Miserable Ben Affleck Paparazzi Photo Gets Uncovered From the Archives, Twitter Reacts

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Nov 6, 2023 5:00 PM EST

I honestly think I could name more memeifed Ben Affleck paparazzi shots than I could movies that he's starred in. The really famous one where he's smoking on his doorstep, eyes closed in gloomy contemplation. The one in which he gets so stressed he drops the very large Dunkin' order that he's carrying. The one where he's also drinking Dunkin' coffee, having figured out an ingenious way to sip on it as it perches precariously on all his packages; and perhaps best of all, the photo of him smoking on a balcony while in the middle of sighing heavily (I relate to this photo more times a week than I care to admit).

This man is doomed to be the perfect reaction image muse for as long as he stays famous, as a resurfaced picture has recently proved. When the actor was spotted looking like his usual sad sack self while carrying a Starbucks in 2014, the person behind the camera knew what it had to do. It's given Twitter some food for thought, not least because it's a rare instance of him abandoning his beloved coffee brand for a competitor.