{"id":2046519,"date":"2025-09-24T14:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2046519"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:44:22","slug":"ben-affleck-jennifer-garners-daughter-violet-calls-for-mask-mandate-in-un-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ben-affleck-jennifer-garners-daughter-violet-calls-for-mask-mandate-in-un-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner&#8217;s daughter Violet calls for mask mandate in UN speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner\u2019s daughter Violet <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1noyizb\/we_are_told_by_leaders_that_we_are_the_future_but\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made an impassioned speech<\/a> at the United Nations on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/10\/parents\/watch-ben-affleck-jennifer-garners-daughter-violet-demand-mask-mandate\/\">called for post-COVID mask mandates<\/a> \u2014 while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/07\/10\/parents\/violet-affleck-hinted-at-viral-condition-months-before-calling-for-mask-mandate\/\">wearing one of her own<\/a> \u2014 to combat \u201cunmitigated infection and reinfection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teen also advocated for \u201cclean air infrastructure that is so ubiquitous and so obviously necessary \u2026 that tomorrow\u2019s children don\u2019t even know why we need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck\u2019s daughter Violet made an impassioned United Nations speech on Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">UN Web TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 19-year-old called for mask mandates and \u201cclean air infrastructure.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Yale University student wishes to \u201crecognize filtered air as a human right, as intuitively as we do filtered water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She railed against the \u201crelentless beat of back to normal, ignoring downplaying, and concealing both the prevalence of airborne transmission and the threat of long COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Violet, who previously revealed she \u201ccontracted a post-viral condition in 2019,\u201d added, \u201cWe are told by leaders across the board that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She spoke about \u201crecogniz[ing] filtered air as a human right.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">UN Web TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The teen said she wishes to combat \u201cunmitigated infection and reinfection\u201d of COVID-19. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The teenager noted that she is \u201cterrified\u201d for children \u2014 and \u201cfurious on their behalf\u201d \u2014 as COVID-19 \u201csurpasse[s] asthma as the most common chronic illness in children in five years and under.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cIt is a neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say, \u2018We knew how to protect you and we didn\u2019t do it. We have access to a technology to prevent airborne disease \u2026 and we refuse to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Violet\u2019s speech came one year after she spoke about the same topic at a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Last year, Violet revealed she \u201ccontracted a post-viral condition in 2019.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">UN Web TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>At the time, she was railing against mask bans at a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During her July 2024 comments, she called for \u201cmask mandates in county medical facilities,\u201d as well as mask availability and high-quality free COVID-19 testing.<\/p>\n<p>While revealing her \u201cpost-viral condition\u201d at the time, Violet confirmed that she was \u201cOK now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her speech, Violet had been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/11\/jennifer-garner-runs-errands-with-look-alike-daughter-violet-affleck\/\">photographed wearing a mask<\/a> while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/13\/jennifer-lopez-treats-stepdaughter-violet-affleck-to-lunch\/\">out and about<\/a> with her parents on multiple occasions. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She has regularly been photographed wearing masks in recent years while running errands with her parents. <span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Yale University student is Garner and Affleck\u2019s eldest child. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She is the former couple\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-afflecks-kids-meet-their-5-children\/\">eldest child<\/a>, with Affleck and Garner, both 53, also welcoming Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13, while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/08\/25\/ben-affleck-and-jennifer-garner-settle-divorce\/\">married from 2005 to 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actor went on to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-relationship-timeline\/\">wed Jennifer Lopez<\/a> in 2022, whom he has since <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/20\/entertainment\/jennifer-lopez-and-ben-affleck-divorcing-after-2-years-of-marriage\/\">split from<\/a>, while Garner has been in an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/entertainment\/jennifer-garner-john-miller-relationship-timeline\/\">on-again, off-again relationship with John Miller<\/a> for nearly seven years.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c13 Going on 30\u201d star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/30\/parents\/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-are-mature-co-parents\/\">amicably co-parents with Affleck<\/a>, and the duo <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/20\/parents\/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-dine-before-violet-starts-college\/\">teamed up to drop Violet off<\/a> at her New Haven, Conn., college last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner\u2019s daughter Violet made an impassioned speech at the United Nations on Tuesday. The 19-year-old called for post-COVID mask mandates \u2014 while wearing one of her own \u2014 to combat \u201cunmitigated infection and reinfection.\u201d The teen also advocated for \u201cclean air infrastructure that is so ubiquitous and so obviously necessary \u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2046520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[29466,30058,24003,328703,39283,21912,22507,358421,379376],"class_list":["post-2046519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-jennifer-garner","tag-movies","tag-parents","tag-teens","tag-united-nations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Affleck-Jennifer-Garners-daughter-Violet-calls-for-mask-mandate.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}