Ben Affleck and the FBI were equally confused about their January visit to the actor’s Los Angeles house.
“As it turns out, the FBI did, in fact, visit my house. But this is pretty revealing, right?” Affleck, 52, said during an interview with GQ, published on Tuesday, March 25. “So I come home and I see there’s a story with sources that say, ‘Hey, the FBI was at your house.’ I’m like, ‘Well, this is strange.’”
Affleck did what any normal person would and phoned the FBI directly.
“I call them and say, ‘Hey, FBI, were you at my house? Do you want to talk to me?’ ‘Oh, we don’t know.’ I get transferred along,” the actor recalled. “Finally, somebody who is actually responsible for what was happening was like, ‘Oh, we had no idea that was your house.’”
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According to Affleck, the actual explanation was simple — and really didn’t impact him at all. (Us Weekly confirmed in July 2024 that Affleck purchased the L.A. home amid his separation from ex-wife Jennifer Lopez.)
“There was a break-in of a federal official’s home in that area. So, the FBI went around and whoever lived there, the FBI rang their bell,” he said. “But because there are photographers sitting outside and these guys have their FBI jackets on, then it’s: The FBI has visited your house.”
TMZ was first to report on January 12 that the FBI had been spotted outside Affleck’s house, claiming that law enforcement was investigating an incident regarding a private drone. Affleck said during Tuesday’s GQ interview that this was not true.
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“Whoever wrote the story made up something about how it was related to an investigation about a drone that I guess did crash into one of the helicopters two or three miles up Mandeville Canyon,” he said. “Turns out, no, it wasn’t about that. In fact, we were very far from where the drone was. So it’s like: You’ve seen this event about the FBI at my house. I had no idea. My only involvement was to track it down, figure it out.”
The FBI released a statement at the time, confirming that Affleck was not in any trouble with the law.
“Members of the FBI‘s Ground Intercept task force are conducting activity in the area of the Palisades fire relative to unauthorized drone activity,” a spokesperson from the FBI’s press relations told Page Six at the time. “Agents and our local partners may be visible throughout the area, including at various residences, for this reason.”
