Ben Affleck Needs His Youngsters to Work Minimal Wage Jobs

Ben Affleck could earn eight-figure salaries for the flicks he stars in, however he would not make a behavior of sharing that wealth along with his children.

Affleck, who co-parents three youngsters — Violet Anne, 19, Seraphina Rose, 16, and Samuel, 13 — along with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, just lately went viral when he confirmed up at a sneaker conference along with his son.

In a video from the occasion shared by the favored Instagram account Acquired Sole, Affleck refused to purchase a $6,000 pair of Dior Air Jordan 1s that Samuel had his eye on. “That is plenty of lawns you gotta mow there,” the actor quipped.

Throughout a Tuesday look on NBC’s morning present “Jenna & Pals,” visitor co-host Andy Cohen instructed Affleck he admired his just-say-no technique.

“He was like, ‘We’ve the cash,'” Affleck recalled his son saying. “I used to be like, ‘I’ve the cash. You are broke.'”

“Pay attention, you like your children,” Affleck continued. “You wish to give them the whole lot and do the whole lot for them. However I feel you positively do them a disservice by not connecting — you need one thing significant, that you really want? You must work for that.”

Affleck confirmed that his two eldest children have already entered the workforce. Seraphina just lately landed a “basic teenager” job in a store, whereas Violet is juggling school schoolwork with a part-time job and the seek for a summer season internship.

“My son is 13. He is reckoning with that actuality proper now as he is taking a look at no footwear in his closet, fascinated about — nicely, he is obtained footwear, simply no, like, loopy costly fancy footwear,” Affleck defined. “I am like, ‘Nicely, in order for you that, you’ll be able to work 1,000 hours.’ You recognize what I imply? Minimal wage.”

Earlier than turning into an in-demand Hollywood star, Affleck was raised in a working-class household in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He spent his teenage years auditioning for after-school specials and appearing in high-school theater productions along with his longtime buddy, Matt Damon.

Affleck and Damon famously cut up a $600,000 examine for writing “Good Will Looking,” their breakthrough movie, which received greatest unique screenplay on the 1998 Oscars. Through the years, Affleck constructed as much as incomes eight-figure paydays with memorable roles in blockbuster movies, together with his flip as Batman in a number of DC Comics motion pictures.

In 2020, Forbes estimated Affleck’s web value to be $55 million.