Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s daughter Violet attended the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting where she advocated for mandatory mask mandates in hospitals.
The 18-year-old, who is often seen wearing a face mask, shared her experience of developing “post-viral illness” in 2019, saying she “saw firsthand” that medications don’t always have answers to the “consequences of even small viruses.”
“To address the long-term COVID crisis, I demand that government institutions, including prisons and detention centers, have sufficient numbers of face masks, filtered air, and use far-UVC light. I also want regional medical schools to make face masks mandatory,” she said in her impassioned speech.
The eldest daughter of the 51-year-old Argo director and the 52-year-old Going on 30 star (who divorced in 2018) also strongly opposed “mask bans.”
“You need to expand the availability of free, high-quality testing and treatment, and most importantly, the county opposes mask bans for any reason. They don’t keep us safer,” she said.
Violet, the 18-year-old daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, attended the LA County Board of Supervisors meeting where she advocated for ‘mask mandates’ in hospitals
Violet — who is often seen wearing a face mask — shared her experience of contracting “a post-viral illness” in 2019; Seen with Affleck and stepmom Jennifer Lopez in 2023
“They make vulnerable members of our community less safe and limit everyone’s ability to participate together in the life of Los Angeles.”
Violet introduced herself to the board: “Hello, Violet Affleck, Los Angeles resident, first time voter, I am 18.”
She then went on to say: ‘I was diagnosed with post-viral illness in 2019. I’m doing well now, but I’ve seen first-hand that medicine doesn’t always have an answer to the effects of even small viruses.’
Violet then spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic and how “one in 10 infections leads to long COVID, a devastating neurological and cardiovascular disease that can leave people unable to work, move, see and even think.”
“It will exacerbate our homelessness crisis and the suffering of many people in our city. It will hit communities of color, disabled, elderly, transgender, women, and anyone in public, essential work the hardest.”
The teenager then advocated for a ‘mask requirement’ in hospitals and the ‘availability of masks’.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the governing body for Los Angeles County, where Violet lives. The Board holds regular meetings where the public can register to speak on specific issues.
Violet received a lot of praise online for her mask pose.
“At 18 she has more courage than some people will ever have in their entire lives,” one wrote.
Violet said she has seen ‘with her own eyes’ that medicine does not always have an answer to the ‘consequences of even small viruses’
“To address the long-term COVID crisis, I demand the availability of masks, air filtration and far-UVC lighting in government facilities, including prisons and detention centers, and mandatory mask wearing in provincial medical schools,” she said.
The Argo director’s eldest daughter, 51, and the 13 Going on 30 star, 52 — who divorced in 2018 — also strongly opposed ‘mask bans’
Violet received a lot of praise online for her mask attitude. “At 18 she has more courage than some people will ever have in their entire lives,” one person wrote.
“I wish more celebrities had the courage of Violet Affleck. She’s only 18 and doing more than any politician,” another person added
“She’s even more impressive as a teenager. I can’t wait to see what she does as an adult”
“It’s extremely impressive how much she packed into that one minute,” said someone else.
Someone commented that her famous parents must be very proud
Another called Violet ‘amazing’
“Well done Violet,” wrote another commenter
“Awesome testimony! Violet is 100% on COVID Twitter. Thank you!” added another.
“I wish more celebrities had the courage of Violet Affleck. She’s only 18 and she’s doing more than any politician.”
“It’s extremely impressive how much she packed into that one minute,” said someone else.
‘Violet Affleck is Ben Affleck’s daughter. She continues to be even more impressive as a teenager. I can’t wait to see what she does as an adult.’
Violet has been seen wearing a mask several times in recent years, though her parents have never publicly explained why.
She was spotted wearing one at Michael Rubin’s White Party in 2023, as recently as May 2024 when she spent time with her mother, and when she attended a Broadway show with Ben and her stepmom Jennifer Lopez.
Garner and Affleck also have a son, Fin (formerly Seraphina), 15, and a son, Samuel, 12.
The former couple met in the early 2000s on the set of the film Pearl Harbor, but didn’t start dating until later.
Violet has been consistently seen wearing a mask in recent years, long after the COVID-19 mask mandate, though her parents have never publicly explained why; seen with Ben in 2021
Garner and Affleck also share Finn (formerly Seraphina), 15, and son Samuel, 12; the actress is seen with her three children in 2018
The former couple married in 2005. They announced their separation in 2015 after nearly 10 years of marriage, and officially filed for divorce in 2017; seen in May 2014
In 2004, shortly after his first broken engagement to Lopez, a romance developed between the two and they married in 2005.
Violet was born in December of that same year. Fin followed in 2009 and Samuel in 2012.
The duo announced in 2015 that they were separating after nearly 10 years of marriage. In 2017, they officially filed for divorce.
Garner has since moved on with businessman John Miller.
Meanwhile, Affleck rekindled his romance with Lopez in April 2021. The two tied the knot in Vegas in July 2022, followed by a lavish ceremony in Georgia in August. However, the couple’s marriage has been hit by claims of divorce in the past two months.