Ben Affleck's son Samuel appears to have developed a taste for Lamborghinis, four years after he accidentally backed one into another luxury car.
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he → appear → car
During a recent appearance on his "Animals" co-star Kerry Washington's podcast, "Street You Grew Up On," the 54-year-old actor said that Samuel, 14, inherited his affinity for luxury items.
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Samuel → grow → items
Affleck, who shares three children including Samuel, Violet, 20, and Fin, 17, with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner, told Washington that he recently shut down his son's request to buy him a Lamborghini.
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he → share → Lamborghini
"I see my son now, you know, and he's a lot like me," Affleck said.
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Affleck → see → me
"And it makes me realize — because my older two ones — they kind of spoiled me because they're like, 'No, we don't want this.
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we → make → this
We don't want that.'
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We → want → that
"My son's like, ‘Dad, you should get a Lambo,’" the Oscar winner recalled with a laugh.
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winner → get → laugh
Am I an a--hole in a yellow Lamborghini driving around like at the club?'
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"No. No!" Affleck exclaimed as Washington laughed.
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Washington → exclaim → ?
Samuel was previously involved in a mishap with a yellow Lamborghini while visiting 777 Exotics, a luxury car rental dealership in the Los Angeles area, with his father and Affleck's then-fiancée, Jennifer Lopez, in June 2022.
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Samuel → involve → June
At the time, Affleck allowed Samuel, then 10, to sit in the driver's seat of a bright yellow Lamborghini SUV before the boy accidentally put the car into reverse and backed into a white BMW.
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boy → allow → BMW
Samuel was photographed jumping out of the Lamborghini to inspect the vehicles, while Affleck also checked for damage.
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Affleck → photograph → damage
The "Gone Girl" star was later photographed hugging Samuel while talking with Lopez, whom he married in July 2022.
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he → photograph → July
The former couple finalized their divorce in January 2025.
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couple → finalize → January
The vehicle involved in Samuel's incident was a Lamborghini Urus, which rented for $1,475 per day and was valued at $250,000 at the time, according to the New York Post.
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At the time, representatives for Affleck and 777 Exotics both told the New York Post there was no damage to either vehicle.
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representatives → tell → vehicle
An employee at the rental dealership also said there were no hard feelings following the fender-bender.
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employee → say → bender
"Affleck loves cars," the dealership employee told the New York Post.
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employee → love → Post
"We hope they come in again."
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they → hope → ?
The Lamborghini isn't the first high-priced item to catch Samuel's eye.
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Lamborghini → price → eye
In March 2025, an exchange between Affleck and Samuel made headlines after Samuel was filmed admiring a $6,000 pair of Dior x Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers in a video shared on Instagram.
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Samuel → make → Instagram
In the clip, Affleck and Samuel browsed sneakers at a convention, where Samuel spotted the Dior shoes.
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Samuel → browse → shoes
After seeing the $6,000 price tag, Affleck told his son, "That's a lot of lawns you gotta mow there."
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you → see → lawns
During an interview with Access Hollywood, later that month, Affleck joked about the viral video.
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Affleck → joke → video
"That's what happens when you tell a motherf---er they have to mow a lawn," he told the outlet.
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"All of a sudden they don't want those shoes, and he was like, ‘But I always said they were tough.’
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"It's always some grift why I need to be …
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I'm like, 'Man, you do not need thousand-dollar shoes!'
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you → need → shoes
He's like, 'We have the money.'
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I'm like, 'I have the money, you're broke!'" Affleck quipped.
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Affleck → have → money
Affleck co-parents his three children with Garner, whom he was married to from 2005 to 2018.
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During an April 2025 appearance on "Today with Jenna & Friends," Affleck explained how he was teaching his children that they shouldn't expect handouts from their famous parents.
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Affleck explained that he wants his children to understand the value of hard work.
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children → explain → work
"You love your kids.
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You want to give them everything and do everything for them, but I think you definitely do them a disservice by not connecting [if] you want something that you want, you have to work for that," he said.
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he → want → that
During a recent appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," Affleck said that his children don't care about his Hollywood success.
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children → say → success
"I remember when my daughter was born, right around the time I directed my first movie and I had a bunch of movies that didn't work and was very uncool and felt kind of despised and thought like, 'God, I really want to make my kids proud with my career,'" he recalled.
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he → remember → career
"And as I've gotten older, my kids have gotten older, what I realized is, they don't give a s---," he continued as the audience laughed.
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audience → get → s---
"They really don't care," he added.
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he → care → ?
"The most cool thing I've ever done, in my kids' eyes, is, like, become a meme.
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