Ben Affleck

Affleck recently let his ten-year-old son Samuel get behind the wheel of a Lamborghini, which Samuel promptly backed up into a BMW. If Affleck misses being ...

At least, that’s the only explanation I can think of for why he recently let his 10-year-old son get behind the wheel of a Lamborghini, which went just as well as you’d expect. Samuel Garner Affleck, the 10-year-old son of Ben and his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, appears to have accompanied his dad and J.Lo to a car dealership in L.A., where he somehow ended up in the driver’s seat of a yellow Lamborghini worth $225,000 with the car’s engine still running. In which case, may I suggest he read the news?

Ben Affleck shares son Samuel with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, along with daughters Violet and Seraphina.

Jennifer, Ben and Jen Garner all wanted the kids to have an amazing Halloween," a source told PEOPLE at the time. "Everyone gets along and the focus is always on the kids. You could tell that Ben very much regretted letting Sam get into the driver's seat.

Ben Affleck's ten-year-old son Samuel accidentally reversed into a parked BMW at a dealership in Los Angeles.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's 10-year-old son, Samuel, reversed a yellow Lamborghini SUV at a car dealership, backing into a parked BMW.

“It’s honestly one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.” “We have a small lot, and the cars are close. 12

Affleck watched over as his son Samuel got in the driver's seat of a Lamborghini and backed into a BMW.

And then imagine he used whatever money he was going to spend on a car to fund something good in the world. And if it’s the latter, I guess it could help to imagine Ben Affleck giving you a hug and telling you it’s going to be okay. It’s just a kid experiencing a little oopsy while an active, engaged parent is there to tell him it’s okay and give him a hug. The Lamborghini gave the BMW a little tap. It’s almost like nothing in the world could suddenly change and give rise to gutting, devastating effects on all those it touches directly and indirectly. The world keeps turning—I’ve heard that Earth’s turn is why we get the season in the first place!—and with the spin comes fresh news.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, who also share daughters Violet and Seraphina, welcomed son Samuel three years ahead of their split — more.

“I don’t think I’m that cool anyway but whoever you are, if you’re somebody’s parent, you’re not cool to somebody in the world. “My son knows that I do movies that are kind of fake, and his mom does movies, and that’s all pretend,” the Academy Award winner shared during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that same month. He knows there’s guys out there fighting the emperor and that job needs to get done, and I can do my fake bulls–t, and some people can do an important job.” They want to be the best parents they can for the kids. “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce,” they said in a joint statement in 2015. A source later exclusively told Us Weekly that coparenting has always been “a work in progress” for Affleck and Garner. “Things come up between them, but they are committed to doing the best they can for the kids,” the insider revealed in March 2020.

While looking at ridiculously expensive cars, Ben Affleck's 10-year-old son Samuel Garner Affleck reversed into a white BMW that was behind him.

An employee from 777 Exotics separately said to The Post that the cars in their lot are parked pretty tightly together. The news comes only a couple of weeks after Jen gushed about her fiancé in a touching Father's Day post via her “On the JLo” newsletter. We have a small lot and the cars are close,” he said. Luckily, no one was harmed (not even the cars themselves, shockingly, according to Ben's rep via TMZ). In a series of photos captured by the online tabloid, you can see that immediately following the incident the actor checked for damage and comforted his son by wrapping an arm around the him in a tight embrace. You could tell that Ben very much regretted letting Sam get into the driver's seat. “Ben was at the dealership to test drive a new car...Sam seemed very interested in the exotic cars.

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A dealership employee detailed the fender bender to the New York Post, saying, “When [Samuel] got into the car, it jerked back and forth. We have a small lot and the cars are close.” The Affleck-Lopez crew still “seemed happy” after the ding “and continued to browse. This all happened at a L.A.-based luxury car rental dealership.