{"id":73555,"date":"2024-02-05T05:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T05:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/05\/ben-affleck-mocks-bored-grammy-appearance-in-dunkin-ad\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T05:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T05:43:02","slug":"ben-affleck-mocks-bored-grammy-appearance-in-dunkin-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/05\/ben-affleck-mocks-bored-grammy-appearance-in-dunkin-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck Mocks Bored Grammy Appearance in Dunkin&#8217; Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/tags\/ben-affleck-14859\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ben Affleck<\/strong><\/a> showed he\u2019s able to mock himself in a new commercial for Dunkin\u2019 Donuts where he poked fun at how he became a meme for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/ben-affleck-bored-at-2023-grammys-with-jennifer-lopez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looking so bored<\/a> at the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/tags\/grammys-15228\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grammy Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ad opened with Ben, 51, watching TV and on the screen was a shot of himself and wife <strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong> at the show, with the headline underneath reading, \u201cBoredest Man in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep laughing. He\u2019s bored. No. Steady. Always watching. I can do that. How hard can it be?\u201d the Argo star told himself while sipping an iced coffee before going on a mission to become a recording star.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner then appeared to speak to Jennifer, 54, on the phone about his big music plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going on baby? I had this crazy dream, you\u2019re going to laugh,\u201d he told her. \u201cI had come up with like some beats. And then you were like, \u2018Maybe you should put that on the record.\u2019 I even had a persona like J. Lo or like B. Lo. That\u2019s the bad version obviously.\u201d When asked if she had any time to help with his idea, Jennifer appeared to turn him down, as he forlornly said, \u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor went about crafting his \u201cBig Ben\u201d persona, including a studio recording session and a meet up with TikTok star <strong>Charli D\u2019Amelio<\/strong> to learn some dance moves, but he appeared clueless as to what the forum that made her famous was.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the ad closed with Ben putting a large donut on a chain around his neck, stating, \u201cThis is me now,\u201d which seemed to be a call-out to Jennifer\u2019s album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-now-a-love-story-cast-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>This Is Me\u2026Now<\/em><\/a>, set to drop on February 16. The commercial ended with \u201cTo be continued\u2026\u201d appearing on screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBored Ben\u201d became an internet sensation when he was seen looking apathetic in cutaways at the 2023 Grammys, where Jennifer was a presenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever bad of a day you\u2019re having, I promise you\u2019re not as miserable as Ben Affleck at the Grammys right now,\u201d one user tweeted at the time, while another added, \u201cBen Affleck is every husband dragged to a work thing by his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even during the \u201cBack to Motown\u201d medley, Jennifer was happy and dancing along to the performance as the pair stood at their table, while Ben remained emotionless. \u201cBen Affleck would rather be anywhere else than front row at the Grammys 2023 watching <strong>Stevie Wonder<\/strong> crush \u2018Higher Ground,\u2019\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In a segment where host <strong>Trevor Noah<\/strong> sat with the couple, they didn\u2019t seem to realize they were on camera until Jennifer perked up with a smile and the couple had a brief exchange.<\/p>\n<p>While fans kept speculating on what the two said to one another, Ben cleared everything up in a March 2023 interview with <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw [Trevor approach] and I was like, \u2018Oh, God.\u2019 They were framing us in this shot, but I didn\u2019t know they were rolling,\u201d he told the publication, adding that he said to his wife, \u201cAs soon they start rolling, I\u2019m going to slide away from you and leave you sitting next to Trevor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Air<\/em> star said Jennifer responded, \u201cYou better f\u2013king not leave,\u201d adding that it was \u201ca husband-and-wife thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/ben-affleck-mocks-bored-grammy-appearance-in-dunkin-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Affleck showed he\u2019s able to mock himself in a new commercial for Dunkin\u2019 Donuts where he poked fun at how he became a meme for looking so bored at the 2023 Grammy Awards. 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