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- Jen Affleck has opened up about filming a Dunkin’ business with actor Ben Affleck
- She shared that Ben’s daughter was on the set of the advert and a giant fan of her actuality present, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
- The Dancing with the Stars contestant advised the Not Skinny However Not Fats podcast that filming the business with Ben was “very light-hearted”
In Dunkin’, whenever you’re an Affleck, you’re household.
Jen Affleck is opening up about her expertise working along with her (extremely distant) “relative,” Ben Affleck.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 26, just lately participated in a tongue and cheek Dunkin’ business with the Oscar winner, whom she falsely claimed to be associated to by means of her husband, Zac Affleck, on the Hulu actuality present.
Enjoying off the pretend declare that she was associated to him by means of marriage, Jen referred to herself within the business because the “Worth Affleck,” roasting Ben, 53, for being too costly and looking out “so dated.”
“It was very light-hearted,” Jen stated of filming the business in the course of the Sept. 16 episode of the Not Skinny However Not Fats podcast. “We simply, like, laughed about it.”
For the cameo second, Ben earned some cool dad factors due to his daughter’s obsession with Jen’s actuality collection, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
“I met his daughter. His daughter got here along with her finest pal and [she’s a] enormous fan,” Jen stated. “She’s like, ‘I do not care if we’re not associated. We’re associated.’ I used to be like, ‘Nice!’ ”
Ben shares youngsters Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13, together with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner.
The fact star, who’s at the moment rehearsing for her debut on Dancing With the Stars, stated that Ben was gracious along with her on the set of their business.
“He was like, ‘Thanks for doing this.’ I am like, ‘What do you imply thanks for doing this?’ I am like, ‘Thank you.’ ”
Jen shared that the confusion over her potential connection to Ben all began along with her husband Zac.
“It genuinely was advised to him and all of his siblings by his grandpa,” she stated. “Like, that was an actual factor. Everybody believed it.”
Nonetheless, regardless of there being no blood relation to The Accountant star, Jen maintains that she didn’t deliberately convey up the rumor.
“It is so humorous as a result of so many individuals are like, ‘She’s so calculated.’ I am like, No. It is me not being calculated is what will get me in hassle. And what results in loopy stuff like this.”
She shared that when she first obtained the decision to be within the business “I actually handed out,” including that she felt obligated to movie the business due to her mother.
“I used to be with my mother, and my mother is a big fan of Ben Affleck,” she stated. “My mother couldn’t consider it.”
As for Zac’s household, “They suppose it’s so humorous. They suppose it’s hilarious.”
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After Jen roasts Ben within the advert and says, “Are you able to consider Ben’s solely 53? That’s not like a younger 53, it’s like a weathered 53,” somebody then coughs off-camera and it turns to the drive-thru window the place Ben seems.
“Impolite!” Ben shouts. “Completely common 53. Proper down the 53 fairway.”