Samuel Affleck hoped to leverage Ben Affleck‘s reputation.
However, when the 13-year-old requested money for gambling, the Oscar winner quickly rejected his son’s surprising proposal.
“My son asked me about a month ago, saying, ‘Hey, um, can I get like 100 bucks to bet on sports?'” Ben shared on the Jan. 5 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. “I was like, what?”
He recounted 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 a father to kids Violet, 20, and Seraphina, 17, with the 13 Going On 30 actress—was surprised by their son’s request.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s a real standard, what discipline! 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 referenced his own father Timothy Affleck—who used to be a bookie—adding, “There’s a reason your grandfather’s broke!”
