Ben Affleck Reflects on Ex Jennifer Lopez Facing 'Sexist, Racist' Talk During Their Engagement - Entertainment Tonight

"Still, to this day, [some] will go, 'I see you out there in the paparazzi and the pictures!' It's like, 'Yes, I left my house and took out the trash.

It's not like I'm trying to—' And it's still like, 'You were taking a pap walk!' As if, if you leave your house, you're only doing so in the hope that you could be so lucky that you could end up as the sixth item in The Daily Mail.

"Now it's like, she's lionized and respected for the work she did, where she came from, what she accomplished -- as well she f**king should be.

I would say you have a better shot, coming from the Bronx, of ending up as like [Justice Sonia] Sotomayor on the Supreme Court than you do of having Jennifer Lopez's career and being who she is at 50 years old today.".

Earlier in the podcast, Affleck also spoke about what it was like going straight from rehab in 2018 to the set of The Way Back. In the Gavin O'Connor-directed film, Affleck plays an alcoholic that's hired to coach a high school basketball team.

"I have had so many more life experiences and so much more to bring to a performance," he added. "Now I feel like a much, much better actor than I've ever been.