While Jennifer was preparing a meal for husband Ben Affleck and daughter Violet, she almost burned her Massachusetts home down recently when she left a frying pan unattended. What would Sydney Bristow have done?
She says, "I love to cook but, um, I do have a little problem. Sometimes I'll cook a little hot. We're staying in a rented house, and I didn't know how to put the vent on over the stove ..."A few minutes later, the burning fat set the house fire alarm off, and chaos ensued. She explains, "It's (the alarm) saying, 'Fire, please leave the building. Fire, please leave the building.' Ben's upset. So he rips the thing out of the wall... Sorry, to the people we are renting from! We will fix it. Next thing, here they (firefighters) come. Hatchets, hats, full gear. We hear pound, pound, pound, pound, pound on the door. There were like eight firemen and I said, 'Well, I can fix you dinner. But it's probably gonna be burned.'"
Mmm. Ben seems as if he might have a little bit of an anger management problem. Ripping that alarm out of the wall seems a bit extreme.
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Britt says:
Probably thought it less violent than ripping her head off!!!
Camme says:
The article left out the fact, that Jen said (Violet was crying and Ben went up stairs to get her). Ben was upset because the baby was scared. He pulled the alarm off the wall to try to stop the noise.
jimmyboyo says:
Not sure but it sure sounds like the fre dept. arrived very quickly. Much more quickly than they would have to a middle class american or god forbid poor neighborhood
mimi says:
I agree with Britt. It took a lot of self control for Ben not to rip her head off. Doesn't anybody notice that there is nothing going on inside her brain. She's stupid.
momto3 says:
Trust me, a parent will do anything to silence a blarring alarm when there is a scared child in the house.
Becks says:
"Jimmyboyo"- must everything be a "class issue". Firemen are the first to respond to anything. They are there before police and paramedics usually. They have the quickest response time of any. My father is a fireman. They don't just take their time if you are in "middle class america or God forbid a poor neighborhood". A fireman (30 years on the job) here in Denevr just died saving a 16 year old girl in one of those "poor neighborhoods". So, for you to make a comment like that is just pure IGNORANCE.
countrybabe says:
Come on Jen every southern girl knows how to cook. One, Crockpot.
Einstein says:
She told that story when she was on Regis and Kelly. She said they couldn't turn off the alarm and that Violet was crying. So Ben did what a lot of people would do and pulled it off the wall. She explained that they would fix it.
yy says:
i was under the impression that people often dismantle(temporarily) the alarms when noise does not subside. most of the time, those things go on way too long, even if its just a little smoke inside the house. my dad always gets annoyed and rips them out when he's cooking(putting it back a few minutes later ofcourse).
saying that its a anger issue is going abit too far lol
George says:
This is why celebrities need to earn the big bucks. So, they can afford a cook or go out to fancy restaurants every day and let the local fire department service the poor souls that also have a problem cooking.
las says:
Damn, CALM DOWN, Ben. Yeah, the fire alarm went off. Happens to anyone who attempts cooking, sooner or later. He should have turned on the fans and run out of the building with the baby.
As for Jen, she has my sympathy. I'm a rotten cook, I'm always having brain farts, and once burned the FLOOR.
las says:
jimmyboyo, shut up until you known the facts, 'kay? Automatic alarms (which many middle class and/or poor houses have) alert them immediately. They respond quickly regardless of where it is, so leave your class obsession at the door.
Firefighters ALWAYS show up rapidly, regardless of the neighborhood; they even show up fast if there's no fire. One of my coworkers had a seizure recently, and the fire engine arrived BEFORE the ambulance.
Whatsthatsmellycelebthinking
WHAT'S UP WITH THE LASSIE LOOK??
jolierancher says:
Why does she tell the story like she's telling it to a kindergarten class?
"Then pound, pound, pound, etc..."
Celebs are so dumb sounding.
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