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Divorce Over! Ben Affleck Calls Jennifer Garner His 'Wife' Amid Reconciliation Rumors!

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Jun. 24 2016, Updated 7:51 p.m. ET

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Ben Affleck didn’t just go on a rant on Bill Simmon’s new HBO show, Any Given Wednesday, he spilled some seriously personal news about the status of his marriage of Jennifer Garner!

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The Boston native first defended his beloved New England Patriots football and their leader Tom Brady in an expletive-filled speech about “Deflatgate.”

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Then he reminisced about his days dating Jennifer Lopez and how badly their breakup affected his career.

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"If you went by what people said...I wasn't cool and I wasn't talented, and I was like the lowest rung of cool and talented that you could possibly be in the public consciousness at that time," he admitted.

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But out of the negativity he found his passion for directing. "That was where I found myself when I thought, 'Hey, I want to take up directing,' which is for people that are taken seriously," Ben told Bill. "That became my mantra--I'm just going to work harder than everybody else."

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But if it weren’t for the support of his current spouse, Ben wouldn’t have been able to accomplish his dream. "My wife was really instrumental and helpful in me doing a lot of that work," explained Ben, "because I was just so focused on it and it was harder to balance family and all that."

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The Batman star didn’t call Jen an ex, so are they on the road to mending their relationship? Tweet us @OKMagazine your opinion or let us know in the comments!

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