Ben Affleck may have been on hand to roast Tom Brady, but the actor found himself the target of an online skewer when viewers questioned his appearance during Sunday night’s live Netflix show, The Greatest Roast of All Time.
The actor, 51, made a surprise appearance on the broadcast and gave a bizarre speech about NFL fans on social media, which some viewers called a “car accident.”
Others pointed to Affleck’s face, questioning whether he had undergone a facelift.
But insiders have now dismissed speculation that he has been under the knife, claiming he was simply clean shaven and had received some Botox.
Ben Affleck sparked speculation that he had a facelift when he took to the stage to roast his friend Tom Brady for the live Netflix show, The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.
The actor, 51, was criticized online by viewers for his apparent new look.
The actor’s smooth skin caught the attention of viewers, looking noticeably different from images of him in January this year (pictured).
“Ben looks great,” a source told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘He had Botox; everyone receives it before the events. He has not received filler and definitely has not undergone surgery.”
They added that his wife Jennifer Lopez, 54, is more than happy with his appearance and would not like him to undergo surgery.
“Jennifer wouldn’t want him to change his beautiful face, nor would he want to,” they continued. ‘Ben is confident in her skin. He just wanted it tighter.
Another source added: “Ben has been criticized time and time again over the last few decades for everything, this is nothing new.” And now that people think he’s had a facelift it’s just a joke.’
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Affleck for comment.
Affleck was clean-shaven and dressed in a suit when he took the stage at the Kia Forum in California to roast his close friend, Brady, 46, as part of Netflix Is a Joke Fest.
Viewers were quick to voice their concerns, with one calling his face “crazy.”
Another said: ‘THIS is Ben Affleck? Why does his face look so different? It’s almost like they’ve done some touch-ups.
But insiders dismissed speculation that he had been under the knife, claiming he was simply clean-shaven and had received some Botox.
A source told DailyMail.com that his wife Jennifer Lopez, 54, is more than happy with his appearance and would not like him to undergo surgery.
A third added: “Ben Affleck is on stage fresh from a facelift.”
A fourth wrote: ‘Couldn’t Ben Affleck afford good plastic surgery? No wonder he seems so angry. That’s permanent.’
The comment was a nod to Affleck’s disdain for social media, as the actor spent most of his seven-minute performance complaining about fans trolling Brady instead of roasting the former New England Patriots player as he was. necessary.
“The fans have your back,” he said. ‘Fans buy tickets. Win or lose, they support you… you sitting there hiding behind your keyboard spitting all this toxic shit behind your keyboard… that doesn’t make you a fan that turns you ab* **h.’
He added that he couldn’t think of “a more fucked up, dysfunctional, horrible work system designed to perpetually make people feel bad,” before turning to Brady’s former coach, Bill Belichick.
He then joked that he “probably wouldn’t work again after tonight.”
Fans jumped on
Affleck is the latest male celebrity to draw attention to his appearance after Ryan Gosling raised questions about his face at the premiere of his new film, The Fall Guy, last week.
Brady has also faced speculation about his appearance, but his face escaped brutal mockery during last night’s show.
Nikki Glaser, Jeff Ross, Will Ferrell in character as Ron Burgundy and Kim Kardashian, who received loud boos from the audience, were among those who came up to roast him.
Kim, 43, appeared bewildered as she attempted to make a joke about host Kevin Hart’s height, and the comedian had to jump in with a ‘woah, woah, woah’ in an attempt to calm the jeering audience.
He was also the butt of jokes from other comedians, including Tony Hinchcliffe, who advised him to “close his legs”.
Hinchcliffe, 39, referenced Ferrell’s Burgundy, who in the 2004 film Anchorman said: “Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they called it San Diego, which of course is German for ‘whale’s vagina.'”
Nikki Glaser, Jeff Ross, Will Ferrell in character as Ron Burgundy and Kim Kardashian (pictured), who received loud boos from the crowd, also roasted Brady that night.
Hinchcliffe said: ‘A whale’s vagina, which reminds me. Kim Kardashian is here and she has had many black men celebrating her in the end zone.
“A word of advice to Kim: close your legs, you have more public problems than Kendrick and Drake.”
Brady also joined the melee during her response, criticizing her ex-husband Kanye West and their four children.
“I know Kim was terrified to be here tonight,” he said. “Not because of this, but because her children are at home with her father.”
Kim, who shares daughters North, 10, Chicago, six, and Saint, eight, and Psalm, four, with the rapper, was seen shaking her head at the comment and struggling to smile as the crowd erupted with joy. around it.
The SKIMS founder was romantically linked to the former quarterback last year.