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Ben Affleck Has Empathy for Britney Spears Years After Apparent Run-In

Ben Affleck reflected on having empathy for Britney Spears, addressing her media struggles and constant harassment during difficult times

While Affleck did not reveal what allegedly troubling moments in his own life he was referring to, Spears, now 43, was placed under a conservatorship in 2008 by her father Jamie, and later co-conservator Jodi Montgomery, following a series of personal struggles. That’s the first time I thought, ‘This is a weird, kind of, unintentional culturally, but [also] collective cruelty, where what’s taken out of the image that you see are the people around you waving the stick at the tiger and all you see is the growling animal.” J. Merritt/Getty Images for GLAAD Ben Affleck had nothing to contribute when asked if there was any truth behind Britney Spears’ claims they kissed years ago.

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