Ben Affleck shared the “strange” reason why the FBI visited his home amid the Palisade fire earlier this year.
FBI agents were filmed outside Affleck's home in January, and the “Argo” star revealed that he wasn't even home at the time. Affleck only learned about the visit through media headlines.
“The FBI actually visited my house after all.” I told GQ With the April cover issue. “But this is pretty obvious, right? So I go home and see a story with a source saying, 'Hey, the FBI was in your home.' I was like, “Well, this is weird,” so I called them and said, “Hey, FBI, are you at my house?” “Oh, we don't know.” I was finally, what was actually going on. A federal employee's home invasion was found in the area. ”
“So the FBI went around and the people who lived there, the FBI rang their bells, but the photographer was sitting outside and these guys were wearing FBI jackets, so the FBI visited your home.”
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FBI agents were seen outside Ben Affleck's house in January. (rol/x17online.com)
FBI spokesman Laura Eimiller confirmed that the agents were stationed in the area in a statement shared with the then Fox News Digital.
“Members of the FBI's Ground Intercept Task Force are Palisade fire. Because of this, agents and our local partners may look like the entire area, including housing,” Eymiller explained.
Ben Affleck talks to police about security issues outside his Brentwood homeland after his visit to the FBI
Ben Affleck says he had to track down why the FBI agents were at home. (Netflix)
However, Affleck pointed out that after tracking down the real story, he was told something different.
“Everyone who wrote the story has created something about how it relates to research on a drone that I think hit one of the two or three miles of Mandeville Canyon helicopters,” he explained to the outlet. “After all, no, it wasn't that about that. In fact, we were very far from where the drone is. So you've seen this event in my house about the FBI. I didn't know. My only involvement was tracking it and getting it.”
Ben Affleck is on the cover of GQ's April issue. (Gregory Harris/GQ)
“So you saw this event about the FBI at my home. I didn't know. My only involvement was tracking it and getting it.”
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Palisade and Eaton burned thousands of homes, businesses, cars and electronics, turning daily items into dangerous ashes made from pesticides, asbestos, plastic, lead and heavy metals.
Both caught fire on January 7th and burned for several weeks.
Twenty-nine people were killed in the fires of Pallisard and Eton. 23,448 acres were burned in the Palisade fire, destroying 6,833 businesses and homes. Calfire.
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Ben Affleck also spoke about his relationship with Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lopez in GQ Story. (Getty Images)
Affleck confirmed his rental home and his permanent residence was not affected by the fire despite reports of the opposite.
“I realized there was a story about me,” he told GQ. “My house is on fire, and all these different things.”
“I thought to myself that my impression of this person during my week was shaped by three mostly ridiculous Daily Mail articles,” Affleck said.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
