{"id":239417,"date":"2026-01-15T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/239417\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:01:07","slug":"ben-afflecks-kids-are-team-matt-damon-after-latest-set-hangout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/239417\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck\u2019s Kids Are Team Matt Damon After Latest Set Hangout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The camaraderie between Hollywood\u2019s A-listers is no secret, and one such friendship that has been making headlines is that of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The Gone Girl actor recently revealed that his kids\u2019 visit to their dad\u2019s friend, Damon, on the sets of the latter\u2019s upcoming film left them really \u201cpsyched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben Affleck shares how Matt Damon left his kids \u2018psyched\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ben Affleck recently opened up about a heartwarming off-screen moment he shared with his kids and longtime friend Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During his latest appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FallonTonight\/status\/2011302283112292771?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, The Accountant star revealed that he took his three kids, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner \u2014 Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and Samuel, 13 \u2014 to visit Damon on the set of his upcoming film, The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI did [visit the set] and I\u2019m a huge fan of Chris\u2019,\u201d Affleck expressed. \u201cAnd you know it\u2019s one of those things where my kids never want to come to the set when I\u2019m working. [I\u2019m] like, \u2018Hey guys, we\u2019re doing a thing on the set.\u2019 And they\u2019re like, \u2018No, I got school.\u2019 But they were really psyched to come visit this set,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Affleck further revealed that his middle child is obsessed with The Iliad and The Odyssey. Hence, taking them to the set made for a really cool and memorable experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Air actor called getting to show them the incredible way Hollywood movies are made, and especially the \u201cgreat, epic, in-camera, David Lean\u201d kind of films, a proud dad moment. He further expressed his gratefulness to Nolan for letting them peek behind the scenes. Considering the fact that the director\u2019s known for keeping the set focused on work, Affleck regarded the experience as an honor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matt Damon jumped in to make an interesting revelation. He disclosed that Affleck and his kids were the only guests Nolan allowed on the set in six months of shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Notably, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were on the show to promote their new <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/review\/netflix-review-142822267.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> flick, The Rip. The crime thriller is set to release on January 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Originally reported by Sibanee Gogoi on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1715477-matt-damon-won-over-ben-afflecks-kids\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/01\/15\/matt-damon-won-over-ben-afflecks-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Affleck\u2019s Kids Are Team Matt Damon After Latest Set Hangout;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ben Affleck\u2019s Kids Are Team Matt Damon After Latest Set Hangout<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reality Tea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The camaraderie between Hollywood\u2019s A-listers is no secret, and one such friendship that has been making headlines is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[8128,458,25444,146,85,46,8129,71561],"class_list":{"0":"post-239417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ben-affleck","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-christopher-nolan","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-jennifer-garner","15":"tag-matt-damon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}