The Internet Hates Ben Affleck's Tattoo

Justice League star Ben Affleck apparently does have a huge tattoo of a phoenix on his back, despite that fact that he once claimed it was fake. That doesn't sit well with the women he's had relationships with, nor with online judges who have decided that Affleck's tattoo is outside the boundaries of acceptable body adornment.

Via Us Weekly.

Ben Affleck showed off his huge back tattoo during a training session for a movie, despite the fact he once claimed it was not real.

The Justice League actor, 45, exposed the permanent ink while training alongside his Triple Frontier costars, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac, in Hawaii on Thursday, March 15, as they prepared for the movie while working out on the beach.

Ben Affleck's Giant Phoenix Tattoo Is Real _______ #BenAffleck recently showcased his massive back tattoo in public two years after he said it was "fake." _______ Affleck was first photographed sporting the ink, which depicts a colorful phoenix, in December 2015 and the actor had told #Extra months later that it was "fake for a movie." _______ Affleck, 45, showcased his back tattoo again a few days ago on a beach in Hawaii, proving that his ink is in fact permanent. He was photographed shirtless while taking part in what eyewitnesses said was a training session for the Netflix film Triple Frontier with Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund. _______ Affleck's exes Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lopez weighed in on his back tattoo in 2016. _______ "You know what we would say in my hometown about that? 'Bless his heart,'" Garner told Vanity Fair. "A phoenix rising from the ashes. Am I the ashes in this scenario? I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes." _______ "It's awful!" Lopez told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live. "I would tell him, 'What are you doing?' It has too many colors. His tattoos always have too many colors. They shouldn't be so colorful. You know what I mean? They should be cooler." ______ What do you think of Ben Affleck's tattoo? #OnoBello #OBCelebrities #celebrities #celebritynews #tattoo #pheonix

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The massive tattoo, featuring a colorful phoenix spreading its wings, made its first appearance in December 2015, when Affleck was working on the set of Live by Night. The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star reportedly got the tattoo, which symbolizes rebirth, after then-wife Jennifer Garner filed for divorce after 10 years of marriage. The pair share children Violet, 12, Seraphina, 9, and Samuel, 6.

While an insider told Us Weekly at the time that Affleck had gotten the tatt at home, he later denied that it was permanent, explaining the tattoo of the mythological creature was actually for a movie. “I actually do have a number of tattoos … but I try to have them in places where you don’t have to do a lot of cover up,” he told Extra TV‘s Mario Lopez. “They get sort of addictive, tattoos, after awhile.”

However, Garner hinted at the tattoo being the real deal while speaking out about it in a February 2016 interview with Vanity Fair:  “You know what we would say in my hometown about that? ‘Bless his heart.’ A phoenix rising from the ashes. Am I the ashes in this scenario? I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes.”

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