Umdlali wesikhathi eside wayephakathi kwalabo ababalekela ukuphawula okukhulu nezinsolo eziqondiswe umqondisi uBrett Ratner nomkhiqizi uHarvey Weinstein mayelana nezinsolo zokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi nokudlwengulwa. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlambalaza ngokocansi akuzange kudlule uBen Affleck ngokwakhe, njengoba sekudlule, eminyakeni eminingi edlule wazinikela "ngokungadingekile" ekukhulumeni nomdlali we-actress uHilary Burton. Ukwesaba izambulo ezintsha, kodwa wanquma ukukhuluma bukhoma kusibonisi sakusihlwa se-The Late Show ngokuxolisa nokuvuma izono zecala ekuhlukunyezweni kwabesifazane.
Njengomdlali we-actor, uyavuma ukuthi uziphatha ngendlela engafanele kuHilary Burton, ukuzisola ngobuqotho nokuxolisa. Umphathi we-TV kusihlwa ubonisa uStephen Colbert wanika ithuba le-Affleke ukwenza isitatimende esivulekile futhi aphendule izikrini kubesifazane:
"Ekheli lami, ngisanda kuzwa izinsolo zokuhlukunyezwa. Kunzima kimi ukuphawula ngalokhu, ngoba angikhumbuli amanye amaqiniso. Ngesikhathi sokugcina, lo wesifazane wathi ngithinte esifubeni sakhe lapho ngifunga. Ngiyaxolisa ngempela uma lokhu kwenzeka. Ngifuna ukukholelwa ukuthi abesifazane abakhuluma ngezimo ezinjalo abakhohlisi noma basungula. Ngiyavuma ukuthi thina madoda kufanele siqaphele abesifazane futhi siqaphele kakhulu ezenzweni zabo. "
U-Affleck wavuma ukuthi inkinga yobudlova ayikho kuphela eHollywood, kodwa nakweminye imikhakha yomsebenzi, ngakho uyaqonda lesi sihloko esizungeze isihloko sokuhlukunyezwa:
"Siphila ngesikhathi lapho kufanele samukele futhi siqonde ukulingana phakathi kwabesifazane nabesilisa. Ngiyajabula futhi ngiziqhenya ngokuthi amantombazane asebehlaselwe ubudlova athola amandla ngaphakathi kwawo futhi avule ngaphansi kwamacala abantu abangenacala. Ngizisola ngokuthi igama lami lihlotshaniswa nezindaba ezinjalo. Ngiyaxolisa ngempela. "
Umethuli wabuza u-Affleck ukuthi akhulume ngesimo sakhe sengqondo kuHarvey Weintstein:
"Angisakholelwa ukuthi kwenzekani. Sonke asidubula isithombe esisodwa, "U-Clever Will Hunting", no-"Shakespeare in Love", engiyithandayo kakhulu. Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwezithombe ezinjalo, ubugebengu obubi buyenziwa emhlane. Kunzima kimi ukuba ngihlale kude nalokho okwenzekayo. Into engingayenza kuphela ukunikela ngemali ekufakeni izithombe kulezi zithombe, izinhlangano zokulwa nobudlova. "Funda futhi
- UJennifer Garner uvakashele lowo owayengumfazi kaBen Affleck eHawaii
- I-kayak yamaRoma: Ben Affleck noLindsay Suku eHawaii
- UBen Affleck waphawula i-tattoo enkulu embala ogwini
Njengoba kuvela, izinsolo zikaHilary Burton akuzona ezona kuphela. Muva nje kwaziwa ukuthi umlingisi wabonisa ukunakekelwa kokwenza umculi owenza u-Anne-Marie Tendler.