Earlier this week, news that Ben Affleck and Ana De Armas called it quits after a year of dating hit the headline. And, just hours later, paparazzi snapped a man taking a life-sized cardboard cutout of Ana from Ben’s home in Los Angeles. To. The. Trash.
It looks to be the same cardboard cutout of Ana that Ben’s three children – 15-year-old Violet, 12-year-old Seraphina, and 8-year-old Samuel – whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, were playing with over the summer.
There were speculations that the man in the photo throwing out the cardboard cutout was Ben’s younger brother, Casey Affleck – the photo didn’t show the man’s face clearly.
But, in a recent interview, Casey set the record straight.
No, that’s not me, and I can’t even really say if they have totally broken up for good or whatever. I would leave that to them to speak to,” Casey told Entertainment Tonight. “A bunch of people sent that picture to me and I was gonna tweet some, like, joke, response or something. And then I couldn’t think of one and a joke didn’t seem appropriate. And I don’t have Twitter so that wasn’t going to work. But it definitely wasn’t me.”
“The reality is, I think that this year has been really hard on people in relationships. I wouldn’t know because I’ve been single, but I bet there are a lot of people that have, you know, it’s been challenging to relationships,” he continued. “And I think that Ana is just the sweetest, funniest, smartest, most charming person. I think she won’t have any problems meeting somebody else.”
He also had nothing but nice things to say about her brother’s ex.
“I think she’s really, really great,” he said of Ana. “People don’t know her too well because she hasn’t, like, been out there [in the spotlight] for so long. But she’s just incredibly sweet, such a sweet person and so talented.”
He also praised her acting skills.
“I saw her performance as Marilyn Monroe in this movie called Blonde, which hasn’t come out, and I would bet a lot that she’s gonna pick up every single award,” he shared. “She’s gonna have a good year. I’m not too worried about her.”
“I think she’s a catch in every way. And I’ll be there to carry Ben through it, but I don’t think he’ll have any problems [either],” he added. “My advice to them would be like, ‘Yes, think long and hard about it, because quarantine is not fun if you’re single.'”
