Ben Affleck has addressed his ‘unhappy-looking’ face that sometimes sees him become a meme because he looks like he’s really not having a good time.
Affleck gets to go to some seriously swanky events, the Oscars, the Golden Globes, you name it.
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However, he never seems to be having that great a time.
Well, that's if you go off the pictures that emerge from these events.
That’s because – like many of us – he simply has a resting face that makes him look bored, slightly p***ed off and generally unhappy.
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The 50-year-old actor and director has become an internet meme on a number of occasions for his uninspiring facial expressions, most recently at the Grammys, where he really seemed to be having a bit of an existential crisis.
However, speaking to Jimmy Kimmel on his talk show, the Gone Girl star said it’s a ‘common misconception’ that he isn’t having fun.
In fact, Kimmel referenced a party that Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’ attended in December, with Affleck stating there was some ‘awkwardness’ on his part.
Kimmel said: “It did seem like you weren’t quite as psyched about the party as everybody else was.”
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Laughing Affleck replied: “See, that’s a common misconception about me.”
He went on to explain how he has a ‘very unhappy-looking resting face’ and then showed off two identical faces that were supposed to represent ‘content’ and ‘amused’.
“That’s how God made me,” Affleck added.
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“You don’t have to punish me for it.”
Recently, after the Grammys controversy, Affleck had to confirm again that he was – in actual truth – having fun.
He told The Hollywood Reporter: “I had a good time at the Grammys.
“My wife was going, and I thought: ‘Well, there’ll be good music. It might be fun.’
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“At movie award shows, it’s speeches and, like, sound-mixing webinars. But I thought this would be fun.”
During that same award show, cameras managed to capture what appeared to be a terse moment between Affleck and Lopez, but he also cleared that up at the time, stating it was just a rogue moment where the cameras picked up an out-of-context conversation which, strangely enough, was to do with talk show host Trevor Noah.
“I was like: ‘Oh, God.’ They were framing us in this shot, but I didn’t know they were rolling,” Affleck remembered.
“I leaned into her and I was like: ‘As soon as they start rolling, I’m going to slide away from you and leave you sitting next to Trevor.’
“She goes: ‘You better f***ing not leave.’ That’s a husband-and-wife thing.”
While Affleck did say that his facial expressions aren’t a great barometer for how he is actually feeling, he did say that there have been times at awards ceremonies when he has been ‘p***ed off’ or ‘bored’.
We can all sympathise there, we’ve all had events like that.
Topics: TV and Film, Celebrity, Grammys
Tom Wood