VIDEO Ben Affleck and Bill Maher debate over Islam, and it turns ugly
You’d think Ben Affleck (“Baff”) would be on top of the world right now.
He’s got the number one movie in the country; he’s got a great family surrounding him and helping him make well-informed career decisions; he gets to be Batman soon, which is, objectively, pretty great.
The star of Mallrats and Phantoms couldn’t take it easy, though, when Bill Maher and other panelists on a chat show got offensive about Islam.
Baff was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher over the weekend, when host Maher (“B-Mah”) made some generalizations about the Islamic faith to which Ben took offense.
From there, the conversation only intensified, with B-Mah comparing Islam to the mafia (“[They] will f****** kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture, or write the wrong book.”) and Baff calling Maher a “racist.”
Check it:
Dag, yo. Them’s some serious fightin’ words. It’s surprising they were able to bring it back around at all, let alone agree to disagree.
Interesting side note: also on the panel? Michael Steele, who used to be in the public eye.
Gone Girl is in theaters now. Real Time airs Friday nights on HBO.
