- Actor Ben Affleck responded to a New Yorker article about his "great sadness" and back tattoo.
- Affleck said he was "doing just fine" and had thick skin.
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Ben Affleck hits back at The New Yorker after an article about his 'great sadness' and 'gargantuan' back tattoo
Ben Affleck's huge back tattoo has been revealed, and the actor is defending himself against a New Yorker article about it.
On Thursday, actor Ben Affleck responded to a New Yorker article about his "great sadness," body shape, and giant back tattoo by saying he was "just fine" and had "thick skin."
Affleck has recently been the subject of talk online, which has centered particularly around his back tattoo of a phoenix. The tattoo had long been rumored to exist after his ex-wife Jennifer Garner commented on it in 2016, but pictures emerged earlier this month that displayed it to the world (Affleck had once claimed it was a temporary tattoo for a movie).
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Affleck remained silent about much of the gleeful press banter about his tattoo, until The New Yorker jumped into the fray with an article titled "The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck."
Affleck tweeted at The New Yorker, "
@NewYorker I#emo#m doing just f... @ Ben Affleck
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