I certainly hope this isn’t true, but I have a sinking feeling that it is.
Radar is reporting that Ben Affleck — who famously entered rehab for his drinking problem back in 2001 — was most definitely off the wagon at the Sundance Film Festival:
At the party for his new movie, Affleck “immediately sat down at a VIP table and grabbed the bottle of Absolut in front of him and poured a drink,” a source told RadarOnline.com.
Publicists, staffers and others were stunned because they know that Affleck is an admitted alcoholic. They got rid of all the photographers near the area to protect Affleck.
I have to admit, I’ve had a feeling for awhile that something wasn’t quite right in the Affleck world. The photo agencies have new pics of Jen with the kids nearly every day, but you very rarely see Ben in them. He wasn’t at the Golden Globes with Jen. The last photo WireImage has of them together was taken in March of 2009. That’s a long time for a very famous couple not to hit the red carpet together.
Anyway. Ben. This sucks. I don’t want to see you go through this, and I don’t want to see your family go through this. Get back to rehab, asshole, and get sober. I downright refuse to write your fucking obituary this year.
yeah but 16 year olds smoking is fine, and considered cool.
UHM ONLY TAYLOR MOMSEN BECAUSE SHE’S LIKE A REBEL, GOD
LOL
Public Service Announcement – I’ve read all the comments below and they all suck. Don’t bother.
Really, don’t do it. You can’t get that time back.
Except the comment thread that Gabriella started. That one was awesome!
thank you, i won’t waste my time…
Well… If I go to justjared they have alot of pictures of the Affleck family. In 4 of the pictures from January Ben and Jennifer is together… And its the same thing in the rest of the photos, sure there is more on Jen and the kids but Ben is in alot to.
And I dont really think its wierd for two parents not to go to red carpet things at the same time… I would have liked one of us to stay at home with our kid, maybe they are that normal.
I really Like Ben, he’s a nice guy so for his sake I hope he’s not going all alkie again.
Every other day there is some baseless lecture to celebs about how they shouldn’t do drugs, shouldn’t have done drugs, shouldn’t have killed themselve with drugs ect. If you need a soapbox to stand on please don’t make it this website because it makes for lame reading.
I could not agree more. Beet is such a self-righteous drama queen. Get over yourself already.
I agree completely. And I’m sorry, but I doubt Ben Affleck is going to DIE. So melodramatic.
Plus, what the hell would the gossip bloggers write about if the celebs didn’t do drugs? Jeez.
Ummm, why is anyone surprised? He’s been rumored to be off the wagon for many things over the years. How else would you explain that Bennifer crap years ago?
And you call yourself a celeb gossip blogger…
NOTE TO VOYEURS:
If you don’t like Beet’s tone – don’t read this blog!
If you don’t like hearing actual thoughts about people’s lives – don’t read this blog
If you don’t think this is a “celeb gossip blog…” – don’t fucking read it.
Just keep your small, whinging, whiner self off this amazing, funny, smart blog site that happens to be managed by a great writer – Beet.
How old are you people? Too young to have unfettered access to a computer.
HEAR HEAR!
You must be a Brit. I hate the word whinging. Why not just say whining? Why do you have to throw a G in there? So, so weird.
shut the fuck up.
seriously, why would you even post that you ‘don’t like a word’ – are you 8??
You shut the fuck up. Or, better yet, here’s a rhyme from when I was 8:
I don’t shut up, I grow up
And when I look at you, I throw up
And then your nasty dog comes around to lick it up.
Lollapop (the most stupid screen name ever), I dedicate my little missive to you and yours.
Cheerio! (A Brit word that I LOVE).
Who the fuck actually says the word ‘cheerio’ you stupid cunt??!
Oh come on, Lolla. The best you can do is a one sentence reply? And a crappy sentence at that?
Go and ask your parents if you can a little more time on the internet, love. The grown ups are talking now.
Cunt, out.
Yeah, because I didn’t feel the need to reply to your retarded little rhyme or you insulting the name I chose to comment on a blog with.
And yeah, because someone who decides to attack another commenter for using a word which you don’t like is suuuuuch a fucking adult!
Dumbass, I didn’t attack anyone until you attacked me. I said I didn’t like the word whinging. There is a huge difference between calling someone a cunt and a bitch and saying you don’t like a word. What I said was not personal to Gabriella, you fucktard.
Oh boo-hoo. I insulated your stupid name. Kind of sucks when someone goes ape shit on you for no reason. Kind of like you telling me to shut the fuck up.
Suck it up, bitch, and suck it hard. Also, stop your fucking whinging.
Yours truly,
Cunt.
insulated… hahaHA
seriously, guys. How old are? Fighting on the internet is like competing in the special olympics– even if you win, you’re still retarded.
That may be offensive, but it’s true. Puh-lease.
Well clearly you enjoyed it or you wouldn’t have posted.
Talk about lame. Puh-lease yourself, Mom.
Oh, and don’t you know we don’t use the word retard anymore, although I would say it is a rather apt description of you. Oh, I’m sorry, did I offend you.
