He simply didn’t know many acts on stage, he admits in an interview. He was there mainly to accompany his wife. But he didn’t drink a sip, Affleck insists. “I’ve been to awards shows and I’ve been bored. I’ve been to awards shows and I’ve been drunk. No one has ever said I was drunk. [Aber bei den Grammys] everyone said, ‘He’s drunk.'”
That made him think. “That begs a whole different question about whether or not it’s wise to publicly admit to an addiction, because while there’s a lot of compassion, there’s still a tremendous stigma that’s often quite inhibiting. I think it is discourages people from improving their lives.”