Ben Affleck Pokes Fun at His ‘Garish’ Tattoo

Ben Affleck Pokes Fun at His ‘Garish’ Tattoo

In case you missed it, Ben Affleck got a giant back tattoo.

Ben Affleck’s back looks like the art on a very “hip” bottle of spiced rum. pic.twitter.com/kKoLVQ4bMM

— Jensen Karp (@JensenClan88) March 19, 2018

As you would imagine, this inspired many memes and comments.

good for Ben Affleck. it's not easy to break into the yakuza. pic.twitter.com/Oz7b69jGNp

— Pru (@prufrockluvsong) March 21, 2018

as someone from Massachusetts, it's really riveting to watch Ben Affleck fully transform into the tattooed mid-life crisis Boston scumbag all men like me are doomed to become pic.twitter.com/xkxRty9fzR

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) March 23, 2018

Ben Affleck’s back tattoo looks like it was ALSO directed by Zack Snyder pic.twitter.com/Nz3wK0bNZ7

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) March 19, 2018

Nope. This isn’t Ben Affleck. This is a pic of my bf after playing Truth or Dare with me.🤣 pic.twitter.com/zEwfH8TzZ3

— She Ginger (@Sheginger) March 29, 2018

Ben Affleck's sick back tattoo was clearly influenced by Ricky's shirts. A great homage by a true @trailerparkboys fan pic.twitter.com/j8d6Qv20a2

— Jacob Hunsburger (@jacobhunsburger) March 22, 2018

justin timberlake's cross tattoo in the streets, ben affleck's back tattoo in the sheets pic.twitter.com/P5LBjrFjG8

— stasney mav (@stasneymav) March 21, 2018

The New Yorker even went as far as publishing an article titled “The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck”

The tattoo—so gargantuan that the bird’s tail found itself dipping below the waistband of Affleck’s blue swim trunks—was plainly visible. In one image, the actor stands alone, looking off into the middle distance. His gut is pooching outward in a way that, in a more enlightened country like, say, France, would perhaps be considered virile, not unlike the lusty Gérard Depardieu in his prime but, in fitness-fascist America, tends to read as Homer Simpsonesque. A blue-gray towel is wrapped protectively around his midsection—recalling a shy teen at the local pool. Staring at the water before him, his gaze obscure and empty, Affleck is a defeated Roman senator, or, perhaps, the most anti-Romantic version imaginable of Caspar David Friedrich’s 1818 “Wanderer in the Sea of Fog.” The image suggests not just the fall of Affleck but the coming fall of man. There is something about this exhausted father that reflexively induces panic. We’ve been living in a world run by Afflecks for so long, will we even know ourselves when they’re gone?

Tweeting for the first time in 2018, Affleck commented on the article.

@NewYorker I’m doing just fine. Thick skin bolstered by garish tattoos.

— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) March 29, 2018

Between the tattoo, failed relationships, poor performance as Batman, and involvement in the Harvey Weinstein scandal, he’s had plenty of practice in thickening his skin.

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