By Page Six | Created at 2025-03-05 18:13:22 | Updated at 2025-03-06 04:20:36
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Despite his reported $150 million net worth, Ben Affleck’s seemingly not a big spender.
The Oscar winner, 52, winced when his 13-year-old son, Samuel, expressed interest in buying a pair of Dior Air Jordan 1 sneakers at the Got Sole sneaker convention recently.
Released in 2020, the limited-edition low-tops were originally priced at $2,000 but quickly became collector’s items, and can now fetch several times their value on the resale market.
“You like those because they’re expensive,” the “Air” director told his teen, who then replied, “No, they’re tough! I’ve always said they look good!”
Affleck took a look at the gray-and-white sneakers adorned with Dior-monogrammed swooshes, and nodded in agreement that the shoes were nice.
But upon learning that his size 8s were priced at $6,000, Sam had second thoughts.
“That’s a lot of lawns you gotta mow there,” his dad quipped.
During the father-son duo’s time at Got Sole, Affleck eyed some 1985-era Jordans priced at $2,000 — “little piece of history,” he gushed — and passed of a pair of $20,000 sneaks that were designed by Travis Scott and gifted to guests at Michael Rubin’s White Party in 2024. (Incidentally, Affleck attended the exclusive bash but “left too early” to snag his shoes.)
While the “Accountant” star left the convention with a number of purchases, it’s unclear whether his son’s Dior 1s were among them.
The Boston-bred actor is an A-list star with huge success in showbiz, but he comes from humble beginnings.
In 2023, Affleck opened up about sharing a bank account with pal Matt Damon when they were just starting out their careers in their 20s.
Affleck said on “The Drew Barrymore Show” at the time that after he and Damon, 54, sold the rights to their “Good Will Hunting” script for $600,000, they thought they were “rich for life.”
However, they were “broke in six months” after paying their agent, taxes and splurging on a Jeep Cherokee each and a $5,000-a-month “party house.”
Affleck — who aside from Samuel also shares Violet, 19, and Seraphina, 16, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner — is trying to teach his children the value of a dollar despite them growing up wealthy.
The “Pearl Harbor” star has not been with Garner, 52, since their divorce in 2018, but the two appear to be on the same page, as they have a healthy co-parenting relationship.
The family is often seen on outings together, including on a fun paintball trip recently, in which Affleck and Garner even got a little touchy-feely.
A source exclusively told Page Six Wednesday that the “Argo” director would “love another chance” with the “13 Going on 30” star, but he knows it’s “just not realistic at this time in their lives.”
Garner has been dating businessman John Miller on and off since 2018. Affleck, for his part, just finalized his divorce from Jennifer Lopez and is said to be “casually dating” around.
