Ben Affleck’s favorite word is “f–k,” apparently.
The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice actor, 43, appeared on the HBO series premiere of Bill Simmons’ Any Given Wednesday and went on an expletive-laden rant when Deflategate was mentioned. Affleck, a Boston native and a diehard New England Patriots fan, defended the team’s quarterback Tom Brady, 38, and also criticized NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, 57.
“Deflategate is the ultimate bulls–t f–king outrage of sports ever. It’s so f–king stupid that I can’t believe [it],” Affleck shouted, slurring his words on occasion. “They gave him a suspension for a quarter of the season, which would be equivalent of suspending a baseball player for 40 f–king days—40 quarter days, to be exact. Which is what they do when you get busted taking steroids. And by the way, if the NFL really knew how to test for steroids and HGH, there’d be no f–king NFL. So instead, what they did was suspend Tom Brady for four days for not giving them his f–king cell phone and for having a friend who called himself the deflator. If I got in trouble for all the things that my friends called themselves, I would be finished, OK? You wanna give a guy—because he doesn’t give you his cell phone—a punishment? I would never give an organization as leak-prone as the NFL my f–king cell phone so you can just look through my e-mails and listen to my voicemails. The first thing they’re going to do is leak this s–t.”
Affleck stood by Brady’s decision not to give his cell phone to the NFL, although he wasn’t sure of his motives. “I don’t know. Maybe it’s funny, lovely sex messages from his wife [Gisele Bündchen]. Maybe it’s just friendly messages from his wife,” the actor said. “Maybe Tom Brady is so f–king classy and such a f–king gentleman that he doesn’t want people to know that he may have reflected on his real opinion of some of his co-workers: guys he plays with, guys he plays against. His real feelings. I wouldn’t want guys who I didn’t think were very good to know I didn’t think they were very good. I wouldn’t want guys who I thought were great to know I thought they were great. I’d want to keep my opinions to myself. Surely his opinions about professional football are contained in his e-mails and his texts in his f–king telephone.”
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