right? They totally adore each other.
And here are some more photos from the Venice photocall:
Ben and Rebecca in Venice on Sept. 7, 2010. Credit: Fame.
c’mon! it’s not like anyone sees how affleck and garner interact 24/7. it’s easy to take choice photos and make up crap about these folks
I always thought Ben never really wanted Garner. I wouldn’t be surprised if he stepped out on her with someone. Maybe not this chick. Someone though. I really wanna see The Town. Not sure if I will go this weekend though.
I’ll tell you why – because these are PR photos for his movie and his photos with Jen are when the paparazzi are chasing him taking his daughters to school and the park and yelling at them “HEY JEN ARE YOU PREGNANT????” or “BEN HOW’S THE GAMBLING PROBLEM!!!??” etc. Sigh.
For some reason the tabs seem intent on saying they have marriage problems. They seem just fine to me, they just don’t gush publicly about their family life, but if they are, that’s their private business.
The Hamm and his girlfriend do seem very happy. She has a pancake butt though.
The Hamm is probably making his way to Toronto for the premiere at TIFF on the 11th. I cannot wait to see this movie!
Those pants are fug. They do, however, look comfortable for lounging in.
I knew this post would bring out the Jennifer Garner warriors! Kaiser’s right, Ben’s a hound that got trapped into marrige with an ice queen, and it’s only a matter of time before he gets REALLY, (ah, remember the strip club incidents?) busted. Although I see J.G. as the type who will never give him a divorce- she’s going to punish him by making him stay married!
whats a pancake butt?
He is LEANING into her in one picture.
@Cici, I think [ad hope] you’re right! 🙂
Hamm is precious…sigh..
What’s weird about Garner and Affleck is that she was married up until 2004, he was dating Jennifer Lopez until 2004, and then all of a sudden in June 2005 they got married.
because he is miserable, unhappy with Jennifer lol seriously I have never seen a pic of him looking at her with love. and she is all PR, he is probably tired of her and her endless PR. there are so many pics of her and the kids than any other A-list star family.
Because he’s bored with her, and miserable. Happens to a lot of people, sadly.
As a side note, I’ve heard he is a royal douche, from people who’ve met him in person. That’s how he seems on TV to me, too.
I have tickets to the premiere at TIFF this weekend! I’m so excited. I want to touch the Hamm.
Those are some unfortunate pants on that woman.
WTF is that chick wearing. What an awful outfit to intentionally be pap’d in
In the lead pic, I am sure all Ben can see is her hair and her temple. He looks enamored with it. I just think he might be thick. He tries to be all sexy to his public and comes across as inappropriately flirty. Remember how he looked when dating j-lo, that horrible slicked back hair and day-glo tan? He has no idea how to project his public image. So I maintain he is just kinda stupid.
“I’ll tell you why – because these are PR photos for his movie and his photos with Jen are when the paparazzi are chasing him taking his daughters to school and the park and yelling at them “HEY JEN ARE YOU PREGNANT????” or “BEN HOW’S THE GAMBLING PROBLEM!!!??””
Yeah, but come on. He’s an actor. You’d think he would at least spend one ounce of effort PRETENDING to enjoy being with his wife and kids. He’s a douche for not even making the effort.
“I’ll tell you why – because these are PR photos for his movie and his photos with Jen are when the paparazzi are chasing him taking his daughters to school and the park and yelling at them “HEY JEN ARE YOU PREGNANT????” or “BEN HOW’S THE GAMBLING PROBLEM!!!??” etc. Sigh”
EXACTLY. Gee, he looks fondly at his costar during PR shots for his upcoming movie. Kinda like every male movie star EVER.
ZOMG! The Hamm and January Jones must be boning! Look at this photo!
http://www.zap2it.com/media/photo/2009-08/48464349.jpg
They are clearly in love and Hamm is definitely cheating on his wife. Here’s the photographic evidence *eye roll*
BTW @LoveAnge-The Town releases next Tuesday, it’s not out yet.
EDIT: I cannot get over how adorable The Hamm looks in his scally cap and shades!
Ben always reminded me of Tiger Woods, just that weird feeling like he has twenty mistresses out there. That look on his face like at any moment it could all come out. I’m sure they have thier troubles like any other marriage but early on and going to sex counceling?
I don’t get a happy marraige vibe when I look at pictures of JG and BA however I have no idea what they are like when there are no paps around. BTW I am pretty sure that after Gigli BA stated he would never co-star with another significant other so she had almost no chance. I used to love her on Alias but she seems very cold and controlling now and her movies are duds, she is another one who should go back to TV.
Ok, Ben looks like iz IN love!!! But we dont with whoo??! And yes, her shirt and pants arent very flattering at all! Fire the stylist! Fun site!!:D
It’s pretty simple. He gets off on it. Husband. Father. Idiot.
Because he’s a walking set of Balls.
Jeremy Renner is so fucking hot
He looks at Matt Damon the same way.
