Ben Affleck Reveals His and Jennifer Garner's Oldest Kids Have Jobs
and 's kids are kickstarting their own careers.
Indeed, the Good Will Hunting star shared that Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13, are already working hard to earn their own money.
"My oldest two have jobs,' Affleck revealed during an April 22 appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends. 'In fact, one just got a job, the kind of classic teenager working a shop job—I won't say what it is. My older one in college is working and trying to get an internship for the summer."
Meanwhile, his youngest has just started to learn that he needs to start putting in the work if he wants to fund his latest obsession—which he went viral for earlier this year.
"He wanted these sneakers,' the 52-year-old explained of Samuel, 'and I was like, 'These sneakers are $6,000, what are you talking about? What are you gonna do, mow lawns? You got $6,000?'"
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When his teenager fought back, insisting that they had ample money to buy the shoes, Affleck joked that he told his son, 'I have the money! You're broke.'
And it's part of the mentality the Batman v. Superman actor is hoping to raise his kids with. Though he emphasized that when it comes to his trio, he wants to 'give them everything and do everything,' it would ultimately be a 'disservice' to refrain from setting boundaries, noting, 'You have to work for that.'
"My son, who's 13, he's reckoning with that reality right now,' Affleck continued. 'He's looking at no shoes in his closet—well, he's got shoes, just no crazy expensive fancy shoes—and I'm like, 'Well, if you want that, you can work 1,000 hours.' You know what I mean? Minimum wage. And once you work 1,000 hours, you may not want to spend that on a pair of sneakers."
And it turns out, the Argo director may have been right because it didn't take long before the shoes didn't seem all that appealing to the 13-year-old.
"That's what happens when you tell a motherf--ker they have to mow a lawn," Affleck quipped to Access Hollywood last month. "All of a sudden they don't want those shoes, and he was like, 'But I always said they were tough.' I'm like, 'Man, you do not need $1,000 shoes.''
Along with learning the ways of capitalism, Samuel also recently came to the realization that his dad's job is undeniably epic.
'My son loves everybody but he's shocked that I somehow know people he thinks are cool,' the Oscar winner told E! News at the Accountant 2 premiere earlier this month. 'He's like, 'Why do these people want to hang out with my dad?' Which may be a valuable question but I'm getting away with it.'
'He watched it and was like, 'Dad, I think it might be my favorite movie of yours,'' he gushed. 'That was high praise which doesn't come easy from your kids.'
To see which stars kicked off their careers with normal jobs, keep reading.
(E! News and Today are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)Ross Bagley
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