Ben Affleck continued his “good dad” PR tour by taking his two daughters to Taylor Swift’s final LA concert at the Staples Center on Wednesday night. Several outlets have the news along with quotes about how awesome Ben is, which we’ve come to expect at this point. Unfortunately Ben was not one of the dozens of celebrities who can say they’ve been on Taylor’s stage. That honor was reserved for Justin Timberlake, Lisa Kudrow and Selena Gomez that night. It’s a bummer because Battfleck could have worn his moob-disguising Batman costume. He wouldn’t have had to sing or anything, he could have just come out in character scowling. Instead he was himself in a clingy t-shirt, and he treated his daughters to a trip backstage to meet Taylor. That must have been a blast. Here is People’s story:
The special evening was taken to the next level when Affleck and the girls went backstage to meet Swift.
“The girls had been really wanting to go,” a source tells PEOPLE. “He was super excited to be there with them. They had a great time.”
“He was with his daughters, I ran into him while he was waiting outside of the restroom for his kid,” a source tells PEOPLE. “He was very nice, taking pictures with a few people.”
As is typical of Affleck’s PR team, they gave similar but not identical quotes about this outing to E! including “The girls had been begging to go. He was so excited for them,” and the night was “made even better by JT’s appearance.” Timberlake starred with Affleck in Runner, Runner, which you probably didn’t see or remember.
That sounds awesome though and good for Ben for taking his girls to see Taylor. They must have been thrilled to meet her. Seraphina is six, which sounds a little young for her first concert, but Taylor is wholesome enough and Ben probably didn’t want take Violet and leave her sister out.
Yesterday we included some quotes from People’s print article about the state of Affleck and Garner’s relationship. Here are People’s full quotes about how Garner is doing. These are in a brief article which makes no direct mention of the nanny.
“Jen was hoping for a peaceful summer in Atlanta. Instead, it’s been very stressful for her. She can’t stand the situation that Ben put her and the kids in.
“Jen will always make sure that Ben spends as much time with the kids as he wants, but she is rethinking their living situation. Her friends are urging her to take more time to herself. Jen deserves to be happy.”
[From People Magazine, print edition, September 7, 2015]
We haven’t seen Garner in a while, so she seems to be laying low from the paparazzi. Maybe she’s taking her friends’ advice. You get the sense that she’s gradually coming around to the idea of getting divorced.
Here’s a photo that Affleck took with a fan at the Swift concert. As douchey as he is, this makes me like him a little.
just met @BenAffleck or should I say Batman at @taylorswift13 #1989WorldTour ☺️ pic.twitter.com/9pKWCh6G2O
— Christal (@ChristallBell) August 27, 2015
These photos are from yesterday, 8-27-15. Credit: FameFlynet
His boobs are bigger than mine, and he’s had two more children than I have.
Yeah what is that? Does that happen to men when they’re buff then suddenly stop working out? Cus he’s still quite fit.. it”s just not coming together, visually
I know, right? He’s not fat. He looks in shape. Yet he’s got enough moob there to breastfeed.
He has a lot of weight on him compared to usually over the years. I don’t think he’s fit like he was during Batman filming.. He’s not obese, but I think he’s comfort eating and drinking through his divorce and not doing as much exercise/cardio as usual and is why he’s the heaviest he’s ever been. And it’s showing up on his pecs/moobs as he is his 43 now.
Nope, its not comfort eating or drinking. Thats pretty obvious from the fact that the rest of him isnt especially out of shape. His body is developing breast tissue which means his hormones are suddenly out of whack. I bet my left toe he used Growth Hormones to build muscle for Batman. Hey, anybody remember that time Sylvester Stallone was busted in Australia for posession of Growth Hormones…..we always knew action stars get some “help” but that was the first major star to be busted.
