Lisa Mackay’s java tally connected Tuesday greeting started similar immoderate other.
She got into the drive-through astatine the Dunkin’ successful Medford, Mass., she goes to each time to get her regular bid — a small, achromatic iced coffee. But erstwhile she pulled up to the window, it was Ben Affleck handing her the drink.
Seeing the actor, dressed successful an “America Runs connected Dunkin’” garment and headdress with a headset on, near Mackay stunned. She snapped a photograph of Affleck, a known Dunkin’ enthusiast, astatine the model that has since made its rounds connected societal media, with immoderate fans speculating that helium was filming a Super Bowl commercialized and others saying histrion and vocalist Jennifer Lopez, his wife, was besides there.
“He was very, precise funny, super, ace affable and conscionable ace nice,” said Mackay, 54, “and of people inactive has a Boston accent.”
Affleck’s fondness for Dunkin’ has been well-documented by paparazzi implicit the years.
You’ve astir apt seen the photos. Affleck holding a pink-and-orange Dunkin’ container portion connected a stroll with Lopez. Him trying to balance an iced java atop a stack of packages with his chin. And of course, the viral photos of the histrion trying to juggle a tray of 3 iced coffees and a Munchkins container portion wearing a “Believe successful Boston” shirt.
Affleck, who grew up successful Massachusetts, erstwhile admitted helium gets Dunkin’ each time successful Los Angeles.
“It’s precise weird, I person it each time and radical are ever like, ‘Where is that? Is that adjacent here?’” the histrion said successful a 2019 interview with Collider. “So, I consciousness similar I’m spreading the word.”
In 2020, a Dunkin’ enforcement called Affleck a “true person of the brand,” according to Insider.
At the time, the institution hadn’t established an authoritative narration with Affleck. And portion the sightings of the histrion astatine Dunkin’ this week mightiness beryllium the commencement of a partnership, Dunkin’ has yet to publically denote it. The institution did not respond to a petition from The Washington Post connected Tuesday.
To Mackay, Affleck is the cleanable idiosyncratic for a Dunkin’ partnership.
“I deliberation helium truly, honestly loves Dunkin’ Donuts coffee,” she said. “So, there’s nary 1 better. If you’re going to wage someone, it should beryllium him.”
When Mackay drove up to the microphone connected Tuesday, she recalled that Affleck had told her, “You look beauteous this morning. Welcome to Dunkin’ Donuts, whitethorn I instrumentality your order?”
She told him she wanted a achromatic iced coffee, and helium responded: “That’s it? That’s each you want?”
“And I drove up, and determination helium was,” Mackay said. “I was like, ‘Wow, really?’”
They chatted a small and joked around, but Mackay was truthful tense she couldn’t callback astir of the exchange. But Affleck was “everything you deliberation helium would be” — funny, affable and quick-witted, she said.
After Mackay moved past the window, she was waved down by a pistillate lasting successful the parking lot. The pistillate asked if Mackay would assistance support for usage of the video footage from her enactment with Affleck, handing her a signifier to motion erstwhile she said yes.
“I privation I was prepared,” Mackay joked. “I would person probably, maybe, did my hairsbreadth and my nails and wore a amended outfit.”
But still, she’ll beryllium excited if she does extremity up successful a commercialized alongside Affleck.
“I’m a Boston girl. So yes, we each emotion him here,” she said.