Ben Affleck Kinda Apologizes For Asking Pbs Program To Hide S An "embarrassed" ben affleck admitted tuesday that he asked producers of the pbs documentary show "finding your roots" to edit out the discovery that one of his distant ancestors owned slaves. the. Ben affleck (kinda) apologizes for asking pbs program to hide slave owning ancestor : code switch the academy award winning actor has been at the center of a media storm after the release of.
Ben Affleck Breaks Silence On Pbs Controversy Slave Owning Ancestors Bill clark—ap. b en affleck publicly apologized for asking pbs to conceal his slave owning ancestors on the show finding your roots, as pbs announced that it is going to conduct an internal. An “embarrassed” ben affleck admitted on tuesday that he tried to conceal his slave owning ancestors from the pbs documentary series “ finding your roots ” after the disclosure was made. Pbs. matt donnelly. april 21, 2015 @ 5:21 pm. ben affleck has issued an apology and shed light on why he asked to have a slave owning ancestor edited out of the pbs program “finding your roots. It seems ben affleck‘s ancestors owned slaves — but he didn’t want the public to know according to leaked sony emails, the oscar winning star asked pbs to edit the information out of a.
Ben Affleck Regrets Lobbying Pbs Over Slave Owning Ancestor Pbs. matt donnelly. april 21, 2015 @ 5:21 pm. ben affleck has issued an apology and shed light on why he asked to have a slave owning ancestor edited out of the pbs program “finding your roots. It seems ben affleck‘s ancestors owned slaves — but he didn’t want the public to know according to leaked sony emails, the oscar winning star asked pbs to edit the information out of a. Reports revealed earlier this week that when ben affleck appeared last year on henry louis gates’s find your roots for pbs, the newest batman actor tried to mask the fact that he’s a. Linda ge. april 22, 2015 @ 12:40 pm. a day after apologizing for asking pbs to remove mentions of his slave owning ancestor on the genealogy series “finding your roots,” ben affleck has.