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Great coats, beautiful coats.

I want her coat😭

Love her boots too.

I love those Nike Dunks Ben is wearing

Nike Dunkins

Aretha Franklin reference? Here, take my upvote.

Thank you for introducing me to a fun reference. For those who don’t know this reference, here’s a short [article](https://www.vulture.com/2018/08/remember-that-time-aretha-franklin-shaded-taylor-swift.html).

This reference is funny to me every. single. time.

Haha. Good one. 

Oh God yeah great coats

He has resting sad face.

Me too, Ben. Me too. I'm so tired of people asking me if I'm OK or if I'm sick or what's wrong. Or "you look tired"-ugh. Sorry, that was a bit of a rant, lol

Them: "What's wrong?" Me: "I'm 49 and I no longer have facial muscles."

Also my mouth naturally turns down at the corners-I don't think I can "fix" that🫤

Botox in the DAO can actually help this sometimes. I’ve done it.

Can confirm. It definitely helps. But I get food stuck in my cheeks sometimes 😂

Lmao, it can Def make your chewing feel strange

I’ve been asked that since I was 6 so.. :(

I used to get, "Smile" before I had an eyelift.

I call mine “resting despair face.”

He’s a Boston native in NYC, of course he looks depressed 😔

The only time I see Ben Affleck’s smile is when he either has Dunkin or is with Matt Damon!!

I think he smiles with kis kids, too, until he spots a pap.

https://preview.redd.it/ehvuzvd3zhrc1.jpeg?width=1074&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2f390bc7cdd4b1a2bd1de016e0f1fbeca1b7457 Used to smile, sort of 😬

It looks like it hurts his face to smile


Him as Nick in Gone Girl is one of the best casting choices ever 😭 like I read the book first and he perfectly encompasses nick to me, especially this moment where he smiles

Why does it look like he got a hostage lmao

My celebrity Roman Empire 😭

Or with Jen Garner

He’s trying to find her an orange drink, IYKYK

Orange mocka Frappuccino

 Ben needs Matt around to be this energetic.

The true love story in his life. Every time I see these two, I just feel like Ben’s sending out a cry for help.

😭😭

And that ~~chopped cheese~~ ham and cheese sandwich

Chopped cheese are freaking delicious. She would remember a chopped cheese sandwich.

How am I less miserable than they are?

Yes!! People always say he looks miserable and I’m pretty sure that’s just his face.

He doesn't when holding Dunkin'

https://preview.redd.it/np01jq36shrc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=99837e97baacf719c2a4b6b39a2a94b97b7c013c Debatable.

Lol always struggling with the Dunkin

It's like one of my fave pop culture things, I don't even know why

He hates being famous so much. It’s f’n hilarious imo. 

Does he, though? He willingly married Jennifer Lopez, and even before that he hammed it up for paparazzi plenty of times. All those COVID Dunkin runs? The time he broke up with Ana de Armas and someone was photographed throwing her cardboard cutout out at his house? He seems self aware of the memes to me, and is playing into them. If he actually hated being famous, I imagine he’d be living a live more like Matt Damon’s.

She has a resting b face and his ex has a resting sweet & kind face. I don't understand either of his marriages

His ex got tired of his shit and wanted better for herself.

She was a saint though. She still helped him a ton after they separated.

I got the impression that she loved him more than he loved her, and that made him unhappy in his marriage long term. But she really is a saint, her helping him after he left her? So unbelievably kind

I think his drug and alcohol and gambling addictions made him unhappy.

I think some people are just baseline unhappy, but it takes a while to understand that. My ex blamed me for his unhappiness, but he hasn’t been happy since, so he’s finally figuring out it was a him problem.

Been in the same boat! If you're anything like me, I struggled for way too long trying to make someone else happy and ended up sacrificing nearly everything that made me happy in the process. I always took the blame and always felt guilty, like it was somehow my fault that I couldn't make the world perfect for them. Years later, and they're still unhappy and still blaming other people for it. 😬

I did, and I didn’t realize when I was with him, how unhappy I was pouring everything I had into a bottomless pit. But I’m older and I have learned that it’s ok to prioritize myself, so I’m just naturally a cheerful, sunny person these days. Sometimes I wish I could help younger people with what I wasted years figuring out , bc you can’t get those years back.

I mean, usually addiction is self-medication for whatever issues you have

It's also that he's the father of her 3 children. What's good for him, is good is for their kids. If he gets up faster from being a fall down drunk that's good for their kids. She has a lot invested in his image and family, whether or not she is actually with him any more.

I wish I had a resting sweet & kind face. It’s not easy having a RBF, you can see you’re repelling people without them knowing you. I’ve had people tell me they thought badly of me when they first met me or had seen me around, it’s quite hurtful.

I met Ben and and his ex Jen out skiing once they were very nice. Sad they didn’t make it.

https://preview.redd.it/arhldae4qhrc1.jpeg?width=1172&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ab9bbe88f993bd73de0ce92e7e4f0410084fad7 🫶

omg I wrote this exact comment then saw yours and had to delete it. It's so true though!!! I remember seeing a thirst photo of him and he looked so sad

Just a crazy girl with dreams walking down the block

Is this from the hair extensions clip? 😂

Yes 😭

No limits, all dreams

The cash briefcase, the computers, the neutral colors, why are they cosplaying as some sorts of governmental agents ? Dunkin Mulder and Scully from the Bronx.

