Ana de Armas feels that the constant media attention she received from her relationship with Ben Affleck was so “horrible” that it made her move.
“That’s one of the reasons I left LA,” the 34-year-old “Blonde” actress said about the couple’s constant paparazzi snapshots on Elle’s cover in August 2022.
De Armas, who lived in the City of Angels for seven years, had witnessed firsthand how some of his friends navigated public attention, but experiencing it confirmed his thoughts on the matter.
“This is not the place for me,” she told herself.
“It turned out a little too much. There’s no escape. There’s no way out.”
The “Knives Out” actress said the city kept her “anxious” because in LA “there’s always the feeling of something you don’t have, something you’re missing.”
Ana de Armas said the attention she received from her relationship with Ben Affleck is one of the reasons she left LA.
De Armas went out with Affleck, 49, during the coronavirus pandemic and the former couple was quarantined together. During this time, they were often photographed walking their dogs or making coffee.
However, in January 2021, the “Deep Water” teammates had left him after almost a year together.
De Armas and Affleck, seen here in April 2020, met while filming “Deep Water” in 2019.GC Images
A source close to the actors told Page Six at the time: “There is still a lot of love between the two of them. The separation is as friendly as it can be.”
At the time, a privileged person shared that the breakup was because de Armas and Affleck were in “different places” in their lives and that the “Armageddon” star would not commit to having more children. “
It is unclear where he moved from Armas after his separation from Affleck.Elle
He shares 16-year-old daughter Violet, 13-year-old daughter Seraphina and 10-year-old son Samuel with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
After the separation of Affleck and Armas, the director of “Argo” moved on to another high-profile relationship, reactivating his romance with Jennifer Lopez. They committed, for the second time, in April 2022.
Meanwhile, de Armas continued with Tinder executive Paul Boukadakis.
De Armas is the cover of the August 2022 issue of Elle magazine
The couple, who have been dating for a year, have not been able to avoid the popes as well, however. In December 2021, they were photographed kissing as they strolled through LA.
Although it is unclear where he moved from Arms, Page Six previously reported that Boukadakis split his time between Texas and Santa Monica, California.