Overview
- Affleck told Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 5 that his son Samuel recently asked for $100 to bet on sports.
- He recounted that his father worked as a small-time bookie tied to New England Patriots bets and said it was illegal at the time.
- Affleck shares three children — Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13 — with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
- He has stressed that his kids must earn luxuries, recalling a prior refusal to buy Samuel $6,000 Dior Air Jordan 1 sneakers.
- The disclosures accompanied promotion for Affleck’s film The Rip, which is set to stream on Netflix on January 16.