Ben Affleck reportedly cited Jennifer Lopez's fast lifestyle as a relapse trigger for his drinking problem, but the speaker argues he actually wants to reunite with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, who helped him get sober. The commentary suggests his sobriety fears mask a deeper desire to return to a previous relationship.
Chapters
He claims that he actually wants a divorce because Jennifer Lopez, um, I guess lives a very fast lifestyle and it will cause him to relapse, is what he said. Because you know he had a drinking problem, he went to AA. It was his ex-wife— what's her name, Jennifer Garner? Jennifer Garner— that helped him to get clean. That helped him to stay clean, she wouldn't take him back. So he decided to go back to try to fix things with the very woman that drove him to drink, only to be reminded, if I stay with her, I'm going to continue drinking, because he says that he fears her fast lifestyle will cause him to relapse. I don't think that this is the reason. What I think was the reason is that he wanted Jennifer Garner back. After he got clean, after he done tore her down mentally, spiritually, and physically drinking.