Patriots fans absolutely loved Ben Affleck’s Deflategate rant
While some made jokes about Affleck's HBO appearance, Patriots fans understood him perfectly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhEqsNYLaSM
The first episode of Bill Simmons’ HBO show Any Given Wednesday debuted last night, and his first guest, Ben Affleck, made waves with an impassioned five-minute Deflategate diatribe.
Affleck’s rant was raw, unfiltered (he dropped 19 f-bombs), and even felt a little unbalanced at times. Naturally, some people on Twitter had a field day.
Many wondered if Affleck was… in a different state of mind.
They just cleaned up Ben Affleck’s green room after last night’s Bill Simmons appearance pic.twitter.com/u0UVnqjMtL
— Eli Braden (@EliBraden) June 23, 2016
I can’t tell if Ben Affleck was drunk in that interview because sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between that or just being from Boston.
— haunted tweet (@zandywithaz) June 23, 2016
Ben Affleck is so drunk on this Bill Simmons show
— R.O.C. (@hardROClife) June 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/BeatleBailey68/status/745837550519091201
https://twitter.com/realHamOnWry/status/745858604868206592
Others were just kind of worried.
Whoa this Ben Affleck interview on #AnyGivenWednesday. A true barstool rant–sad, riveting, and kind of concerning.
— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) June 23, 2016
I can’t be the only one worried about Ben Affleck his expressions always scream dispair.
— Doug D. (@dougdangerz1) June 23, 2016
If that was the real, non-acting Ben Affleck on HBO tonight, then that dude is one hell of an actor when he pretends to be someone else.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/PDXTrafficCone/status/745809982260641792
The thing is, Patriots fans have all heard rants exactly like Affleck’s before, whether it be from an irate WEEI host at 7 a.m. or a guy in a Larry Izzo jersey slipping off his barstool at Peggy O’Neil’s at 1 a.m.
As to be expected, Patriots fans were behind Affleck 100 percent.
https://twitter.com/EssenMySon/status/745944643142029312
https://twitter.com/Momielee/status/745938983893368832
https://twitter.com/TrillTessa/status/745937030849437696
@BenAffleck Love the segment. People gossiping about you don’t understand we #Patriots fans. Love you dude.
— Geno Carter (@Genosworld) June 23, 2016
.@BenAffleck is the absolute man. #FreeBrady https://t.co/GgHHaQ1qy9
— Jordan Goltz (@Jordo_Goltz) June 23, 2016
I watched Ben Affleck. He was funny. He wasn’t drunk. He was you talking about your team. Record yourself. You’ll see I’m right
— Lamont Price (@LPizzle) June 23, 2016
Simmons took to Twitter to set the record straight about Affleck’s interview.
BTW – we taped AGW in the late-AM, Ben got fired up about DeflateGate during the convo, that’s it.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) June 23, 2016
Either way, if Affleck ever steps away from acting, more than a few people would watch him talk about sports full-time.
Drunk Ben Affleck is better at #hottaeks than Skip Bayless. 10/10. Would watch on First Take.
— chid (@CHIDSPIN) June 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/darcymaine_espn/status/745804888676966400
https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/745827550157545472
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