The entertainer recently revealed her reason for wanting to leave the country for Mexico, saying it was because the paparazzi have “always been incredibly cruel to me.”
After empathizing with Spears’ reason for wanting to leave the U.S., the Accountant actor Ben Affleck shared a heartfelt message for her on Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend” podcast.
“Having had my own experiences myself, I knew these people [were] following her around in a time where she may or may not have been having difficulty,” Affleck stated. “I don’t know, because I don’t know her, but I do know that the cycle of having people harangue and yell at you and hassle you and follow you — it kind of seemed like that itself [could have caused Spears’ mental health to decline].”