@Ginger…………YES. I was thinking the same thing. HGH
Fit? He has belly rolls! His arms look like the only thing that is fit. The rest of the body is going from muscle to fat. The gynocomastia (increased breast tissue) is classic sign of steroid use. Assuming he is getting the shrinking testicles too. Google side effects of steroid use. It’s not from protein shakes.
He’s gross all over now.
Yes, I’m glad I am not the only one that has noticed that in all of his photos. It makes it look as if he took steroids for his training regimen for the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie. A common side-effect of steroids and testosterone supplementation is the estrogen crash/bloat once the artificial supplementation and training cease. Not to be crass, but the so-called term b****-t*ts is the common term that bodybuilders use for Ben’s circumstance.
Regarding the instagram snap at the Taylor Swift concert, watch out Christal! You are just a few years out from “consideration.”
he’s not using steroids.If he was the muscles would have went away fast.he still has muscles.He’s taking protein shakes and stuff weight lifters take.He’s not exercising so he just going to bulk up with no muscle definition.Fat or not he looks good to me
Greenie: I was gonna say the same thing. His boobs are bigger than mine! I wonder if he used steroids or hormones recently to buff up for his batman role.
At first i thought that fan is The Nanny.
Right?? It looks like she’s holding a cocktail!
I can’t quite put my finger on what it is about Ben that irks me…
probably because you’ll need more than one finger.
LOL Ronda.
lol!
honestly, there’s st about him that looks trashy and there’s st about the way he talks that feels trashy. Never liked the guy because I think he reminded me of all the DB guys in the military who’d hit on you relentlessly.
i’ll say something nice: very cute how the smaller daughter cuddles with his arm.
I was surprised by how many (seemingly all) of my young elementary age kids’ friends went to the concert. That said, my kids (who are self-admittedly nerdy) have no idea who Justin Timberlake is.
I know, it was the place to be when she came through my city. My FB was clogged with group photos of moms and their daughters going to the concert, a couple of them even hired stretch limos…it was a bit crazy. I was relieved to have sons who want nothing to do with that scene or music, lol.
I don’t think I’ll ever like him again (not that I liked him much to begin with, except his much younger days), no matter how ‘excited’ he his to bring his kids to a Swifty concert. Does he even get excited about things that are not card games and nannies/starlets? I doubt it.
Anyway the quote about how an amazing dad he his just for this, seriously it made me laugh and get angry. It’s not amazing, it’s just f-ing normal!
Little girls luvvvvv Taylor Swift
Fathers always enjoy Taylor’s concert more than they thought they would.
It was so cute. A father wrote a blog about taking his six-year-old son to his first concert, the 1989 World Tour. He said the more conventional first concert to share with his son would be a father/son road trip to see The Rolling Stones or AC/DC or U2. LOL But he chose Taylor Swift because his son knew all the songs because the album was always playing in the car or home in their family.
He went on to talk about the concert and said he saw his son fist pump to a song like he had never seen before and even singing along but later in the show during a speech by Taylor and some ballads he looked down and his son was fast asleep and didn’t even wake up for encore Shake It Off, his favorite song. He said his son wasn’t upset because he didn’t even understand what an ecore was.
Then he said they were in the car driving off his son looked back at the stadium and said, “I want to go see Taylor Swift again tomorrow night.” LOL
“Don’t look at me, you’ve got a girl at home and EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT…”
Those girls love their dad.
Seraphina seems to adore her Dad. She looks like Ben too.
Ben is trying to be a good Dad, to the best of his capacity. Not defending him, but Ben’s home life growing up was an unstable nightmare.
Jen and Ben are decent people, but not compatible. Ben should not be married to anyone, ever again.
Jen might meet a stable man, but be bored eventually after being with Ben -whom is a non-stop Rollercoaster of creative genius, broken promises, charisma, and moral instability.
Ben’s moobs are distracting, but it’s his character that irks me sometimes.
Ben is a wild man that loves his children. Not unusual in this corrupt world.
