Mormon Wives star Zac Affleck finally reveals if he’s actually related to actor Ben Affleck
It's genuinely been keeping me up at night
One of the most obscure arguments and long-standing rumours to have come out of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has to be that of Zac Affleck supposedly being related to actor Ben Affleck.
Yeah, pretty wild.
And if you thought all of that drama was left in the past you’d be dead wrong, as by the second episode of season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Jen and Zac Affleck were already fighting once again over whether he’s related to Ben.
Whilst preparing for a Halloween party, Jen suggested that they could dress up as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, telling Zac, “he is your second cousin”, with Zac dismissing her, replying, “no he’s not.”
Despite Zac maintaining that no, he’s definitely not related to Ben Affleck, Jen insisted that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star was, leading Zac to say: “OK, if that’s what you want to keep telling people.”
Jen retorted that Zac’s family told her that he was related to the A-list actor, and off-camera explained that she thought the whole thing was funny, saying: “I think the whole Ben Affleck thing is hilarious.”
Jen continued to push the subject, asking him: “What do you mean you’re not related?”
She continued, declaring: “You’re not going to make me feel stupid when that’s all I’ve been told from your family.”
She explained that Zac’s grandfather gas claimed to have met Ben Affleck before, after which Zac clarified that he “never claimed” he was related to Ben, and the idea is a family “joke.”
He added: “No one has ever claimed to have some sort of relationship with him besides you.”
Zac then opened up in a confessional, admitting: “I have no idea if I am or am not related to Ben Affleck and that had been a running joke in my family.
“It had never been something serious. When Jen started telling people that I said I don’t think you should say that any more, I think that’s probably going to backfire.”
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