The ex-presidential hopeful's drug of choice, erection pill Viagra, has fallen into the wrong, um, hands. And those hands belong to Armageddon star Ben Affleck. The heartthrob's recent use of the drug resulted in some very serious side effects, he reveals in an interview in the December issue of Playboy.
"I almost had a heart attack. I had to sit down, and all it did was make me sweat and feel dizzy. And really unnerved," he tells the magazine. "I felt no sexual side effects whatsoever."
He calls it "one of [his] biggest disappointments."
What the heck made him decide to partake in the little blue impotence pill? Plain ol' peer pressure. "I figured it's this old-guy drug. If you can't get a hard-on, you take Viagra," the 27-year-old actor says. "But then these guys start telling me, 'No, no, no, you can take it too, and it's like you were 14 and jerking off six times a day.' "
Pfizer, the company behind the gazillion-selling drug, does not condone the use of Viagra just for kicks, by the way, deeming recreational use as "inappropriate."
"Viagra should be considered for use only after a clinical evaluation that involves physical exam and medical history to confirm a diagnosis of erectile dysfunction and to assess the appropriateness of Viagra therapy," the company says in a statement.
Affleck, however, might argue the drug is a job requirement. Apparently, star-status is pretty good for his love life. "Kevin Bacon once said, 'Anybody can get laid when they're famous. The champion thing is to get laid when you're not famous. That's what's really hard.' Boy does that turn out to be true," Matt Damon's best buddy reveals. "You can be seriously disfigured or whatever and women will still be attracted to you."
In spite of his apparently busy bedroom antics, Affleck has also been actively developing his film career. His much-hyped religious comedy, Dogma, is due in theaters soon. Four more Ben-laden flicks--Reindeer Games, The Third Wheel, Boiler Room and Bounce--will debut next year.