Affleck Sox it to Yanks and their fans in visit with King

If you missed Ben Affleck on "Larry King Live" this week, don't worry, you didn't miss much. The Cambridge actor's answers to the inevitable questions about Jennifer Lopez, "Gigli," etc., have grown pretty predictable. ("I appreciate and admire Jen.") Nonetheless, there were a few interesting moments during Affleck's hourlong chinwag to promote "Jersey Girl."

On J.Lo: "She's a Horatio Alger story."

On gay marriage: "I don't think the government should be involved in any way in people's bedrooms or lives. I understand that people feel like -- I mean, with so much hatred and unpleasantness in the world, why would you want to get in the way of people who love each other marrying each other?"

On the Yankees: "The problem with the Yankees is they have no heart. They've just become the French Foreign Legion. They just hire everybody who's good. Who are the top four or five guys paid in baseball -- [Jason] Giambi, A-Rod [Alex Rodriguez], Kevin Brown -- they all play for New York . . . and they all started playing somewhere else."

On Yankee fans: "I've had bad experiences (at Yankee Stadium) in my life, just going as a Red Sox fan. . . . Just going there with the hat, you have to weather -- I mean, you leave soaked in beer and the whole thing."

On his future in politics: "It's definitely something I would consider. I definitely am going to work and be involved in politics, in local politics, and already am down in Georgia."

On being named People's sexiest man alive: "Pretty embarrassing. I mean, it's mostly an exercise in selling magazines. I don't think it actuallymeans you're the sexiest man alive."