Jen Affleck is embracing the title of “Worth Affleck” in her new Dunkin industrial — starring reverse her “cousin” Ben Affleck.
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives actuality star seems within the playful new advert, the place she pokes enjoyable at Ben whereas selling Dunkin’s $6 Meal Deal. When the cashier calls out an order for “Affleck,” prospects count on Ben to seem — however Jen strolls in as an alternative.
“Anticipating my cousin Ben? Nah. When Dunkin’ has one thing filled with superb worth, they carry me in. Jen Affleck. The Worth Affleck,” she declares. “Twice the character, half the worth. I’m a steal. Identical to Dunkin’s $6 Meal Deal. A espresso, bacon, egg, and cheese, and hash browns for $6? That’s worth. You realize what’s not worth? Ben.”
She doesn’t cease there. “Why overpay for one thing that no one needs?” Jen continues. “I’m youthful, hotter. Are you able to imagine Ben‘s solely 53? And it’s not like a younger 53. It’s like a weathered 53.”
At that time, the digicam pans to Ben sitting in his automobile on the drive-thru window, reacting to her roast. “Impolite,” he says. “[I’m a] completely common 53. Proper down the 53 fairway.”
In a confessional second, Jen jokes the assembly was “unhealthy” however can’t resist one other jab: “However not as unhealthy as these grays.”
After all, Ben has lengthy been related to Dunkin’ — he even starred in a Tremendous Bowl industrial for the model earlier this yr. The brand new collab playfully leans into the operating gag from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season 1 that Jen and her husband, Zac Affleck, is perhaps associated to Ben. Whereas that turned out to be false, the within joke turned a fan favourite.
“We’re tight now,” Jen instructed Us Weekly of working with Ben. “I acquired the chance to do a Dunkin Donuts industrial — and everyone knows that’s his factor. It was so enjoyable. It was like we had been household.”
She even quipped that Ben is now invited to her household’s Thanksgiving and revealed that Zac, 29, acquired to fulfill the actor too. “We had been positively starstruck. We had been all freaking out,” Jen shared. “He was so good. I used to be not anticipating it. I used to be not anticipating how good he was.”
This fall, Jen can also be taking over a brand new problem as a contestant on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, the place she’s paired with professional dancer Jan Ravnik — greatest recognized for touring with Taylor Swift on The Eras Tour.