Ben Affleck Addresses Rumors of Potential Political Future

ABC News takes a look at rumors Ben Affleck’s name is coming up as a powerhouse political candidate.

Now, in an interview published by GQ, Affleck puts the brakes on all that speculation. Saying politics is ugly, toxic, horrendous and complete bull . Strong words after speculation that affleck might launch a senate bid to fill John Kerry’s seat now that Kerry has been tapped for secondary of state.

But affleck says, the answer is, “I don’t want to run for office. And I don’t like working in partisan politics. People get so wound up and so ugly now.”

But his youthful interest in a political career has been, quote, “sublimated into a tremendous disillusion with the political process. Which, as it turns out, is almost entirely about raising money.”

Affleck goes on to tell GQ. com, “I have gotten myself into politics, only to find out it took the wind out of my sail. It’s much more interesting from the outside than the inside.”

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