Mind your own fucking business.
Oh, and Diana, I forgot to mention: stop your fucking whinging!
Shut the bloody hell up, you fucking wanker.
*g*
Aww, now. Our cousins from across the pond have been offended.
Don’t look at me, I’m from Pennsylvania. *g* I just watch a fuckton of British TV. Also, “whinging” is an awesome word, dammit.
I have to admit, after using whinging several times in these posts, I have become rather partial to the damn word. It is my new favorite word– for a little while at least.
English people invented the language, not Americans. Americans have dumbed it down substantially…
For example: dialogue not dialog, colour not color… etc
Aside from spelling differences, why not have a more varied vocabulary with multitudes of synonyms? It’s makes language more interesting.
English people did not “invent” the damn language. English is a West Germanic language used by the Anglo-Saxons.
And, Americans did not “dumb down” the language. The English spoken in the UK is a holdover from Old English. If you recall, Old English threw in a bunch vowels and used words such as thee. American English was in large part shaped by Merriam Webster’s clean up of the language (throw out the extra vowels that serve no purpose).
And, I totally agree that it is interesting to see how the language deviated. In no way am I suggesting that we conform the English spoken in America to the English spoken in the UK. With all the chavs living in their council homes and relying on benefits (the majority of the UK population), the whinging would never stop if we asked them to make a change. :-)
I agree with Lisa.
Lisa has a point. American English is closer to the way UK English was before it became trendy to make the language look more French (colour instead of color).
I’m not some random voyeur, I am actually a long time reader of EB, although I am starting to ask myself why. Commenters back in the day could take a joke–apparently not so anymore. And the writers–well, there was only one with the occasional friend of Beet stepping in.
The only “funny, smart” posts come from Beet–but she rarely posts anymore. Which is fine, I get that she’s busy. But at least get decent writers or do something to keep the decent ones from leaving.
I had no issue with the tone of the post. I was just posting my “actual thoughts about people’s lives”–which I’m apparently not allowed to do even though you said that’s what this site is about.
So really, I’m not the one doing the bashing to someone doing what is encouraged: commenting (I am rather small, though–but totally okay with it).
I think a lot of celebs go into rehab whether they need it or not just to make people shut up.
Maybe he never really had a serious problem, and maybe he’s been drinking this whole time since his rehab stint.
I was thinking the same thing. What’s wrong with having a few drinks every once in awhile? Maybe that’s all he does. Who knows (and who cares) what he does with himself every day. If he wants to drink a little, he can. Maybe his rehab was because he felt he needed help to stop drinking so much….not altogether.
And here I thought he had said in an interview he was staying out of the limelight on purpose cause he’d had enough after the bennifer debacle and wanted to protect his current relationship.
Could it also be possible that he learned self-control somewhere along the way? Isn’t that part of the process?
Oh and just yesterday I saw pics of him and his wife coming out of a lunch date. They seemed pretty relaxed and happy.
And my husband and I are apart about 12 hours each day cause we both WORK. So if paparazzi were following me 24/7 taking pics of what I did, it is likely that you would assume that my marriage was in trouble because we are barely pictured together.
Context. That’s all I’m saying here…
Hey Gabriella ….news flash….anyone has a right to read this site and post what ever they feel. Unfortunately, just like you. Just because someone doesn’t like what is written at times doesn’t give you some spokesperson status to tell them to go some where else. What are you some Beet hallway monitor?! How old are you…you cranky, crank who clearly has too much unfettered access to a computer.
Is this picture of Affleck from the time mentioned in the post? If so, I’d say he looks a little TOO off the wagon for someone who has a wife and small children. I love this couple a lot and would hate for him to screw it up by loving the bottle too much. :/
Remember when people would make interesting points, or funny jokes, in their comments instead of just being petulant? Sigh…those were the days.
That seems like a loooooong time ago.
I was under the impression that America was started by the English people who wanted to succeed from the church and state of their home land. They wanted the freedom to govern themselves. Then of course people from all over the world migrated here to live. I can’t stand it when people speak of Americans as if they are aliens who landed from another planet. I wouldn’t say that Americans dumbed down the english language no more than the Brits doumbed down the greek and latin foundation. In fact, the English language, spoken in America is one of the hardest languages to learn. And another thing…America is a country, not a nationality, such as being African American. So any race lives here…including the Brits.
Actually, America is a continent. United States is a country.
On another note, did anyone else notice all that Shasta in the pic?! Shasta… mmmm…
I totally noticed all of the Shasta. Where do you even buy that stuff? They must have been sponsoring the event where the picture was taken. Orange and grape Shasta…yum!
beet, you’re always so passionate about preventing drug abuse and emphatic in your statements that people should never even try drugs and should get help immediately when they have a problem. yet you call this guy an asshole when he reportedly falls off the wagon? i don’t mean to imply that alcohol is worse than the prescription or street drugs that usually spark a response from you, but it is a drug, and clearly a highly addictive and damaging one. i just don’t think it’s right to pick and choose which addicts deserve our sympathy.