Ben Affleck Really Starting to Embrace the Slave-Owning Ancestors Thing

Nestled amongst the rubble of Amy Pascal’s digital life was, it turns out, a deep, dark secret Hollywood actor Ben Affleck and his agent hoped might stay buried forever. Here, condensed into three acts, are the five stages of Ben Affleck’s antebellum grief.

1. Denial/Anger

2. Bargaining/Depression

And now, finally...

3. Acceptance

Lots of people have been asking who the guy was. His name was Benjamin Cole - lived in Georgia on my Mom's side about six generations back.

— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) April 22, 2015

Knew you could do it Benj.