Ben Affleck ROASTS His Viral Bored Expression
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00:00 "He laughs. He's bored. No. Studying. Always watching."
00:05 Ben Affleck poking fun at his meme-murrable faces.
00:09 "You can do that. Why can't it be?"
00:12 "Why are people always worried about what face Ben has on?"
00:16 "You don't need to worry about Ben. Let me just tell you, he is good. He is happy."
00:21 "He's just drinking coffee and eating donuts. Y'all leave him alone."
00:23 "He's alright. He is alright."
00:25 And that's exactly what the Oscar winner is doing in his latest commercial, mocking that
00:29 viral moment last year at the Grammys, when a tired-looking Ben lit the internet on fire.
00:35 "No, no mom. No, mom. It wasn't the actual devil. No, they were just dressed as the devil,
00:41 mom. Yeah, I have to go. Yeah, you did warn me about Hollywood."
00:45 "I don't understand what people are pressed for."
00:48 "I mean, he's got teenagers. And if you have teenagers, some days you have a teenager."
00:51 "They don't pick up on my face."
00:54 "Oh my god, he's absolutely so boring."
00:56 "He's bored, no. Studying, always watching. I guess I have to show you."
01:00 "They tell you you're no good. You're a goofy, middle-aged, clumsy white guy with no rhythm
01:05 and you can't sing on key. You're not coordinated. That means I can't be a pop star?"
01:10 "I mean, that's a good look."
01:12 Yeah, the online jokes inspire Ben's new career path.
01:15 "These are the beats right here."
01:17 "CD?"
01:18 "Big time music expert. You know where music comes from?"
01:20 "Big Ben."
01:21 "It's hot."
01:22 "Does music have to rhyme?"
01:24 "Yo, I got like, this or Too Subtle. Maybe you can just show me how it looks like."
01:28 "Yeah, I can do that. Who is TikTok?"
01:32 At least TikTok phenom Charli D'Amelio showed up because JLo?
01:36 She seems skeptical of her man's music ambition.
01:39 "What's going on, baby?"
01:40 "I had this crazy dream you're gonna laugh. I had come up with like some beats and then you were like,
01:45 'Maybe we should put that on the record.' I even had like a persona like JLo or like B-Lo.
01:49 That's the bad version, obviously. Do you have any time today?"
01:52 "I understand."
01:54 "No reason for you to come by, uh-huh? Well, overlook it."
01:57 Of course, the two are real-life collaborators in music and on screen.
02:02 "Underestimate Boston. Mm-hmm. At your peril."
02:05 "This is me now."
02:07 "This project was something I didn't really plan. It was really inspiration.
02:15 So you can imagine what the inciting incident was."
02:18 "What?"
02:19 "When the music was done, I just thought to myself, 'There's more of a story to be told here.'"
02:24 And a story Ben's helping Jen tell?
02:26 He co-wrote "This Is Me Now," a musical experience that will accompany Jen's new album.
02:31 Fans will get a peek inside the rise of "Benefer 2.0."
02:34 "Third time's the charm."
02:41 "What was that like working with him on this?"
02:44 "I mean, it's so funny because we collaborate very well together, you know?
02:48 And nobody knows my story more than he does.
02:53 And so we were able to kind of sit down and really, you know, dig into it."
02:58 And don't forget that to-be-continued tease.
03:00 If history is any indicator,
03:02 "Parse me if I'm a friend."
03:03 "Is this what you do when you say you're going to work all day?"
03:05 we may just get to see Mrs. Affleck during Super Bowl LIV.
03:09 "There's been a bigger journey than just the love story here."
03:14 "Do you have any time today?"
03:16 "Einstein."
03:17 [music]
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