Ben Affleck is a complete skeezeball. I have absolutely no doubt that he was fully aware of Weinstein’s actions… and even partook in some less-that-gentlemanly behavior himself.
Remember this? How about THIS?
Yeah… that’s a no-go, Ben.
Anyway….
He was on the Stephen Colbert show last night, and let’s just say it was as uncomfortable as that too-tight-in-some-spots-too-frumpy-in-others suit looks over his bloated body.
Ben Affleck was grilled by chat show host Stephen Colbert on Thursday about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the actor’s own allegations of sexual misconduct.
The 45-year-old Oscar winner was promoting his new movie Justice League on The Late Show and was ribbed by Colbert, 53, for President Donald Trump’s past Twitter endorsement of his portrayal of Batman.
Colbert waded into dark waters by noting to Ben that the ‘person who started your career was [disgraced film producer] Harvey Weinstein’, to which Ben responded: ‘This is a comedy show, correct?’.
Colbert said the show also covers ‘subjects of the moment’ and asked Affleck about his association with Weinstein.
The actor let out a long sigh before saying he understood the reasoning.
Fortunately, Ben pays a people to write pre-arranged talking points for him, so he spewed out some BS and the audience lapped it right up.
‘It was awful to see the extent of these terrible crimes. I haven’t worked with Harvey for more than 20 or 15 years.’
Screen star Affleck said the Weinstein scandal has ‘tainted’ his affinity for movies such as Shakespeare In Love, Chasing Amy and other Weinstein films that he starred in, knowing now that women had been allegedly assaulted and traumatized.
Affleck said he was going to donate his residuals from Miramax movies to charities that benefit women.
‘I don’t want to cash a check from the guy,’ Affleck said to applause from the audience.
OMG YAY HE’S A BONA FIDE FEMINISTER….
Colbert, however, didn’t let him off that easy.
Colbert then brought up that Affleck himself had been ‘accused of a few things’ and noted that he apologized for his behavior before asking if the awareness would be a ‘passing thing’ in Hollywood.
‘What I was accused of by a woman [Hilarie Burton] was of touching her breast while giving her a hug. I don’t remember it, but I absolutely apologized for it. I certainly don’t think she’s lying or making it up,’ Affleck said.
‘It’s just the kind of thing we have to as men, as we become more aware of this, be more mindful of our behavior and hold ourselves accountable and say, ”If I was ever part of the problem, I want to change. I want to be part of the solution.’’ And to not shy away from these awkward or strange encounters we might have have had,’ he added.
Affleck acknowledged being uncomfortable during a recent interview when the subject arose and laughing awkwardly.
‘I think the most important thing to do is to support the voices coming forward, believe them, and create a business where more women are empowered and in place so less of this happens. And so that there is a way of reporting this stuff so that people can feel safe doing it,’ he said.
Typical. “I don’t remember any of that but women deserve to be believed I AM A FEMINIST.”
There’s video, Ben…
Anyway, I hope Ben’s publicist gets paid A LOT of money, because they’ve totally saved his bloated a$$.
Then he went on to spew about “male privilege” to fully cement his HYPOCRITICAL FEMINISTER status.
Affleck also addressed male privilege as he said: ‘I thought I had a sense of the scope of the problem and I thought I understood it and the truth is I really didn’t.’
‘I didn’t understand what it’s like to be groped, to be harassed, to be interrupted, talked over, paid less, you know, pushed around, belittled: all the things that women deal with, for me as a man, I have the privilege of not having to deal with.
‘Part of this for me has been listening to people I really care about and love as they tell me stories of stuff that has happened to them, this is men and women, and recognizing it’s a real thing.
‘I’m not spokesman, I’m not a superhero, I can’t change it by myself. I can just be accountable for myself and my actions,’ Affleck said.
He might as well have read this off of notecards.