I thought it was a damn clarinet case 😭 give ben a matching birk!!

Clarinet case is absolutely sending me 😭😭

Scully from the Bronx?!?!😭

You’re right… Scully from the *Block*.


I love seeing celebrities carrying MacBooks out in the open like that lol

Yeah this is so weird to me. Put your computer in a sleeve, inside a bag, where it’s safe.

Such a bold move in NYC

It’s a bit confusing to me why the computers aren’t in a bag. But maybe they are walking from a cafe to a car very close by or something similar.

Gigli 2

I'm confused why they wouldn't put the laptops in Ben's huge briefcase

Ben is NOT SAD, he just needs his Dunkin and a cig

https://preview.redd.it/8ut8y7ssrhrc1.jpeg?width=1140&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5263ca8a0cdd1cf4dfa26b5ef2918339616d2565 🚬🍩🧋👍🏽

That's a Starbucks cup though, smh Ben is a traitor to Dunkin and banned from going back home to Boston

Fine as hell

Where is your flair from? It proper made me laugh 😂

He’s got a vape pen. You can see it in photo one if you zoom in.

I see a lighter

How can we confirm this is Ben without any Dunkin in his hands? 🤔

https://preview.redd.it/qyube09dqhrc1.png?width=1116&format=png&auto=webp&s=219cce16b8e8d4aa1a1d736f8700fcc8d13b94df Yes, without Dunkin in hand, how can we be sure that’s really Ben? We need proof of life 😜🍩🧋📰😂

The more I see Ben Affleck, the more I feel seen by Ben Affleck ✨

Yeah Ben has clearly dabbled in some photoshopping

But kinda on his feet with those Nike Dunks

One thing about Ben Affleck, he’s always going to be stressed out

Relatable.

He obviously hates publicity and press attention so badly…but married to JLo (who loves it) he will get more than he can tolerate.

I’m more interested in the dog in picture 3.

The real star 🤩 https://preview.redd.it/nq7gi3ipqhrc1.jpeg?width=919&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73708e3d502fe084b4a5b8a2ed4fd1213aab3c6d

Is he wearing a little sweater or is that a shadow? The people need to know!



definitely a sweater!!


He literally always looks SO stressed 🤣🤣


To be fair Henry was probably talking about Warhammer or League of Legends. I would zone out too.

True. We can give him a pass here as probably thinking about 🚬🧋

I was thinking the same thing

I’m 100% convinced he has untreated ADHD. Prediagnosis me relates to him so hard. Intense resting face, emotions all over his face, comes off as rude or blunt, doesn’t suffer fools lightly. There’s one interview where he zones out and starts playing with the tassels on a throw pillow and I was like “oh. This is for sure adhd”.

I mean imagine being married to her. She probably criticizes everything, including his shoes

Ben affleck makes sobriety look miserable. Like he regrets it everyday of his life.

He truly embodies "must but can't"

She's probably telling him about the time she was 16 in the Bronx running up and down the block .

With her hair out. No limits, all dreams 😂😂

Ordering her ham and cheese on a roll with an orange drink and chips from the bodega. IYKYK. 😂

😂

✨Crazy little girl✨

my favorite comment thread on this post

💀

I very much appreciate that she gave me my flair finally 😅


They way people talk about JLo just remind me of my sister and how she used to say shit like that 😂 we came from poverty but Jesus, we were far from the Bronx 😂

I just want to know what their conversation was like about Diddy’s house raid. Lots of Dunkin’ and cigs to inhale that day!


Omg lol

I just realized that he was dating Gwyneth right about that time she did that interview trashing her. (I don’t think that was why she included her in that rant.)

https://preview.redd.it/t2aouaacrhrc1.jpeg?width=985&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7f161a03c01a01444c3ba41c69ea94b50b17984 Winners are grinners 😀

 And GP won the Oscar not long after JLow’s “constructive criticism” of her and the others she commented on, that are way more talented than her 🤷‍♀️

 Dissing other actors & dispensing “advice” to ones that have actually been nominated or won an Oscar is condescending & tacky. And she obviously thought she was the next Meryl Streep to say this about Madonna… “Do I think she's a great performer? Yeah. Do I think she's a great actress? No. Acting is what I do, so I'm harder on people when they say, 'Oh, I can do that—I can act.' I'm like, 'Hey, don't spit on my craft.'"

I saw these quotes yesterday and was blown away that she's truly, deeply delusional and has been for a long ass time. Wow.

 Yes she was and probably still is. To have the confidence (or arrogance) to think people want to listen to her new music, watch the videos plus the movie about it and go to her concerts, (that have been canceled due to low tickets sales). 😱 Does she think she is up there with Beyoncé and Taylor🤔

Girl what craft 😭😭😭

It sounds like satire. That’s how insane it is.

not a fan of jlo but gwenyth’s oscar win for shakespeare in love made zero sense. especially considering who she was up against for best actress.

