Sources close to Jennifer Garner expressed their anger and disappointment with Ben Affleck’s comments suggesting she was to blame  for his alcoholism

Affleck, 49, claimed it was his unhappiness during his marriage to Garner that pushed him to start drinking and develop alcoholism

The sources called it ‘disgusting’ and that it broke one of the cardinal rules of Alcoholics Anonymous, which is to take full responsibility for one’s addiction

The actor said he never directly blamed Garner for his addiction and that the media was misconstruing his words

The interview caused major backlash against the actor as many stood by Garner, who has famously helped her ex through his alcoholism

Friends and sources close to actress Jennifer Garner said they were angry with ex-husband Ben Affleck for blaming her for his alcoholism.

The 49-year-old actor, talking to Howard Stern on Tuesday, claimed he was ‘trapped’ in an unhappy marriage to Garner, which pushed him to drink excessively.

‘It’s disgusting,’ one source who knows both Affleck and Garner, 49, well told Page Six .

‘Jen stood by him because she loves him. This is the mother of his children.’

‘Jen has been the only one picking him up time and time again when he’s done horrible things — fallen off the wagon or worse. Jen stood by him because she loves him.’

Ben Affleck stood by his interview with Howard Stern, in which he said he turned to drinking because he wasn’t ‘happy’ during his marriage to Jennifer Garner. He claimed the media has spun things around to make it seem like he was blaming her

Driving him to rehab: Garner, 49, split from Affleck in 2015, however she was famously pictured taking him to get fast food before dropping him off at a treatment center in 2018 (pictured) after he agreed to seek help for a third time for his alcoholism

Another source close to Garner told Page Six that they were disappointed with Affleck’s decision to blame someone else for his addiction.

‘Anyone who knows addict behavior knows how untrue those comments could be for any addict, but particularly Ben,’ the source said.

‘It’s one of the first tenets of AA not to place blame for your disease.’

Friends of Gardner added that she has been a constant anchor in Affleck’s life and quietly vetted his girlfriends, including Jennifer Lopez.

They added that she has never spoken bad about her ex. Garner was married to Affleck from 2005 to 2018, but they separated in 2015.

Affleck, on the other hand, made the eyebrow-raising remarks during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, when he stated that he ‘probably still would’ve been drinking’ if he hadn’t separated from Garner in 2015.

Affleck, who has three children with his ex-wife, told Stern: ‘Part of why I started drinking was because I was trapped.

I was like, ‘I can’t leave because of my kids, but I’m not happy, what do I do?’ And what I did was [I] drank a bottle of scotch and fell asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.’

Garner was married to Affleck from 2005 to 2018, but they separated in 2015. Friends said she remained a supportive presence in Affleck’s life and approved of his future relationships