Ben Affleck Recalls Being Held at Knifepoint During Childhood
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Ben Affleck Recalls Being Held at Knifepoint During Childhood
Ben Affleck shared a childhood memory on Kerry Washington's podcast about being held at knifepoint in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later realizing one of the attackers was involved in a fatal stabbing.
Ben Affleck Recalls Childhood Knifepoint Incident
Ben Affleck opened up about an encounter from his early teens while growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Appearing on the premiere episode of actress Kerry Washington's Street You Grew Up On podcast on September 30, 2026, the two-time Oscar winner recalled being held at knifepoint.
Affleck shared that he was around 14 years old and walking home from high school through the College Street neighborhood when he noticed two boys wearing hoods across the street. He later realized years afterward that he may have dodged a more serious attack, and that one of the boys involved later killed someone and served 20 years in prison.
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