Ben Affleck cleaned up right for the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
Thursday. He donned his sleek tuxedo, shined his shoes, and added the
most adorable accent to finish the look: scribbles all over his hands.
As he walked the red carpet with his hands stuffed into his pockets,
some may have simply read the body language as that of disappointment
from his lack of a Best Director Oscar nomination,
but they’d be wrong. He just didn’t want to share the sweet, yet
indecipherable messages from one of his daughters either Violet, 7, or
Seraphina, 4.
However, when he won for Best Director, he was sure to show his appreciation for his good luck artwork.
“My daughter wrote my name on my hand for luck,” Affleck, 40, said in
his acceptance speech. “I don't know how that works, but I guess it
worked, so you can look forward to seeing more of this! I want to thank
my kids and I want to thank my wife, without whom I would not be
anywhere, much less here.”
For many, the sweet nothings were overshadowed by the interesting
timing of Affleck’s receipt of the award. Mere hours earlier, he was
denied an Oscar nomination in the same category, a fact some feel was
the biggest snub of the entire awards season. The omission wasn’t lost on Affleck, either.
“I would like to thank the Academy,” he said at the beginning of his
acceptance speech, quickly adding, “I’m kidding, I’m kidding. This is
the one that counts.”
