Samuel Affleck was hoping to capitalize on Ben Affleck‘s goodwill.
But when the 13-year-old asked for some money to gamble, the Oscar winner was quick to shut down his son’s shocking request.
“My son asked me like a month ago, was like, ‘Hey, um, can I get like 100 bucks to bet on sports?'” Ben shared on the Jan. 5 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. “It’s like, what?”
He recalled his and ex-wife Jennifer Garner‘s youngest telling him, “‘My friends get $100, but if they lose it, then that’s it.'”
Ben—also dad to kids Violet20, and Seraphina17, with the 13 Going On 30 actress—was taken aback by their son’s ask.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s a real standard, what discipline! Like, so that you don’t come twitching back going,'” he emphasized, “‘I know that Green Bay is going to cover the over in the second half.'”
The Good Will Hunting star pointed to his own father Timothy Affleck—who was formerly a bookie—adding, “There’s a reason your grandfather’s broke!”