I’ll say it again…..just because Ben is a lousy husband, does not make him a bad dad!
Exactly. Completely agree. I think it has always been clear he loves his kids. Yes, I’m sure he’s been somewhat absentee at times, and I’m not justifying that, but even Jen was quoted as saying during this whole mess, that while he may not have been the best husband, he was always a great father. I do believe this is why she is making every effort to ensure he gets to see them as much as possible and isn’t going to discourage that. Has he made some bad choices? Probably. Does parenting 24/7 come naturally to him? Who knows? Maybe not. But to me it has always been obvious that he truly loves his kids – I believe it is 100% genuine.
Himself said during Argo promotion that even during his time with his kids,he thought about directing or editing
He’s said some awful things for instance calling spending time with his kids ‘babysitting’. Now that being said being in a dysfunctional marriage where his bad behavior was being enabled probably made him a worse parent. Now he has the opportunity to be a better parent and more engaged with his kids. I wish he’d do it in a more private way that would make it more genuine to me.
I agree, JoJo, 100%.
I agree too JoJo. Healthy parenting may no come easy for someone coming from an alcoholic and dyfunctional environment as Ben has but it looks like he loves his kids and they love him.
Thing is, being a dad (especially to daughters) isn’t just about the time you spend with them. It’s about living a life setting an example of 1) how a man should treat women to set their expectations as they get older and interact with boys/men, and 2) how a man treats his wife to show them how they should expect to be treated – the old saying every girl marries her dad has been around a long time and been proved time and again. You don’t live your life in a vacuum as a parent, thinking it’s only about how you act when you are with them. I don’t think BA is the only man (and women are not excluded) who doesn’t get that part of their role as a parent. You really do have to sacrifice some personal “freedom” in your choices as a parent – at least until the kids reach adulthood. IMO
Totally agree. A girl’s first love is her father. Let him be the best father he can be because when she is considering a life partner she will have had a wonderful role model. My husband set the bar so high I tease my daughter that she will never find a man like her father. She will accept nothing less though.
This is honestly so true. I “married my dad” so well that my husband even walks around singing and whistling like my dad used to. And then I’m like…oh dear god…
Well, and just becasue he took them on some pap walks in the midst of his nanny scandal, that doesn’t make him a good dad, either.
Sleeping with the NANNY makes him a bad dad. Taking his kids on fun trips does not make him a good dad. Frankly, it doesn’t make him a dad at all. All he’s doing is the fun stuff, none of the hard parenting work whatsoever. And I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all this fun stuff is happening right now, all at once, and has paps all over it.
When a parent cheats, it affects the kids. Trust me, they know, and they feel betrayed. I can’t imagine how terrible it must for a kid be to have a parent cheat with someone who was hired to be the kid’s caretaker.
Not only the cheating, but the on/off substance abuse issues affects the kids, even if he’s not a falling down drunk….addicts display a hot/cold pattern with their kids and family in general. Fun guy/grumpy guy…you never know which one you’ll get.
“Adult children of Alcoholics” is a thing for a reason, although kids may not realize it growing up, as adults they have highly dysfunctional/immature behavior patterns, even if they don’t have addiction problems.
The fact that he did not see anything wrong with having an inappropriate relationship with his children’s nanny makes him the worst kind of Dad possible. That is a Dad that is so selfish that he cannot even stop himself from doing something that may scar his kids for life. Its all about what Ben wants when he wants it.
How much you wanna bet he got Cristal’s phone number? Or is the bet only whether he got it before or after the photo was snapped?
Universal, Disneyworld, Taylor Swift concert, endless farmer’s markets….I wonder if these kids need some downtime. I would.
A lot of people like to keep their kids schedules over packed with entertaining activities so they dont have to spend much time talking, hanging out..in this case, keeping the kids distracted from the bigger family issues going on. I guess it’s better than sitting around with a nanny, being sad/bored.
Agreed. Or maybe they should talk about feelings…maybe they do…but their schedule exhausts me, and it feels like it’s PR–which is sad for the kids. Rent a cabin away from it all, and stop trying to distract them. Face it with them.
Disneyworld with the kids was an afterthought, his original plan was to spend the day with the kids nanny far away from his kids. All that changed when the affair became public knowledge.
Dear Ben’s PR — Please have more of his classic Chevelle featured in his outings. Not just the door next time.
I am relieved to know that the Chevelle is being cared for during this very public un-ringing.
😀
I agree. The man has awesome taste in cars!
I like that you’re a Car Girl, too, Christin…
Even though we know it’s part of Ben’s Cool Dad PR push, I’d like to see more of the Chevelle myself as well.
(And maybe the Big Daddio Caddy?)
If Ben’s PR peeps read this, let’s see if they make it happen.
Love the classic cars. And I like Chevelles and how they are finally being recognized.
My Dad and I enjoyed his 1960s El Camino (basically a Chevelle with a truck bed) and I truly hope Ben will make good memories with his daughters and their car as well. Hopefully not *all* of this is their transparent PR moves. 😃
Although my dad isn’t a Car Guy per se, he grew up with and always had a fondness for Chevys, just like his own father did…
Ever since I can remember, I liked cars, especially those of the 60s and from when I grew up in the 70s/80s. Even though I think Tesla’s the most exciting thing happening now, I still prefer the older ones and classics myself.
Anyway, that’s sweet the relationship you had with your father, and I remember also just wanting to be with my dad and doing whatever, whether it was going to a ballgame or the beach, doing photography or talking about movies and history.
My point, and I’m getting to it, is this: It’s been proven that girls need and want their fathers (or men as father figures) at around the ages Ben’s daughters are now…
So I hope as you said that this is more than PR but rather the start of some kind of real relationship for them, maybe one that doesn’t always have to be documented by paps?
I get frustrated with some of these PR games, but I really do think (hope???) there is sincerity behind the scenes with the children.
And I agree 100 percent about girls and their fathers (or at least how it should be). Like you, I was fortunate enough to have a really good, close relationship with my father and was always tagging along with him as a child.
Those simple childhood memories are so special, and I hope those two adorable girls are getting filled with memories that money cannot buy. I get miffed when I see Ben looking like he’d rather be anywhere but with his family, but maybe that’s only a small slice of it, created by the paps’ intrusion.
And, lastly, I hope ole Nanny O is out of the picture. For everyone’s sake, including ours. 🙂
Concerts and Disney World can’t erase his selfish and repulsive behavior that caused so much hurt to his family. He is trying to make it up now but he is disgusting by going to People, US, E!, etc., to dish out what a “great” dad he is. He should have been a hands on dad from the beginning and not just when he is trying to repair his image. As Chris Rock says “Do you want a cookie?” for
being the parent you were supposed to be all along?!
When he does it in private without running to the media then it will mean something in my opinion.
I was watching the town this morning,he did an amazing job directing that movie. It seems like the kids love him and they have a beautiful relationship,that’s all that matters. He and jen are not trashing each other to the tabloids,they’re trying to figure being newly divorced and finding stability,and that’s an amazing thing.
Yes, TBS/TNT has been running that movie recently…you have to wonder if that was on purpose!
I’m jealous. I want to take my sons to see Taylor, they love her!!
Does he phone the Paps whenever he has the kids and they are going somewhere?
I think he would much rather be somewhere drinking and gambling.
I think he is trying to fight the fires he has made.
I think he is Phony Baloney.
Well, there haven’t been many photos this week, just press releases detailing their activities. Clearly, they heard the outcry over photos of the kids…for the most part. I think he/they (PR) are missing the point, though about what most are outraged about in his behavior. But that blindness is what probably led to the behavior in the first place. For his sake, I hope he begins to see.
