Editing Ben Affleck (section)

===MeToo allegations===
During the [[MeToo movement]] in 2017, Affleck was accused by two women of inappropriate behavior. Actress [[Hilarie Burton]] stated that, during an on-air appearance on ''TRL Uncensored'' in 2003, Affleck "wraps his arm around me, and comes over and tweaks my left boob". Affleck responded on Twitter: "I acted inappropriately toward Ms. Burton and I sincerely apologize."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ben-affleck-apologizes-hilarie-burton-grope-accusation-article-1.3555972|title=Ben Affleck apologizes to Hilarie Burton after being accused of grabbing her breast|last=Sblendorio|first=Peter|date=October 11, 2017|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=November 21, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081041/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ben-affleck-apologizes-hilarie-burton-grope-accusation-article-1.3555972|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref> [[Annamarie Tendler]], a makeup artist, said that Affleck "grabbed my ass at a Golden Globes party in 2014 ... He tried to play it like he was politely moving me out of the way."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Jess |title=Annamarie Tendler Accuses Ben Affleck of More Past Misconduct |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/886352/ben-affleck-apologizes-to-hilarie-burton-for-trl-interview-misconduct-i-acted-inappropriately |access-date=August 3, 2019 |work=[[E! Online]] |date=2017}}</ref>

In response to the [[Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations|allegations of sexual assault]] against [[Harvey Weinstein]], Affleck pledged to donate any future profits from his early Miramax films to charities supporting victims of [[sexual assault]],<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Matt |title=Ben Affleck Says He'll Donate Residuals From Weinstein, Miramax Films to Charity |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ben-affleck-weinstein-miramax-charity-1202608188/ |access-date=August 3, 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 6, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and said he had only been aware that Weinstein "was sleazy and a bully."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nobil |first1=Taryn |title=Ben Affleck on Harvey Weinstein: 'I Knew He Was Sleazy' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/ben-affleck-harvey-weinstein-sleazy-groping-allegation-1202617520/ |access-date=March 5, 2020 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 17, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In a tweet, actress [[Rose McGowan]] responded: "You lie."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Livsey |first1=Anna |title=Rose McGowan suspended from Twitter after Ben Affleck tweets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/12/rose-mcgowan-twitter-suspended-ben-affleck-harvey-weinstein#maincontent |access-date=March 5, 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 12, 2017}}</ref> She said she met Affleck after being sexually assaulted by Weinstein during the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in 1997 and told him, while crying, that she had "just come from Harvey's and he said, 'Goddamnit, I told him to stop doing that.'"<ref name=farrow>{{Cite tweet|first=Ronan|last=Farrow|authorlink=Ronan Farrow|user=RonanFarrow|number=1235284459349561344 |title="I was crying...and I was like, 'I just came from Harvey's,' and he's like, 'God damn it. I told him to stop doing that.'" @rosemcgowan on seeing Ben Affleck after she says Weinstein assaulted her|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> In a leaked email regarding McGowan's case, Affleck stated: "I never saw Rose at any hotel in Sundance. She never told me nor did I ever infer that she was attacked by anyone."<ref>{{Cite news |title=McGowan takes a shot at Affleck for being silent on Weinstein |work=[[Canoe (website)|Canoe]] |url=https://canoe.com/entertainment/celebrity/rose-mcgowan-takes-a-shot-at-ben-affleck-for-being-silent-on-harvey-weinsteins-abuses |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312152158/https://canoe.com/entertainment/celebrity/rose-mcgowan-takes-a-shot-at-ben-affleck-for-being-silent-on-harvey-weinsteins-abuses |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2020 |date=March 11, 2020 |language=en-CA}}</ref> In a 2019 interview, Affleck said: "I don't really want to get into other people's individual stories because I feel like those are their stories and they're entitled to tell as much or as little of those as they want. I believe Rose. I support her. I really like and admire her tenacity and I wish her the best."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |title=Ben Affleck Responds to Rose McGowan Harvey Weinstein Accusations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ben-affleck-responds-rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-accusations-1059391/ |access-date=March 9, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=November 17, 2017}}</ref> In 2020, McGowan clarified her comments: "It's not like I'm raging at Ben Affleck. I never said to him, 'I was just raped.' It's just more to illustrate the point of this continual thing of everybody knowing and everybody being part of it, unwittingly or proactively."<ref name=farrow/>