This tramp stamp makes him so much less attractive.

Ben Affleck stepped out to grab coffee at Starbuck's in Santa Monica yesterday, and we caught him furiously itching his massive back tattoo as he stood in line waiting for his java. Is it infected? Gross!

The Oscar winner previously denied that the ink was permanent, but it has since come to light that it is indeed here to stay, much to the dismay of pretty much the whole world. If you haven't already gotten a good look at it, it's a giant colored phoenix rising from the ashes, and he allegedly got it done after his split from Jen Garner.

His ex couldn't help but poke fun at it, either, in a Vanity Fair interview after their marriage crumbled.

"You know what we would say in my hometown about that? 'Bless his heart.' A phoenix rising from the ashes. Am I the ashes in this scenario? I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes," she quipped to the mag.

The only thing worse could be a dolphin hip tat... oh wait, he has that, too!