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Ben Affleck said he felt "a lot of empathy" for singer Britney Spears when photographers hounded her at a tough moment.
During an interview on the podcast This Past Weekend With Theo Von, the actor and director discussed celebrity and life in the limelight.
"A long time ago, years and years ago, I really had a lot of empathy for Britney Spears," Ben recalled. "Because I remember it seemed like … these people are following her around in a time where she may or may not have been having difficulty."
"But having had my own experience myself, I knew that these are people who are following her around in a time where she may or may not have been having difficulty - I don't know because I don't know her," the Agro actress went on to say.
"But I am aware of the pattern of having people harass, shout at, hassle, and follow you. It looked like that was causing the whole thing to spin out of control," he added.
"That's the first time I thought this is kind of a weird, unintentional — I think culturally — but kind of collective cruelty where what's taken out of the image that you see are the people around waving the stick at the tiger or poking on it," said Ben.
Although the Daredevil star did not clarify when he felt awful for Britney, he was most likely alluding to the singer's 2007 split, when she shaved her head.
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