Ben Affleck Is Not Putting Up With Your Body-Shaming Affleck responded to an article posted by The New Yorker about his back tattoo. Affleck's massive tattoo of a colorful phoenix was revealed on the set of 'Live By Night' in 2015. Vanity Fair referred to it as a "midlife crisis tattoo" back then, and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner even shared an opinion. Jennifer Garner, in interview with Vanity Fair The New Yorker article also pointed out the 45-year-old actor's weight, saying his"gut is pooching outward in a way that … tends to read as Homer Simpsonesque."