{"id":2228706,"date":"2026-01-09T18:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2228706"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:54:56","slug":"ben-afflecks-son-left-dad-absolutely-shocked-with-this-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ben-afflecks-son-left-dad-absolutely-shocked-with-this-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck&#8217;s Son Left Dad Absolutely Shocked With This Ask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the world of A-list parenting, <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.momtastic.com\/celebrities\/813835-ben-affleck-son-samuel-sneakers-convention-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Affleck<\/a><\/strong> has seen it all, but his young son recently managed to catch him completely off guard. Appearing as the first guest of 2026 on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!,\u201d the two-time Oscar winner sat down to promote his new Netflix thriller, \u201cThe Rip.\u201d\u00a0While the conversation touched on his long-standing \u201crivalry\u201d with Matt Damon and his early days in Boston, it was a recent anecdote about his son\u2019s sudden interest in the family business, the betting side, that had the audience in stitches.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ben-affleck-reveals-his-son-asked-for-money-to-bet-on-sports\">Ben Affleck reveals his son asked for money to \u2018bet on sports\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ben Affleck on People Saying He Was &quot;Snubbed&quot; for Argo Oscar Nom &amp; Fighting Matt Damon in The Rip\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRwiB2btywM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The conversation took a hilarious turn when Ben Affleck began reminiscing about his childhood in Boston. Back when his father worked as a \u201csmall-time bookie.\u201d While Affleck joked about the days when a New England Patriots win meant the family could finally afford a VCR. He was taken aback to realize that history seemed to be repeating itself in a modern way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids today, my son, this toddler asked me like a month ago, was like, \u2018Hey, can I get like a hundred bucks to bet on sports?&#8217;\u201d Affleck told Kimmel. The request visibly stunned the actor, especially given his son\u2019s age. When the actor naturally replied with a firm \u201cNo,\u201d the youngster was reportedly baffled.<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u201cBatman\u201d actor, his son tried to justify the ask by explaining the \u201cdiscipline\u201d his peers supposedly use. Affleck quoted his son saying, \u201c\u2018My friends get a hundred dollars, but if they lose it, then that\u2019s it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Affleck couldn\u2019t help but marvel at the logic, joking to Kimmel, \u201cI\u2019m like, oh, that\u2019s a real standard. What discipline!\u201d He eventually shut down the request by reminding his son of the family history.\u201d He quipped, \u201cI was like, there\u2019s a reason your grandpa is broke.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/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 www.momtastic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of A-list parenting, Ben Affleck has seen it all, but his young son recently managed to catch him completely off guard. Appearing as the first guest of 2026 on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!,\u201d the two-time Oscar winner sat down to promote his new Netflix thriller, \u201cThe Rip.\u201d\u00a0While the conversation touched on his long-standing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2228707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[29466,22767,431148],"class_list":["post-2228706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-ben-affleck","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ben-Afflecks-Son-Left-Dad-Absolutely-Shocked-With-This-Ask.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228706","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=2228706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2228708,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228706\/revisions\/2228708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}