@lisamarie I was thinking the SAME THING!
I would sooo wear those drawstring pants to bed when I was on my cycle…NOT to a press event…where there are lots of cameras.
I find it really unfair the way these two are analyzed. I agree CiCi, he is trying to promote a movie here not out with his wife and children being harassed by paparazzi! Really now, it this marriage does end up failing it going to be because of all the negative bullshit thrown at them from all sides, it’s probably planting a seed of doubt in poor Jen’s mind. Let them be and let them drop their kids off at school and go to the park without a million pictures being taken of them. Geez!
It is almost as if he is intentionally trying to embarrass and humiliate his wife into leaving him, but she never will.
He’s looking at the camera guy adoringly too!
he’s promoting his movie.. it’s business… although I think he never really seems happy with anything, except when he’s with Violet.. she makes him smile.
yikes! her stripped shirt is very oliver twist/les miserables… not flattering.
At first glance I thought the chick was Jessica Biel and I wonder where Hamm got his hat?
She does look like Jen, and sadly, I never thought that Ben would be faithful to her. He just seems like a total player,
An alcoholic never has much interest in, or use for, someone that is actually available and there for them. That prospect doesn’t have sufficient danger and drama. They spend their time chasing after grief, aggravation, and turbulence since those qualities keep them too busy to be taking a good, hard look at themselves.
Oh, COME ON. The fact that you think Affleck is a douche bag and a cheater (he probably is, who knows), doesnt mean that he’s cheating on his wife with every woman he looks at, “adoringly”.
Anyway, The Hamm! 😀
I have to agree that Ben does look at other women differently from his wife. He’s really into Rebecca Hall’s personal space, leaning right in, smiling, focused completely on her. In photos with Garner, his eyes are usually looking away from her and although it could be the paps, he’s rarely smiling.. He did the same thing with JLo….like he’s bored, would prefer to be somewhere else.
More importantly, wtf is up with that Rebecca girl’s pants? That’s the most unflattering pair of pants I’ve seen on a celebrity in a long time.
He’s looking exactly the same at that photog a few pictures down, so I guess Ben’s just a sweetie. I had the same thought as someone here (sorry, not gonna scroll back up to name names) who basically said it’s tough to smile adoringly when you’ve got the paps on your ass shouting rude, overly-personal slurs at you and your wife and kids to get a reaction shot. It’s far easier to be easy-breezy and relaxed when it’s just you and a co-star doing promos than when you’re being chased down. His protectiveness would come out when he, his wife and kids are being hunted. Paps are insects.
Ben’s a hound that got trapped into marrige with an ice queen
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Oh come on. No one “traps” anyone into marriage with pregnancy anymore.
Yes, men do still get trapped into marriage. Of course they do.
Ben looks in love in these pics, I have to admit. I have met Jen G. and Ben. Ben is really down to earth – and does *not* seem like a cheater, but other addicitons, perhaps. Jen G. struck me as arrogant and snooty, but wanted to *appear* down to earth. Could have just been an off day, though.
The Hamm & his gal are adorable together.
Did anyone see House of Wax? I think The Hamm is just trying to make sure that Jennifer doesn’t stay out in the sun too long before her plastic face melts.
He must have to call Vincent to fix her up from time to time. If you remember, Vincent was the wax artist (and psycho) in that movie.
@jen- LOL!! whose F—ing Matt Damon now, eh?
but seriously, he really looks like a besotted man-whore, enthralled with his new benefactor when you see the way he looks at these women. Even if we don’t know how he looks at his wife, his interview of Blake Lively and these pictures reveal the look of a married man who can’t keep it in his pants.
she looks like jessica biel to me
1. Garner got pregnant to get Ben to marry her. The fact that she had to do that means their marriage has a weak foundation – and, therefore, an infidelity risk.
2. I think he is sleeping with the woman in these pictures and that all of his gushing over Blake Lively is to distract everybody from his real affair. Look how close they’re standing. I think their bodies are telling the real story here.
I loooooove Rebecca Hall – she’s my latest girlcrush. She was in the first part of a British TV crime trilogy, Red Riding 1974; creepy story, but amazing acting! It also starred Andrew Garfield, who is incredibly handsome – and who, apparently, will star in the Spiderman reboot.
Therefore, I can’t hate on her outfit. I think it’s Euro.
see, now I just saw a picture of jennifer on people.com and I thought, hey, she’s pregnant again.
so, who knows?
“Yes, men do still get trapped into marriage. Of course they do.”
how? there is such a thing as using condoms. and nobody has to get married just because they get pregnant; when was the last time you saw someone wearing a big scarlet A on their shirt? get real.
as for ben & jen, they look like every other couple with small children: tired, and slightly bored/annoyed. how can you feel sexy when you are talking about diapers, spongebob squarepants, and calling each ther mommy & daddy? who knows if he’s cheating (he does seem like a pussyhound) but in photos they seem pretty typical to me.
