{"id":212816,"date":"2025-12-23T22:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/steven-spielberg-accused-ben-affleck-of-bullying-his-young-son-report\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:33:36","slug":"steven-spielberg-accused-ben-affleck-of-bullying-his-young-son-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/steven-spielberg-accused-ben-affleck-of-bullying-his-young-son-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg Accused Ben Affleck of Bullying His Young Son: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well, folks, this is probably the last celebrity feud of 2025, and it\u2019s about as random as they come!<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Steven Spielberg has vowed never to work with Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n<p>And the beef between the Oscar winners began with an alleged confrontation between Affleck and Spielberg\u2019s young son. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Affleck attends the world premiere of 'The Accountant 2' during the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival at The Paramount Theatre on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas. \" class=\"wp-image-544030 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2204076955-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Affleck attends the world premiere of \u2018The Accountant 2\u2019 during the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival at The Paramount Theatre on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Marcus Ingram\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a recent appearance on Stephen Baldwin\u2019s \u201cOne Bad Movie\u201d podcast, director Mike Binder revealed that he once helped Spielberg develop a movie called <em>Man About Town<\/em>, which was based on a real-life home invasion at Spielberg\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Ben was attached to star \u2014 but Spielberg slammed on the brakes and revealed that Affleck\u2019s involvement would be a deal breaker for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe make a deal that he\u2019s gonna do it, we shake hands, he\u2019ll do it,\u201d Binder recalled (via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/22\/entertainment\/steven-spielberg-refused-to-work-with-ben-affleck-after-a-pool-party-incident\/?utm_campaign=nypost_fb_leads&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_id=120240835948090735&amp;utm_content=120241861288020735&amp;utm_term=120240835948100735&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawO36bVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnWlB1UWxndDRjdHVjMTduc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkILBXORnsEx3Cw3Yf27WW-jO9CoC1sfQ97Oubmajy_sCfsHMfais8YAqhaR_aem_xAO_xkEnPHKH0hFgEi5RUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Post<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Can\u2019t do it with him,\u201d Spielberg reportedly said. \u201cWe just bombed with a movie with him, he\u2019s got that whole J. Lo thing going on now, and I have other problems with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son was a little boy, he was playing in the pool, and he got out of the pool, and Ben came in fully dressed, and my son pushed Ben into the pool,\u201d Binder recalls Spielberg saying.<\/p>\n<p>The bomb Spielberg seems to have been 2003\u2019s <em>Gigli<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-720x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Spielberg attends the AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony honoring Francis Ford Coppola at Dolby Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Hollywood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-544031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-768x1092.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-1441x2048.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-675x960.jpg 675w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-760x1080.jpg 760w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-844x1200.jpg 844w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-scaled.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-720x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Steven Spielberg attends the AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony honoring Francis Ford Coppola at Dolby Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Hollywood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-544031 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-768x1092.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-1441x2048.jpg 1441w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-675x960.jpg 675w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-760x1080.jpg 760w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-844x1200.jpg 844w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-scaled.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2212162152-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steven Spielberg attends the AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony honoring Francis Ford Coppola at Dolby Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Hollywood, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd Ben got really mad at him, and he came out of the pool and picked him up and threw him back into the pool, and made my son cry,\u201d the director continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t like to work with him,\u201d he reportedly explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus, his last two movies bombed. Find somebody else. Anyone but him. He\u2019s cold as hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Binder says he didn\u2019t tell Affleck the real reason that he was removed from the movie \u2014 but Ben figured it out anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen calls me up, he says, \u2018Did Steven Spielberg tell you I threw his kid in the water? Is that what happened? Is that why I\u2019m not on your movie?\u2019\u201d Binder recounted, adding:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Affleck attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Studio's &quot;The Tender Bar&quot; at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 12, 2021 in Hollywood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-544029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-2048x1410.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-960x661.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1080x744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1200x826.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Affleck attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Studio's &quot;The Tender Bar&quot; at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 12, 2021 in Hollywood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-544029 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-2048x1410.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-960x661.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1080x744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-1200x826.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1358673668-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Affleck attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Studio\u2019s \u201cThe Tender Bar\u201d at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 12, 2021 in Hollywood, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018No, he didn\u2019t say \u2014\u2019 \u2018Yes he did! He told you I threw his kid in the water. That\u2019s why I\u2019m not on the movie.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually Binder directed the movie himself \u2026 and it went straight to DVD. So a sad ending for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>Look, it\u2019s been an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/10\/jennifer-lopez-exes-never-loved-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eventful year for Affleck<\/a> \u2014 and we\u2019re sure he doesn\u2019t love that the pool story has resurfaced (pun intended!) just before the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>But he certainly doesn\u2019t have any trouble finding work these days \u2014 and we\u2019re sure Ben will make another big splash in 2026!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/12\/steven-spielberg-accused-ben-affleck-of-bullying-his-young-son-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Well, folks, this is probably the last celebrity feud of 2025, and it\u2019s about as random as they come! It seems that Steven Spielberg has vowed never to work with Ben Affleck. And the beef between the Oscar winners began with an alleged confrontation between Affleck and Spielberg\u2019s young son. 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