EXCLUSIVE Ben Affleck’s harsh warning to daughter Violet revealed – as 18-year-old struggles to deal with ‘ridicule’ over her fervent pro-mask speech

is said to be struggling with the ‘ridicule’ and has been left feeling ‘alone’ in her fight to strengthen pandemic-era protections.

‘While Ben and Jen will always support their daughter, Ben had a conversation with her and told her that she needs to be realistic with this because he doesn’t want

her to waste all of her time putting effort into something that probably won’t make a difference in the long run,’ an insider told DailyMail.com.’He knows how strongly she feels about this, but now that Violet is an adult, he felt that it was his duty to let her know that she is David fighting Goliath and that most people unfortunately do not feel the same way she does about this.

‘He was also concerned that Violet felt as if her parent’s star power was going to be able to guarantee her the outcome that she wanted which, in this case, it is not.’

During her speech, Violet urged the board ‘to confront the long COVID crisis’ by strengthening protections, offering high-quality tests and opposing a ban on masks.