The opposite will more likely be the case though. He is about to become a free man. threesomes will now likely be the order of the day going forward. If a loving wife and three beautiful and healthy kids cannot make you strive to become a better human being, nothing can.
LOL! People Mag tweeted the fan asking her to DM them cuz they have a question. Hahhahahaha! Get money girl, don’t say anything for FREE! People Mag bottom feeders..ugh.
They want to ask her if Ben asked her out! LOL
More Fun Dad, highly publicized stuff. It makes me like him less.
Why is the nanny still so popular? I wanted to google “Christine Lagarde” today and Google suggested “Christine Ouzo…” after I had typed Christine. Unbelievable!
Well, I thought she was finally fading into obscurity again. Until this.
I hope he sincere at least with his children. I see him hooking up with a new Jen…Jennifer Lawrence…..
I am guessing that he probably had one because it is within the realm of possibility. How did his PR people suppress the Ashley Madison account info? They certainly earned their pay with that one.
If I understand Luca 76, the mere existence of his children’s mother and what she condoned made him a bad Dad but now that she will no longer be a part of his life he will likely become a much better Dad. What an interesting take on things. I completely disagree of course.
No you don’t understand me or what I said. Read a book on co-dependency and maybe it will be clearer for you. 😉
He should have been this good at fathering all along. This is simply to show he’s an alright guy. Cut to the nanny – and,,,
The vibe I get from him now is that of one of those guys you see on the ID channel. The ones that were the last to see the victim alive and are very helpful to everyone. They even put up most of the posters and then you find out they were the one that committed the crime all along, creepy.
Looks like Jen is back in LA now, without her ring. Most reports are saying they both stayed at same property on Thurs. night, except for People, which says she stayed at their home, which is under renovation, and Ben stayed at his rental property down the street (Brooke Shields’ house?)
I would think this would be the healthiest situation for them all right now. It must be so strange for Jen to return to LA after being in ATL all summer. That surreal feeling when you start remembering what things were like before you left as compared to how they are now. She essentially went straight from the Bahamas to ATL (I think?), so returning to LA must be very painful for her. Probably a lot harder even than being in ATL because now she’s back in their family home, and the reality of everything that has happened will set in, reliving memories, etc. Very sad.
I thought that too. Maybe having so many weeks of being away and busy has helped in getting past the initial emotional shock and it’ll be a little easier. Hope so.
Ideally she should sell that house and move elsewhere with the kids. She will heal a lot faster if she does. Since they are building a house for Ben on the same property, selling seems to be out of the question which is a pity. She will look back at it all and be thankful for the three beautiful kids that she got out of it.
It looks like the Daily Mail reads comments too. They have an article dedicated to Ben’s physique. I think it’s a little mean and unnecessary but there it is
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3214769/Divorce-taking-s-toll-Ben-Affleck-steps-sporting-fuller-physique-ring-off.html
Are the comedians taking it easy with Ben Affleck or what? I don’t live in the States so I may not be up to speed but it seems like he is getting a pass for all these stuff when some others would have been hung to dry by now. Why has Saturday Night Live not yet had a sketch with Isuzu Nanny changing Ben Affleck’s diaper in full Batman attire or a monologue thanking Ben Affleck for ensuring that all their kids will grow up with the oldest and ugliest nannies. The guy has been giving them so much to work with and nothing…..I don’t get it really. Is WB that powerful that people are just threading on egg shells apart from Joel McHale of course who made the nanny look as stupid as she really is.
SNL isn’t back live yet; it’s still in summer re-runs. As for other late night shows (like the Tonight Show etc.), my guess is they don’t want to piss off Warner Bros. for fear of not being able to book any stars from movies/tv shows coming out of that studio.
Thanks Imqrious2. Wow, the double standards are everywhere really. The older late night hosts would have gone there WB threat or not, I miss them.
This guy is a skeevy loser in my book! Shame on both for this ongoing PR scam with the kids. Hollywood can have them both!