Most men will still, even in the 21st Century, marry the woman they impregnated. It’s the right thing to do and, although I’m sure you know countless people who didn’t, most men still do it. They want to be honorable and they want to do right by their children. The statistics speak for themselves.
@ oombra: what statistics? maybe you could provide some.
and it still doesn’t explain why he was trapped – is he too stupid to use a condom?
Ombra is right, most men with will offer marriage to the girlfriend whose accidentally pregnant because it’s the right/honorable thing to do even if they are not ready for marriage. I imagine jennifer garner didn’t hesitate even a milisecond to say yes. Condoms don’t always work. I don’t believe Ben was ready to marry jennifer garner a couple of months after he started dating her if it wasn’t for the pregnancy.
If all these rumors are true about Jen trapping Ben and him not being happy wouldn’t she at least want to look better? I mean she runs around the US looking like a lumberjack so she isn’t trying very hard to keep him if that is the case. I mean anyone who would date JHO must not be very down-to-earth so they are complete opposites in that respect. And the same for her PR’ing everywhere wouldn’t she want to look more presentable if that were the case?
I am not disagreeing with anyone because even though I like her because I think she is in love with her daughters I have always thought she was shallow when it came to men at least and I don’t like women who trade up and are on the hunt for the biggest celeb kind of thing.
Oh yes, and a pancake butt is a flat a** which is what 99% of hollywood women have.
I have met Jen G. and Ben. Ben is really down to earth – and does *not* seem like a cheater, but other addicitons, perhaps. Jen G. struck me as arrogant and snooty, but wanted to *appear* down to earth. Could have just been an off day, though
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I’ve worked with Jen. She was warm, sweet, funny, down to earth, and really awesome to the crew. I posted awhile back that the last time I was out in LA with my then boyfriend, she and Ben were at the same restaurant and she sent a bottle of wine over to my table, then stopped by to offer congratualtions because she had heard through the grapevine that John and I had gotten engaged. I mean come on, she met me years ago on “13 Going on 30” and still remembered my name! They seemed like an average couple. Perhaps the bloom is off the rose, but it happens in a lot of marriages. I don’t know if he’s cheating, and it’s between them anyway, but I hate seeing her get maligned all the time.
As for the “trapping into marriage” thing – sorry, I really don’t think too many H-wood types really think marriage is necessary even if there is a child involved and I really don’t think that Jen’s pregnancy is why they married.
Interesting that someone – whom I assume is a woman, but I forgot to check the name to see if that tells me if that’s true – met Ben and thought he was charming. It’s mostly guys I know who’ve met Ben and thought he was a total douche, so maybe he turns the charm on for women.
@ ombra & madison: still waiting for those statistics that show “most men propose to their pregnant partner.” my point is that if men don’t want to be “trapped” into marriage they should use condoms, make sure their partners use birth control, get a vasectomy, whatever. i am tired of men putting the responsibility of birth control on women and then if it doesn’t work say they were “tricked.” nobody is forcing them to have sex or get married. you can be a great dad and not be married to the mother of your kid. marriage is not fool-proof, either, hence the 40% of marriages that end in divorce, according the the US census bureau.
Lordy how tiny is that Hamm guys girlfriend. Yikes.
Also that Rebecca chick has terrible taste in fashion. That is one hideous outfit. *shudder*
I don’t have time to look for stats at the moment, but it’s an interesting topic, so I will.
Let’s not be naive and pretend that women in their 30s don’t know how to not get pregnant or that a man will abstain from sex for fear of pregnancy.
And, yes, men can absolutely be good fathers without being married but I think that most people would agree that a solid stable marriage is the best atmosphere for children.
Anyway, I should have clarified the “most men” to say most white men over 25 with at least a high school education. That’s my guestimate & I’ll try to find some solid stats.
And I’m not sure who said Ben was charming. I didn’t. I just said he was down to earth. And maybe Jennifer was having an off day. She was pregnant, afterall.
Let’s not be naive and pretend that women in their 30s don’t know how to not get pregnant or that a man will abstain from sex for fear of pregnancy.
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Naive is one thing I am not. And let’s not pretend that MEN don’t know how not to get a woman pregnant. Goes both ways.
Can we really know anything real about people’s personal life based on pap photos?
@ombra: – If Ben is down to earth then why did he ever date JHO?
Ben hooked up with JLo for the booty, fool. But even with all that he went and cheated on her. Ha! Also, I think Ben was infatuated with Kate Beckinsale from their Pearl Harbor days and she wouldn’t give him the time of day no doubt based on his rep, so then Jen Garner turns up, they do a movie, she falls in love, he gets his attention, baby is made, the rest if history. It’s honorable to stay with your family for the stability of the children. Very old-fashioned and the decent thing to do. Difficult for the Hollywood crowd because of all the temptations and traveling. It seems anymore that women do get pregnant first, then married, or maybe it’s always been one of the options that couples use to force the issue. Look at Orlando Bloom. He seems really in love with his woman.