“That was part of the reason why I started drinking,” Affleck told Stern. “Because I was trapped.”
Affleck said he and Garner worked hard to keep the family together. They are the parents of Violet, 16, Seraphina, 12, and Samuel, 9.
“We had an unsuccessful marriage, this happens, to someone I love and respect, but whom I should no longer be married to,” he said. “In the end, we tried. We tried, we tried because we had kids.”
“I was like ‘I can’t leave’ for my kids, but I’m not happy, what should I do?” “What I did was drink a bottle of scotch and doze off in the chair, which turned out not to be the solution,” Affleck said.
In their opinion, some people on social media have attributed Affleck to blaming Garner for his addiction.
CNN has reached out to a Garner representative for comment.
