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Ben Affleckis only concerned with the opinions that matter: those of his three kids.The two-time Academy Award winner, 49, opened up about his public perception in a recent interview with theLos Angeles Times, explaining that the way he’s been depicted in the media didn’t bother him until his children started seeing it.“I got to a place where [the public perception] was so different from who I am that I just stopped reading and stopped caring,” he said. “But then, as my kids got older and started seeing the Internet themselves, that’s the difficult part.““Even the ‘Sad Affleck’ meme — that was funny to me. I mean, there’s nobody who hasn’t felt that way at a junket. But then my kids see it and I think, ‘Oh, are they going to think their dad is fundamentally sad or they have to worry about me?’ That’s really tough,” Affleck explained.He shares daughters Violet Anne, 16, Seraphina Rose, 13, and son Samuel Garner, 9, with ex-wifeJennifer Garner, 49, to whom he was married from 2005 to 2018.Claire Folger/AmazonTheLast Duelactor, who’s been open about hisstruggles with alcoholismover the years, toldGood Morning Americalast month that his “life is better and I am happierthe more I am around my kids.““We all want to pass on the best of ourselves to our children,” he said. “I don’t care who you are, I’m quite sure you feel at some point in your life you’ve taken missteps, nobody wants to transfer that to our children and that is a real task that everybody faces, whatever those issues are.“RELATED VIDEO:Ben Affleckon How George Clooney Helped Him Maximize Time with His Kids During ‘Tender Bar’ ShootAffleck previously told PEOPLE how hemakes his kids a priority with his workafter longtime pal andThe Tender BardirectorGeorge Clooneyhelped him maximize his time with his children while working on their Oscar contender.“My life has really changed a lot. Once I had kids, it became very obvious to me that the priority was time with them,” Affleck said last month. “George was spectacular in that way. He’s a dad too and would let me out on the weekends or cut me early. He really understood and appreciated how important it was for me to see my kids.”
Ben Affleckis only concerned with the opinions that matter: those of his three kids.
The two-time Academy Award winner, 49, opened up about his public perception in a recent interview with theLos Angeles Times, explaining that the way he’s been depicted in the media didn’t bother him until his children started seeing it.
“I got to a place where [the public perception] was so different from who I am that I just stopped reading and stopped caring,” he said. “But then, as my kids got older and started seeing the Internet themselves, that’s the difficult part.”
“Even the ‘Sad Affleck’ meme — that was funny to me. I mean, there’s nobody who hasn’t felt that way at a junket. But then my kids see it and I think, ‘Oh, are they going to think their dad is fundamentally sad or they have to worry about me?’ That’s really tough,” Affleck explained.
He shares daughters Violet Anne, 16, Seraphina Rose, 13, and son Samuel Garner, 9, with ex-wifeJennifer Garner, 49, to whom he was married from 2005 to 2018.
Claire Folger/Amazon
TheLast Duelactor, who’s been open about hisstruggles with alcoholismover the years, toldGood Morning Americalast month that his “life is better and I am happierthe more I am around my kids.”
“We all want to pass on the best of ourselves to our children,” he said. “I don’t care who you are, I’m quite sure you feel at some point in your life you’ve taken missteps, nobody wants to transfer that to our children and that is a real task that everybody faces, whatever those issues are.”
RELATED VIDEO:Ben Affleckon How George Clooney Helped Him Maximize Time with His Kids During ‘Tender Bar’ Shoot
Affleck previously told PEOPLE how hemakes his kids a priority with his workafter longtime pal andThe Tender BardirectorGeorge Clooneyhelped him maximize his time with his children while working on their Oscar contender.
“My life has really changed a lot. Once I had kids, it became very obvious to me that the priority was time with them,” Affleck said last month. “George was spectacular in that way. He’s a dad too and would let me out on the weekends or cut me early. He really understood and appreciated how important it was for me to see my kids.”
source: people.com
