Ben Affleck Trends For More Than ‘The Accountant 2’

Ben Affleck has been trending for a couple of days. It’s not just the fact that the movie, The Accountant 2 released to movie theaters today. Read on to find out why he keeps popping up on social media and search results at the moment. 

The Movie Is Part Of The Trend

By now, everyone who loves movies will know that Ben acts the role of autistic genius Christian Wolff. Additionally, there seems to be a lot of interest because the reboot from the original contains most of the original cast. Kelly Clarkson got so excited, she seemed like a fangirl on steroids. 

“I freaking loved it… It was incredible,” she gushed. 

With nearly three million subscribers, that helped the interest levels rise for Affleck. 

Of course, Ben Affleck has been doing the rounds with the pressers, and he chatted with MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Although he was talking about his co-star who plays the role of Jon, his brother in The Accountant 2, plenty of people felt he talked about his broken marriage with Jennifer Lopez.

He said, “The people you love the most drive you the most crazy.”

Kids, Jennifer & More

ET reported that recently, Ben Affleck talked about his ex, and he praised her to the high heavens. The outlet cited him as saying, “She’s an enormously important, tremendous person of a lot of integrity who I adore and am grateful to.” He seemed happy that she’s so good with the kids. 

Of course, chatting with the likes of Jimmy Kimmel about the kids keeps Ben trending, and there’s a TikTok video doing the rounds about his parenting style. 

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During Ben Affleck’s appearance on #JennaAndFriends to talk about accountant2, the actor spoke about a viral moment where his son wanted $6,000 sneakers, the jobs his older kids have and his parenting philosophy.

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Violet Helps The Trend

Jennifer Lopez and Ben have a daughter named Violet, and she’s not at all like you would expect. Dedicated to her studies at Yale, she’s very good at languages. Ben Affleck mentioned her recently, saying on The Today Show that he and Violet compete when it comes to linguistics. He said that she’s “a student of Spanish and often competes with me — will tell me that hers is better than mine.”

While he seems to love the cameras, however, it seems she’s not so keen. So, he joked, “And I’m glad that I get the chance to be on national television and just claim victory. She’ll be appalled, by the way.”

Every Word Is Snapped Up

It seems that The Accountant 2 actor just has to breathe a word or two, and the media are all over it. But he makes for good entertainment. Ben Affleck is trending because of the combination of the new movie release, his candid comments about his family and ex-wife, and ongoing interest in his personal life.

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