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Ben Affleck Slated For Joke Alluding To Sexual Harassment In Hollywood

Ben Affleck Slated For Joke Alluding To Sexual Harassment In Hollywood

Ben Affleck has come under fire over an interview he gave in which he appeared to make light of the sexual harassment allegations that have dominated the entertainment news headlines lately.

The actor is currently starring as Batman in ā€˜Justice Leagueā€™, and was promoting the film alongside his co-stars on MTV when they were asked whether heā€™d like to see any other superheroes join the squad.

Ben got things going by saying they needed ā€œmore womenā€, naming Black Canary as his choice, while Henry Cavill said heā€™d like his Superman character to be joined by his female counterpart, Supergirl.

Cyborg actor Ray Fisher then chose comic book magician Zatanna as his dream addition, to which Ben suggested this was due to her ā€œfishnetsā€, after which the interviewer asked: ā€œWhat would you get up to if you had, like, Supergirlā€¦ joining the team?ā€

Interrupting his co-stars, Ben joked: ā€œAre you following the news at all?ā€

And yeah, the rest of the castā€™s faces pretty much say it all:

*facepalm*
MTV UK
*facepalm*

Ben has since been heavily criticised on social media for appearing to make light of such a serious issue, which has been a prevalent topic of conversation ever since accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein first came to light.

HuffPost UK has reached out to Ben Affleckā€™s representative for further comment.

Since the allegations against Weinstein were first published in the New York Times, actress Rose McGowan criticised Ben Affleck over his response, suggesting he was ā€œlyingā€ when he said heā€™d been unfamiliar with the accusations made against Weinstein.

She went on to claim sheā€™d told him herself of the producerā€™s unacceptable behaviour.

The Batman actor was also forced to apologise when footage of him groping an MTV presenter on ā€˜TRLā€™ resurfaced.

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