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[apocalypsos]

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That's a good enough start for tonight. :)

EDIT: Spotted on IMDb ... Ben Affleck has made an astonishing swipe at long-term pal, director Kevin Smith - accusing him of exploiting teenage fans of his cult films. Affleck has appeared in five of Smith's films, starting with 1995's Mallrats and most recently this year's Jersey Girl. But Smith was reportedly upset Affleck snubbed the DVD launch of Jersey Girl - and Affleck has hit back while publicizing new movie Surviving Christmas. He told The Scoop, "It wasn't enough that I went to Vegas to play in his lame charity poker tournament for the DVD launch of Jersey Girl, but I also had to go out to his f***ing store where he's opening a store where all he's doing is selling more T-shirts of him and his jacka** friend (Jason Mewes) and he's roped in an entire generation of kids into thinking it's worth spending $30 on and $50 if he signs it. I mean the whole thing is a complete travesty and he wanted me to participate in it and I won't do that."

You know, I'd already heard about it, but just reading that ... do you think he's genuinely trying to ruin his career? Date every Jennifer in Hollywood, swear you're never doing another action movie and watch almost every one of your comedies go down the crapper, then insult the guy who directed and wrote the comedies people DID like you in. Oh, yeah. Smooth moves, all of them.

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[adjectivegirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, that be some vicious back-biting.

::watches moviepoopshoot erupt in flames of mass wanketude.::

[abbylee]

Oh, and don't forget he also called the charity event 'lame'. Because that's going to help keep the fans :D

[glitterdemon.livejournal.com]

Is it possible that he was joking when he said it? Because I seem to recall them throwing these sorts of deadpan insults back and forth at each other in the past, unless I'm mistaken.

[abbylee]

This is original interview, and it even seems to mostly be in transcription form. Smith wasn't there, and Ben was supposedly acting very strange throughout the whole thing. It very well could have been dead-panned, but the whole thing does come off pretty oddly. A tape would be necessary to have a better idea.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/surviving.php
Ben Affleck was in a strange mood when he and his "Surviving Christmas" co-star Christina Applegate turned up to promote their holiday comedy "Surviving Christmas". Affleck was in a playful mood, not interested in taking this interview seriously, occasionally resting his head on Applegate's lap, while letting his arms wander. It was, to put it mildly, an odd experience.
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Question: He was upset you didn't come to the launch of the DVD for Jersey Girl.
Ben Affleck: It wasn't enough that I went to Vegas to play in his lame charity poker tournament for the DVD launch of Jersey Girl, but I also had to go out to his fucking store where he's opening a store where all he's doing is selling more T-shirts of him and his jackass friend and he's roped in an entire generation of kids into thinking it's worth spending $30 on and $50 if he signs it. I mean the whole thing is a complete travesty and he wanted me to participate in it and I won't do that.
Christina Applegate: That's friendship though.
Ben Affleck: That's love. It is love, I could feel the love in the room actually.
Question: You were in Celebrity Poker. Was that fun?
Ben Affleck: I played the best, but I lost anyway. It's going to happen in poker sometimes. I got, what you called, sucked out on which, by the way it sounds you might think is a good thing, but it isn't, it's a bad thing. My jokes are just dying.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6308326/
Affleck’s spokesman robustly defended his client. “He did a full hour and a half on the red carpet at the premiere the night before the junket, and did a full seven hours for two full days of junkets,” his spokesman, Ken Sunshine, told The Scoop. “He also had a bad sore throat. In all that time he answered many, many stupid questions — and answered most of them with humor, sometimes outrageously funny humor. I would probably have walked out on these jerks when they feel they must ask about Jennifer. Behaving strangely? I behaved strangely, not him.”

[pescivendolo.livejournal.com]

Alcoholism can lead to self-destruction in other parts of your life, no?

Sometimes he is kinda deadpan about stuff like that. He'll be smiling while saying that stuff. But iunno. I think he's got some serious problems.

*smirk*

[perihawk.livejournal.com]

I'm a bitch, I know. But seeing this just fulfills my dreams. 'Cause really?

I DESPISE Afflek.

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ben. *shakes head* Man, you need a vacation. A very, very long vacation.

[xturtle.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of the scene in Chasing Amy where they bait the convention panelist for the purpose of increasing publicity. I don't know why either of them would NEED a publicity stunt, but maybe it's leading up to something?

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

You can't trust a man with skin that smooth. It's, like, a law.

[loesaurus.livejournal.com]

Pssst. Hear that? That was Mr. Affleck's career dying a slow painful death.

[tangletoy.livejournal.com]

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