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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon‘s production company is shutting down any association with former president Donald Trump. Affleck and Damon’s Artists Equity was forced to issue a statement after Trump used a monologue from their film Air in a recent campaign video.
In a statement released Saturday (June 10), the company maintained that they did “not grant such consent” to the former president to use their work for his campaign.
“We had no foreknowledge of, did not consent to and do not endorse or approve any footage or audio from Air being repurposed by the Trump campaign as a political advertisement or for any other use,” the statement said, per The Hollywood Reporter.
The statement went on to shut down any ideas of the company’s possible involvement in Trump’s campaign or his video, stating, “We hereby, expressly give notice that in the case of any use of material from Air by the Trump campaign where approval or consent is required, we do not grant such consent.”
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The campaign video, which was shared on Trump’s website Truth Social this past Saturday, included a link urging supporters to donate to his ongoing 2024 presidential campaign. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he captioned the video.
The video features grainy footage of the former president set against a monologue from Damon’s character, Sonny Vaccaro.
“Money can buy you almost anything, but it can’t buy you immortality – that you have to earn,” Damon says as the video cuts through multiple fuzzy shots of Trump walking.
Despite the company outrightly denying that they consented to the use of the monologue, the video is still up on Truth Social as of the time of this piece’s publication.
The former president is currently the leading Republican nominee in the 2024 race. He is currently facing 37 counts in a federal indictment relating to mishandling classified documents. Trump is the first former president to face federal charges.