Nobody likes a fame whore complaining about fame, and that means nobody likes Ben Affleck.

Before the Bennifer Craze of 2003 fades from your memory, Ben Affleck has something he’d like to say: “My relationship with Jennifer has absolutely been bad for my career. The overexposure this year has been really damaging. The combination of me and Jennifer as a unit became more important than the parts we did in movies. It’s not good when everybody knows everything about you — the mystique disappears. The whole world knew what we were doing on a daily basis. They wrote that we had bought jeans for half a million dollars. It made people think bad about us. But it’s not important. People who regard that as important have lost their soul.”

I don’t even know what that rambling quote is supposed to express, exactly. Did they really buy a half-million dollar pair of jeans? Or a half a million dollars worth of jeans? Does the public think that’s important? Probably not, even if some of them consider it a soul-losing endeavor. What is important, then? I think it’s the fact that Ben Affleck really believes he’s the victim here. He starts dating one of the biggest fame whores in the world and yet he’s complaining about the level of fame they have achieved “as a unit.” Excuse me, Ben, but while you blow seven million at the casino in Vegas I’m going to sing a song of for you.

Ben seems completely clueless as to why this celebrity coupling was so darn print-worthy. Perhaps it had something to do with attempting to exploit your relationship at every turn, Ben! I wonder — if the MTV and VH-1 audiences hadn’t seen Bennifer making out in heavy rotation in videos and showing up at every possible function in every magazine, would the supposed private lives of the couple been so hotly pursued? My educated guess is no.

Ben thinks his movies are bombing because he’s overexposed? Try making a good movie then we’ll reevaluate, okay? Daredevil? Awful! Gigli? Wouldn’t be a good movie if J.Lo weren’t in it. It wouldn’t be a good movie if neither of them were in it. Pissed because BFF Matt Damon has a better career? You should ask him for guidance on how not to sell out like a dirty whore at every turn. Just do it every other turn!

Ben’s blames his career slump on Miramax, the company that released Good Will Hunting. “Matt and I were a very successful marketing hook for Miramax, and they used it. It felt a little bit like we were whoring our friendships, like a guy out there with an organ grinder and a monkey.” Additionally, Ben is bitter because Matt was supposedly more sought-after. “When Good Will Hunting broke, it was all about Matt. I’ve always felt like I’ve been in a perpetual audition.” Aww. Poor Ben! Always the bridesmaid but never the star! He’s annoyed Miramax whored them as a unit but also irritated that Matt seemed to whore himself to better advantage. Ah, fame whoring can be so complicated, what’s a Ben to do?

He might try making better movies, fewer music videos, limiting his over-exposed ass to select public appearances, and keeping his mouth shut about his personal life. (But he probably won’t.)