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# Late-Night Highlight: Mark Ruffalo Says Ben Affleck Keeps Him From Jennifer Garner

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_Published 2014-06-27. On ‘Watch What Happens Live,’ the actor said he and former co-star Jennifer Garner used to be friends, but that ended when Ben Affleck came along._


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## Transcript

For your late night highlight. On Watch What Happens Live, a viewer asked Mark Ruffalo if he and 13 Going On 30 co- star, Jennifer Garner, still keep in touch. Turns out they don't and there's one reason why. We, we, we had a great time together- Yes [ LAUGH ] And and I think we would but then Ben came out of the scene and that was the end of that. Right, yes. [ LAUGH ]. He does, I heard he doesn't allow her to have male friends. I made that up. Colin did make up that rumour to see what Ruffalo would say. The actor said he wasn't going to confirm or deny the statement. Ben and Jen started dating right around the time 13 Going On 30 came out, back in 2004.

They got married in 2005. This seems like kind of a bummer, though. Mark said it was sad, that he and Jen don't keep in touch. But you can catch Mark with another beautiful lady, Keira Knightley, in their new movie, Begin Again. Thanks for watching. I'm Lauren Zima.

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