Date: 3rd March 2001

Affleck Wise To Hilary Clinton's Odd Praise


HILLARY CLINTON feels sure BEN AFFLECK would be a good date for her daughter CHELSEA - but the actor isn't convinced her thoughts are praise.

Affleck was flattered when he heard Clinton's response to tabloid reports that Chelsea and he were dating - following intimate pictures of the pair chatting at a political function. The movie star maintains there has never been anything going on between himself and the former President's daughter. He says, "I just wanted to meet her - I mean, what a crazy life. She's like a kid. So I went to this political event where I got a chance to meet her and she was very cool, very friendly, very sweet and we were talking and the photographers zoomed in on us talking.

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The best part of all that was someone called Hillary Clinton and said, `In the papers your daughter's dating Ben Affleck, what do you think?' and she said, `Well, it'll probably be good for both of them'. "At first I thought it was a nice thing to say but then I realised what she meant - that her daughter's really classy and nice and it's good to see the world, but he needs to clean up his act and start dating nice girls." (KL/WNV/MCM)

Source: WENN