Ben Affleck revealed that he had “a lot of empathy” for singer Britney Spears after the paparazzi harassed him for a difficult period.
The actor and the filmmaker spoke of the fame and the life of living under the spotlight during an appearance on the Last weekend with Theo von podcast.
“For a long time ago, years and years ago, I really had a lot of empathy for Britney Spears,” said Ben. “Because I remember that it seemed … These people follow her at a time when she may have had difficulties.”
“But after having my own experience myself, I knew that they are people who follow her at a time when she may have had difficulties-I don’t know because I don’t know her”, the Agro The actor also added.
“But I know that the cycle of making people harangus you and shout you and harass you and follow you. It seemed that it itself was somehow whipping everything in a Tizizzy,” he continued.
“This is the first time that I thought it was a kind of bizarre, involuntary – I think culturally – but a kind of collective cruelty where what is removed from the image you see are the people who wave the stick to the tiger or by pushing,” added Ben
Although the Daredevil Star did not specify when he felt bad for Britney, he probably referred to the era of the singer’s break in 2007 when she shaved her head.
