Ben Affleck’s Daughter Told Ben He Was ‘Ableist and Disgusting.

• Ben Affleck stated that his daughter pointed it out “ableist and disgusting”His 2003 film captures moments “Gigli.”
• While being Matt Damon interviewedAffleck, “the way we see stuff has changed a little bit.”
• Film depicted a character with intellectual disability who was called offensive names.

Ben Affleck said that his daughter, a teenager, is helping him to see the bigger picture when it comes down to his past roles in acting.

“The Tender Bar” star was recently interviewed by his friend Matt Damon for Entertainment Weekly. When Damon asked Affleck about where he sits with the heavily critiqued movie “Gigli,” Affleck said “there was wonderful stuff in [the film]”Before he explained his new perspective.

“There are things where my daughter will be like, ‘This is ableist and disgusting,’ and okay,”He stated. “The way we see stuff has changed a little bit, or a lot in some cases. And there are things that seemed they could work at the time and don’t in retrospect.”

Affleck didn’t say which Gen-Z girl made this comment. His oldest daughter, Violet, is 16, while Seraphina is 13.

Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck), who works in the lowest tiers of an Italian crime gang, is the story of the 2003 film. He is given the task of kidnapping the younger brother to a federal prosecutor. Gigli is assigned to work with Ricki Lopez (Jennifer Lopez), who is a free-spirited female criminal gangster.

For a 15-year retrospect, 2018, GQ describedThe film can be viewed here “a jarring blend of Tarantino-lite mob antics and syrupy rom-com, with a generous sprinkling of slurs against lesbians and the intellectually disabled.”

One of the terms in the movie This includes the “r-slur.”According to the National Center on Disability and Journalism’s guidelines, “the terms ‘mentally retarded,’ ‘retard,’ and ‘mental retardation’ were once common terms that are now considered outdated and offensive.”

Damon shared his own story with his child, calling him out for his views on offensive terms. Insider previously reported Damon telling the UK’sSunday Times about getting a “treatise”From his daughter, about why the “f-slur”homophobia should not be used.

“I explained that that word was used constantly and casually and was even a line of dialogue in a movie of mine as recently as 2003,” Damon Variety released the following statementNews outlets picked up the story after hearing it. “She in turn expressed incredulity that there could ever have been a time where that word was used unthinkingly.”

You can You can read Damon’s entire statement here.

Affleck has previously commented on how he thinks his public perception will affect his kids – referencing the “Sad Affleck” Meme and how he wonders what his children would think of him. “fundamentally sad.”

“The Tender Bar”Affleck’s film is available in theaters right now.