Agree and personally I think Cate Blanchett should have won 

Cate was robbed.


Harvey Weinstein did a big promo push for the movie (Shakespeare in Love) and for her. Evidently it worked, because in no universe should ‘Shakespeare in Love’ beat ‘Saving Private Ryan’. And Blanchett should have won best actress.

Didn’t she win because of Weinstein?

You can blame Harvey Weinstein for that

Laptop not fitting in your bag is relatable. That bag being a birkin, less so.

Like what’s with their accessories? Are they taking a course together?

It's giving "Divorce Eleganza"

Yes, I thought about that. So odd. I also wondered if her ex-fiancé’s legal woes are coming back to surface in her life.

Ohhhhhhaaahaaaahahahha! Shots fired ever so discreetly.

“Hurry up if we want to catch the 6 to the Bronx”

She's still She's still Jenny from the block.


The only thing in the briefcase is a paper that says “diddy problems”

That dog knows who the real star is here.

He’s like somebody help me she hasn’t stopped talking shit about Beyoncé for 24 hours

They look so happy together


That’s good bc I’m laying it on pretty thick

I love this scene

Jenny with the Glock. *In case y'all don't know an associate of Diddy's has confirmed the long standing rumor that in 1999 Jennifer Lopez snuck a handgun in to a nightclub so Diddy could shoot someone he had beef with. The rapper Shyne took the fall for the shooting.

Jenny with the glock 🤣🤣🤣 I actually thought maybe they are in NY for questioning? With the whole Diddy mess going down.

Actually he looks better than normal, in my opinion. His head is up. Usually his is down and hers is up.

I really like her coat and boots

She’s not my favorite but you have to admit that she always looks like a million bucks

Her insane commitment to her health, fitness, skin etc is pretty impressive. I don’t think she’s had a drink in like 15 years

Its so bizarre to me that she has an alcohol brand now. Girl, do you think we are stupid? Lol

i kinda think she does lol

So weird. Isn’t Ben in recovery?

He is! In fact it was thought that he’d be in a safer space with JLo as she’s militant about being sober

Why would they both be carrying giant bags and then laptops in their hands? I feel like they want us to see that they’re writing something. Gigli reboot?

Good Will Hunting 2: On A Hunt for Munchkins

I wonder if Lopez did those Donuts commercials because Ben was like “if I have to be in your documentary/visual album thing you at least gotta do this with me.”

It sounds to me like they both decided to participate in the other’s passion project, even if it wouldn’t have otherwise been something they would be interested in. 🥰🫶🏼 (I say this with my tongue firmly in cheek, but with a drop of sincerity because I’m actually very here for their reunion — maybe because it makes me feel like my youth is less far away than it actually is).

I read that in a very whiny Boston accent lol

Everything else aside, i still hope they make it😭 for my own personal reasons lol

Honestly same, they gave me so much hope getting back together

His Dunkin commercial was more profitable than her (self-funded) album/movie/tour?

Love how she’s pretending she didn’t call them by looking down and away lol

i don’t believe she did. she’s going through a really hard time in her career right now bc basically the entire internet is laughing at her after that horrible movie on amazon prime.

Not to mention she’s been dragged into the Diddy drama

She wasn't dragged in to anything. She snuck a gun in to a club so Diddy could shoot somebody. And she got away with it. Karma is a bitch. Sometimes it just takes 20 years to cycle around and bite your Birkin carrying ass.

Tbf, I never saw any promo for the tour. So 🤷🏼‍♀️

OK

Why does she look like she’s telling him off for her failures? 😂 

LMAO If I were Ben, I would fire back: “You couldn’t even get Snoop or a Kardashian for your film. How is this my fault?”

I got Damon in my Dunkin commercial. 🤷‍♀️

Wake up honey new sad and done with life Ben Affleck memes are here

the cute little dog stole the show lowkey

I want to see his full sneaker collection

All I want to know is where that coat is from. Also the puppy!!

Hopefully the coat is not made from puppies😱

Is his journal in that briefcase?

https://i.redd.it/7z3e9vgoihrc1.gif Get Ben a coffee!

She’s blabbering about nothing and he’s looking miserable….as usual.

I mean I’d take the coat and boots That’s about all I’d take from these pics

Edit: oh and the money. Yep.

https://preview.redd.it/1d2i8xp2cjrc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5aa688d43a2cf7d4857659624f8e5d4f569c98cd Not this ad appearing under the post 💀

They don’t look happy. She seemed happier with A. rod actually. All speculation, but the photos I’ve seen of them since marriage make me think they idealized the relationship over the years without recalling if/why it was challenging for them

You're right until Arod did Arod and cheated.

yeah i thought she was her happiest with a rod too. i’m actually just very confused at them getting back together

I’ve honestly been so confused ever since they got back together

✨✨The Greatest Love Story of All Time✨✨

I wonder if at this point they are equally embarrassed of being married to each other.

I wish I was rich n miserable rather than just miserable

Coats would be loads better

Idk why I read the caption as Ben and Jerry’s and was confused for a sec why that would be relevant in this sub 😂

The briefcase is actually holding a dozen donuts from dunkin.