Summary
- Actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck said his children have begun teasing him when he tries to offer them advice about dating and relationships.
- Affleck made the remarks during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, where he described how his children react when he tries to speak to them “like a parent.”
“Now, I, like, give advice or try to talk to them like a parent, as you do … but what I’ve found is that now it’s not only one teenager rolling their eyes,” Affleck said. - These are the kinds of things we give to our children.”
He recalled trying to offer advice about one of his children’s relationships before his 17-year-old daughter responded: “Oh, like you’re the expert on relationships.”
Affleck has three children: Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 14.
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Actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck said his children have begun teasing him when he tries to offer them advice about dating and relationships.
Affleck made the remarks during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, where he described how his children react when he tries to speak to them “like a parent.”
“Now, I, like, give advice or try to talk to them like a parent, as you do … but what I’ve found is that now it’s not only one teenager rolling their eyes,” Affleck said. “I’ll kind of launch into something at the dinner table and now I catch them giving each other looks. And I realize I’m the caricature in this story. I see them be like, ‘Dad is saying this and that…’”
Affleck joked that he had expected to be the “cool dad,” saying: “Why am I the bad guy? … I couldn’t imagine I wouldn’t be the cool dad.”
“My kids were talking at dinner and they’ll talk about their friends and the drama and their relationships,” Affleck said. “And I have some lived experience, I think, that’s worth sharing… some lessons that I [learned]. These are the kinds of things we give to our children.”
He recalled trying to offer advice about one of his children’s relationships before his 17-year-old daughter responded: “Oh, like you’re the expert on relationships.”
Affleck has three children: Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 14.
Affleck, 54, is an American actor and filmmaker whose credits include “Good Will Hunting,” “Argo” and “Gone Girl.” He has won two Academy Awards.
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