Ben Affleck's Daughter Violet Recalls Heated Argument With Mom Jennifer Garner Over L.A. Fires And Covid

Ben Affleck's daughter Violet Affleck recounted a furious argument she had with her mom, Jennifer Garner, in the wake of the destructive L.A. fires that affected most of the city earlier this year.

Violet, who asserted that she was sure such an event would occur, said that she was "surprised at" Garner's bewilderment at the inferno.

Ben Affleck's daughter is known for her activism as she demanded the imposition of "mask mandates" in medical facilities and called for an end to all "mask bans" following the COVID-19 epidemic.

Ben Affleck's daughter, Violet, detailed an intense argument she had with her mom, Jennifer Garner, over climate change in an essay for Yale Global Health Review.

The 19-year-old penned her thoughts about how climate change played a part in the L.A. fires that hit most parts of the city in January, noting how the behavior of the "wealthiest citizens" was a driving force behind the "climate crisis."

In the essay, which she titled "A Chronically Ill Earth: COVID Organizing as a Model Climate Response in Los Angeles," Violet said she "spent the January fires in Los Angeles arguing with my mother in a hotel room."

Violet established that while her mom was "astonished" by the disaster, she said she was "surprised at her surprise."

"My question had not been whether the Palisades would burn but when," Violet continued, adding that the "Elektra" actress was "shell-shocked, astonished at the scale of destruction in the neighborhood where she raised myself and my siblings."

"I was surprised at her surprise: as a lifelong Angelena and climate-literate member of generation Z, my question had not been whether the Palisades would burn but when," she added.

Violet went on to note in her essay that not only was she sure that the disaster would happen, but that her perspective was quite different from everyone else's around her at the time.

"As I chatted with adults in the hotel where we'd gone to escape the smoke, though, I found my position to be an uncommon one: people spoke of how long rebuilding would take, how much it would cost, and how tragically odd the whole situation had been," she penned.

"The crisis was acute, a burst of bad luck. It had come from a combination of high winds and low rains," Violet Affleck wrote, arguing that society mishandles systemic crises like climate change and pandemics, treating them as isolated events rather than ongoing, interconnected problems needing long-term solutions.

She went on to describe the "climate crisis" as "existential and accelerating," adding that it was "driven by unsustainable consumption patterns concentrated among the wealthiest citizens of the wealthiest countries, all of which have already subjected most of this country and the world to deadly temperatures, fire-flood cycles, rising seas, and dying crops."

Elsewhere in her note, she pointed out how privilege and opulence heavily influence who gets help and who is ignored.

"The FEMA assistance quickly rushed to homeowners in the Palisades – many of whom are significant political donors – has flowed much more slowly to Asheville, North Carolina, where thousands were stranded in disastrous floods in 2024," she wrote.

Violet penned how the "stringent COVID-19 precautions" that were initially being observed during the pandemic "melted away as it became known that Black and disabled people were most vulnerable" to the illness and death.

She argued that "centering disability justice and refusing eugenicist logics" are "essential to climate justice strategy."

Violet, who hasn't stopped wearing a mask after COVID, has always been an advocate for healthier and safer public health practices.

Last year, she demanded the imposition of "mask mandates" in medical facilities and called for an end to all "mask bans" in a passionate plea to the governing body for Los Angeles County, per the Daily Mail.

"I demand mask availability, air filtration, and Far-UVC light in government facilities, including jails and detention centers, and mask mandates in county medical facilities," Violet said. "You must expand the availability of high-quality free tests and treatment, and most importantly, the county must oppose mask bans for any reason. They do not keep us safer."

Meanwhile, her essay has been met with praise from Americans on the Internet.

"She's an excellent writer and thinker! A good soul," an X user said.

Another wrote, "This is a very well-written piece. Especially coming from a 1st year university student. She's going to be a force to be reckoned with. Thanks for posting this."

A third person noted, "People like Violet give me hope. Not just for myself but for the world, in general. She's special!"