Ben Affleck revealed that he had “a lot of empathy” for singer Britney Spears after paparazzi harassed her during a difficult time.
The actor and filmmaker opened up about fame and living life in the spotlight during an appearance on the This Past Weekend With Theo Von podcast.
“A long time ago, years and years ago, I really had a lot of empathy for Britney Spears,” said Ben. “Because I remember it seemed like … these people are following her around in a time where she may or may not have been having difficulty.”
“But having had my own experience myself, I knew that these are people who are following her around in a time where she may or may not have been having difficulty – I don’t know because I don’t know her,” the Agro actor further said.
“But I do know that the cycle of having people harangue you and yell at you and hassle you and follow you. It seemed like that itself was kind of whipping up the whole thing into a tizzy,” he continued.
“That’s the first time I thought this is kind of a weird, unintentional — I think culturally — but kind of collective cruelty where what’s taken out of the image that you see are the people around waving the stick at the tiger or poking on it,” added Ben
Although the Daredevil star didn’t specify when he felt bad for Britney, he was probably referring to the time of the songstress’ 2007 breakup when she shaved her head.
