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Ben Affleck’s son has a new hobby, which he may have picked up from his grandfather.
During a recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” the 53-year-old actor shared that his son has begun to show an interest in sports betting, something that runs in Affleck’s family.
“My son asked me like a month ago, [he] it was like, ‘Hey, um, can I get 100 bucks to bet on sports?'” Affleck shared. “It’s like, what? [He’s like,] ‘My friends get $100, but if they lose, that’s it.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s a real standard, what a discipline! Like, so you don’t go back, ‘I know Green Bay is going to close out the second half.'”
Earlier in the interview, Affleck shared that his father had a special interest in gambling, revealing that although his father “worked in a bar,” he made “a lot of his money as a small-time bookie.”
Affleck shared that his son asked him for $100 for a sports bet. (PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photos)
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He explained that “at the time it was, like, shameful and kind of illegal,” but then quickly apologized to his father for releasing his illegal work, adding, “I mean, the statute of limitations is over.”
“I remember our first washing machine, our first VCR, actually, my dad coming home like, ‘You can thank Steve Grogan for this,’ the Patriots quarterback. ‘Everybody keeps betting. [on] the Patriots beat the spread,'” Affleck said. “And so I was really thankful that the Patriots were awesome; I just thanked Steve Grogan’s knees for our VCR.”
When his 13-year-old son asked him for money on a bet, Affleck jokingly told him, “There’s a reason your grandpa is broke.”
The “Good Will Hunting” actor also shares Violet, 20, and Fin, 16, with his ex-wife, actress Jennifer Garner.
Affleck and his son went viral when he asked his dad to buy him $6,000 Dior sneakers. (Marilla Sicilia)
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Father and son went viral in March 2025, when Samuel was caught on camera asking his father if he could buy him a pair of $6,000 Dior sneakers while they were both out at a sneaker convention. When he saw the high price tag, Affleck told his son, “That’s a lot of hay to collect there.”
“That’s what happens when you tell a mom—that they have to mow the lawn,” she told Access Hollywood about the viral moment at the time. “All of a sudden they don’t want those shoes, and he was like, ‘But I always said they were tough.’
He asked a reporter if he had kids, then explained, “It’s always a pain why I have to be … I’m like, ‘Man, you don’t need a thousand dollar pair of shoes!’ He’s like, ‘We’ve got money.’ I say, ‘I have money, you are lost!’
Garner and Affleck were married for nearly 10 years before announcing their separation in June 2015. They met while filming the 2001 movie, “Pearl Harbor,” and began dating in 2004.
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Affleck married Lopez in July 2022. (Michael Buckner/WWD via Getty Images)
After their divorce, Affleck reunited with his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, in April 2021, shortly after calling off her engagement to former professional baseball player, Alex Rodriguez.
They married in a small ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2022, before holding a big celebration a month later at Affleck’s home in Georgia. The two were married for two years before Lopez filed for divorce in August 2024.
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