Ben Affleck has been refreshingly transparent with his fans lately about some of the struggles in his life — everything from addiction, to his divorce from Jennifer Garner.
In a recent interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, he opened up even more about his relationship with his son, and how Adam Driver has impacted it.
Between talking about his ex-wife and his personal struggles with sobriety, it's been an emotional couple of days for him.
"There is no positive byproduct of shame. It's just stewing in a toxic, hideous feeling of low self-worth and self-loathing." Ben told The New York Times when it came to his drinking problem.
"What happened was that I started drinking more and more when my marriage was falling apart. This was 2015, 2016."
That includes staying at a treatment center where he received the help he needed.
It involves Ben Affleck, his son, and Star Wars' very own Adam Driver.
Ben is currently stationed in London shooting his upcoming historical drama, The Last Duel – alongside Matt Damon and Adam Driver.
"So I said to [the producers], 'I'll do whatever the schedule needs, but on the 27th, I gotta be in L.A.'"
"We had presents set up and everything was getting shipped and sent, and I was gonna pick it up and go to his surprise party," he added.
"But he also knows that Star Wars is real," he said, laughing.
That is the most adorable thing I've ever heard, tbh.
"I told him, 'I'm actually in this movie with Kylo Ren,'" Ben said.
Anyway, he digressed back to the story about his son's birthday.
"I said, 'Where are the presents?' And he said, 'Well, they didn't get here,'" he said.
"And there was this sort of sinking, awful feeling."
"'So he called your assistant and got your address and sent some presents, and signed a card and a picture from Kylo Ren.'"
"I watched him open all the other presents, and then I said, 'Sam, my presents didn't get here on time.'"
"And he was like, 'Who?' And I said, 'Kylo Ren.'"
"And I played him the video [from Adam], and it was an incredibly moving and powerful moment," he continued.
He called Adam's gift to his son "a really good lesson in doing those small gestures of kindness."
"For him [it was no big deal], but it meant the [expletive] world to me. It meant so much."
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