Author: Martha Ross / Source: The Mercury News

Nearly two years after claiming that a massive phoenix tattoo on his back was fake and something he only got “for a movie,” Ben Affleck was spotted with the intricate, multi-colored design while going shirtless on a beach in Hawaii.
Affleck, 45, was photographed during a recent beach workout session with his co-stars in the upcoming film “Triple Frontier”: Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund.
So, yes, it certainly appears that the tattoo is real. This is the infamous tattoo that his estranged wife Jennifer Garner scoffed at and his ex-fiancee Jennifer Lopez called “awful.”
People on Twitter had similar reactions to the tattoo:
Next time you’re feeling sad, remember that you’re not Ben Affleck so you (probably) don’t have a tattoo so big and so ugly and so universally ridiculed that you had to lie and say it was only temporary and just for a movie when it is so clearly not. (https://t.co/MQJfdA25tk) pic.twitter.com/sU72CUK4TG
— Crystal Methanny (@RafiDAngelo)
Affleck was first spotted with the tattoo in December 2015, while working on the set of “Live by Night,” Us Weekly reported. The tattoo shows the mythical bird rising from the ashes and spreading its wings up and over the actor’s entire back…
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