Ben Affleck’s Advice for 3 Kids Seemingly Shades Him & His Ex-Wives — He Tells Them ‘Don’t Waste’ Your Lives

Despite both Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck being actors (and his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez being an actress too), it seems Affleck isn’t too keen on his kids acting like them. For those who don’t know, Garner and Affleck welcomed three children in their 13-year marriage. Their kids are Violet (born in December 2005), Seraphina (born in January 2009), and Samuel (born in February 2012). While they’re all growing up so fast, it seems he may not enjoy the thought of them acting.

Affleck recently told E! News, “You put something on your children when you have a public life and that’s complicated. We really want to give them room to figure out what they want to do. I wouldn’t push them into that. They’re brilliant and lovely and wonderful and we love them and we’re proud of them.”

He added, seemingly joking, “and hope that they don’t waste their life acting.”

It’s clearly a lighthearted level of shading, especially since he and Garner are such big actors. But it seems the added pressure of being the kids of actors may be a lot, and it seems he doesn’t want his kids to feel that. He even spoke about starting from nothing, saying, “In some way, it was kind of a blessing to anonymity, to struggle, to where we started, which was just in the middle of nowhere.”

Violet is currently attending Yale University and may work in an environmental or health-related field. It’s unclear if Seraphina or Samuel has expressed interest in acting yet.

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