Ben Affleck in love split

Last updated at 14:28 29 July 2004


Ben Affleck is single again, blaming the pressures of fame for his break-up with his latest girlfriend Enza Sambataro.

Affleck, who paired up with TV executive Sambataro after he split with Jennifer Lopez seven months ago, said: "If I saw me, I would turn the other way."

There was no sign of his new love interest at the Democratic National Convention, where Affleck has spent the week.

Asked why, he said: "You can draw your own conclusions.

"It's difficult. I meet people, but I feel like I'm this walking nightmare.

"You get photographed with me once at a baseball game, and The (National) Enquirer will find out every dirty little thing that ever happened in your family's history."

According to reports, Sambataro had taken out restraining orders on a previous boyfriend.

"It's too much," Affleck told the New York Daily News.

"Who wants that? If I saw me, I would turn the other way. I'm trying to diminish it so that someone might actually be interested in dating me."

Meanwhile, Affleck has been linked romantically with actress Jennifer Garner. But both have denied any link.

Eyebrows were also raised when the film star was

seen enjoying the company of Vanessa Kerry - daughter of the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Affleck recently called the 27-year-old "absurdly beautiful".

The pair are said to be just good friends.

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