Ben Affleck Reveals Dolphin Tattoo (Really!) In Los Angeles (PHOTOS)

Oh, Ben Affleck. Not only have you sported a new facial hair, uh, accessory these days -- holy beard! -- but you also gave us a sneak peek at another of your shocking accoutrements this weekend.

The actor and HuffPost blogger went out to lunch with wife Jennifer Garner and daughters Violet and Seraphina in Los Angeles yesterday, looking dapper in a green sweater and button-down shirt. But, when the star bent over to strap the kiddos in their car seats, he flashed a remnant of his pre-family man past: some ink.

What's that, Ben? A dolphin? Sorry, but.... LOL.

Affleck chose the dolphin to cover up an ex-high school girlfriend's name, the Daily Mail dishes.

Maybe Ben will be gifting his adorable girls with the tattooed Tokidoki dolls in the near future.

Time for a tattoo showdown! Is Ben's dolphin almost-tramp stamp worse than Reese Witherspoon's bird tattoos? Or do you like it?

Check out the photos below and be the judge.

Comments

[Hardyman1966]

07:57 PM on 11/30/2011

Looks more like a Chargers lightning bolt.

[Howard Dalton]

08:14 AM on 11/30/2011

Oh, how tragic.

Get up and off your bizarre tattoo high horse and find something else random and weird to annoy me with.

[AudsMom]

03:39 AM on 11/30/2011

That's not a dolphin

[Malarcus]

01:34 PM on 11/29/2011

That has got to be the least surprising reveal since Perez Hilton came out.

[Hardyman1966]

07:57 PM on 11/30/2011

I always wondered how his parents survived the shock.  :)

[emilymullikin]

08:47 PM on 11/28/2011

maybe it used to say Gwyneth or Bennifer......

[drfast]

08:05 PM on 11/28/2011

it looks like an otter to me

[doerr 420]

01:41 PM on 11/29/2011

I took a second look at it and I see what you mean. Anyway, I find it's an ugly dolphin! The artist could have put more effort into it than that!

[ISTHATYOUAGAIN]

07:16 PM on 11/28/2011

What better way to eliminate an unwanted conversation piece on your back side than to very "tastefully" cover it with the silhouette of one of the most amazing animals in the world? It'a on Ben's butt, not yours, so just leave the guy alone. Why must every little square inch of a celebrity's life and body be dessimated by stupid, critial on-lookers. If you don't like it, please, just look the other way!

[Aissatou Sunjata]

03:40 PM on 11/28/2011

Haphazard looking (Ben) Could not come up with a shark to cover the unwanted name? GEEZ!

[giaw66666]

05:23 PM on 11/28/2011

If he wanted a dolphin why would he get a shark tattoo?? I know...cause that's what he wanted!

[Aissatou Sunjata]

07:40 PM on 11/28/2011

Obviously, guppy biting here also! Innocent comment beyond wondering why simply to cover up a tat he did not want he did not select something different. Perhaps you were with him and therefore know the scoop all of us are not privy to and thank you for your useless response to a comment/opinion. Back to the fishes you go! Enjoy your weak ahead!

[almchrl13]

03:12 PM on 11/28/2011

That's clearly a wig for a part he's playing.
But why is it so bad?
The wigs on SNL are more convincing than some of these multi million dollar epics.

[Catherine in Tulsa]

03:07 PM on 11/28/2011

Doesn't he have the ability to completely close his mouth?

[thejadedentrepreneur]

03:07 PM on 11/28/2011

What is up with his hair? And why does he always look miserable lately?