Umlingisi oneminyaka engu-46 ubudala unxuse esikhungweni sokuvuselela kabusha ukuze adlule enye inkambo yokwelashwa ngotshwala ngo-Agasti 22 (Ngaphambi kokuthi lokhu kwelashwa uBen kudlule kabili - ngonyaka ka-2001 nango-2017). Ngemuva kokuqeda uhlelo lwezinsuku ezingama-40, i-Affleck nge-Instagram yaphendukela kubalandeli, ngiyabonga ngokusekelwa:
"Kuleli sonto ngiphothule ukuhlala izinsuku ezingama-40 enkabeni yokwelapha umlutha wotshwala, futhi ngizobhekwa lapho," kusho uBen. - Ukusekelwa engikutholile emndenini, ozakwabo nabalandeli kusho okuningi kimi kunami engingakuveza. Unginike amandla okukhuluma ngokugula kwami nabanye. "
"Ukulwa nanoma yikuphi ukuncika kungumzabalazo onzima ngokuphila okude, ngakho-ke akekho noyedwa ophothula ukwelashwa: Lokhu kungukuzibophezela okungapheli. Ngizakhela mina nomndeni wami. Abantu abaningi bangisekela ekuxhumaneni nomphakathi futhi batshela ngesipiliyoni sabo ekubhekaneni nomlutha. Ngifuna ukubonga laba bantu: amandla akho angigqugquzela futhi uyangisekela njengoba bengingacabangi. Kuyasisiza kakhulu - yazi ukuthi angingedwa. Futhi, njengoba ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngizikhumbuze uma unenkinga, funa usizo - lokhu kuwuphawu lwesibindi, hhayi ubuthakathaka. "
Nakhu ukuthi uBen Affleck ubukeka njengamanje, ngemuva kokuphothulwa kwenkambo yezinsuku ezingama-40 yokwelashwa: