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Ben Affleck is addressing the “huge embarrassment” he experienced after the Academy Award for Best Director snubbed him.
Affleck, 53, appears in Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, January 5, and recalled his reaction in 2013 when he learned he had not been nominated for directing for the thriller Argoultimately winning the Academy Award for Best Picture that year.
“This year, the scary thing is everyone tells you, ‘You’re going to get nominated, you’re going to get nominated for directing,'” Affleck told the hosts jimmy kimmelThe 58-year-old added, “Of course, I woke up that morning and sure enough – by the way, it’s different from any other morning that I wasn’t nominated for best director. But all of a sudden, it was a huge embarrassment. I woke up and people (said),”you were not nominated.'”
Kimmel admits he thought of Affleck while watching leonardo dicaprio Lost the Best Actor Award Timothée Chalamet The Critics Choice Awards the night before. at the same time, one battle after another The film starring DiCaprio, 51, won best picture and best director at the ceremony.
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“I’m thinking, boy, he’s got a lot better places to be,” Kimmel joked of DiCaprio. “The film won Best Picture. Director Paul Thomas Anderson Won Best Director, then he didn’t win. I think he must have been so angry that (he had to leave) whatever he was flying in from – a yacht – couldn’t stay there anymore. He came to lose. “
Kimmel’s sympathy for DiCaprio evokes Affleck’s Argo left out, “Because this is probably the worst awards show situation ever,” he mused. “I think you underestimate that. Because Argonot only received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, won Best pictures. You starred in and directed the movie, but you weren’t nominated in a single category…it’s like the movie directed itself. “
Affleck admitted he “felt the same thing” at the time. In January 2013, he attended the 18th Critics’ Choice Awards on the day the Oscar nominations were announced and faced a row of reporters on the red carpet.
“There seemed to be 500 people eager to talk to me,” he recalls. “Every one of them said, ‘Hi. So, snubbed.’ What do you think about that? ‘Hahaha, yeah. That’s really bad.'”
However, on the brighter side, he ended up winning the Best Director award. Argo That night, Betim Steven Spielberg for Lincoln and Kathryn Bigelow for zero dark thirty.
“This negative event turned into a positive event,” Affleck said, congratulating Kimmel Won the 2026 Critics Choice Award for Best Talk Show.
Actor, go to publicity tearhis upcoming film Matt Damon” Kimmel read a sardonic note from Damon, 55, who he quoted as saying: “You should have been canceled a long time ago. Maybe then you’ll get sympathy so you can win more than one minor movie award. “
Kimmel’s talk show of the same name was briefly canceled In September 2025, he faced backlash for his comments about the murder of right-wing political activists Charlie Kirk, who was shot While speaking at Utah Valley University that same month.
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Accepting the trophy at Sunday’s event in Santa Monica, Calif., Kimmel thanked “all the writers, actors, producers and union members, and the many people here who support us, who really stand up with us and remind us that we don’t take free speech for granted in this city or in this country. Your actions matter, and we appreciate it.”
