WATCH: Ben Affleck Defends Detroit, "It's An Amazing City"

Ben Affleck on Real Time With Bill Maher: “There is a tremendous, can-do spirit that has been really, really inspiring to me.”

Although the focus on most of the talk of the internet was about Affleck’s criticism of Maher’s “racist” thoughts on Islam, Detroit was part of the conversation too. Affleck also made the point that if the U.S. is going to talk about nation-building, we should make sure to take care of Detroit.

We tried to make it so it loads right at the time the Detroit segment starts …  3 minutes, 32 seconds in … but if it doesn’t work for you that’s where he starts talking about his experiences in the city.

Affleck has been the talk of the town recently as the movie “Batman v. Superman Dawn of Justice” has been shooting in our area.