Ben Affleck is just like every other dad.
While attending the Los Angeles Got Sole 2025 sneaker convention on March 1 with his son Samuel, the 13-year-old quickly found his eyes on a pair of Dior Air Force 1’s, prompting Ben to quip in the Got Sole brand’s TikTok of the moment, “That’s a lot of lawns you gotta’ mow there!”
Ben—who in addition to Samuel shares Violet, 18, and Seraphina, 15, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner—went on to say, “You like those ‘cause they’re expensive.” And that’s before they were even told the hefty price tag of $6,000—which Ben and Sam both agreed was too much.
While the actor—who recently finalized his divorce from Jennifer Lopez—may not have opted to splurge on the kicks, he has previously shared insight into why making these kinds of memories is his biggest priority.
“I’m aware of the importance of a father being there,” he told WSJ Magazine in December 2021. “As I was moving into adulthood as an adolescent, I remember casting around for an example, and the helplessness and the fear that come with not having something to hold on to, by way of example. So you trial-and-error your way towards manhood.”
