The bizarre story of how Ben Affleck’s former nanny ended up wearing Tom Brady’s four Super Bowl rings has took another turn as people linked to the actor try to explain how that happened. A person who claims to be a friend is trying to convince us that it happened during a business trip.
The photo of Christine Ouzounian wearing Brady’s rings went viral earlier this week. It was obtained by the New York Post and taken just three days before Affleck and Jennifer Garner announced that they were getting a divorce. While Affleck’s rep has claimed that he was not romantically involved with Ouzounian, the photo didn’t make him look good.
The photo was taken during a trip Affleck and Ouzounian took to Las Vegas. They were heading from the Bahamas and met the New England Patriots quarterback, which is how the rings got onboard, when they hit Sin City.
Sources linked to Affleck insist that the trip was for business, since Ouzounian had been with Affleck in the Bahamas. The actor was heading to Las Vegas for a charity poker tournament for his Eastern Congo Initiative.
“[She] was flying back to LA anyway, so decided to take a ride on the plane and then just went to the tournament to help out as an extra hand,” a friend told the New York Post. “There were many other people on the plane, including other assistants and staff working for Ben who were helping with the event, and many of these also tried on Tom’s Super Bowl rings and took photos.”
The friend says that after the tournament was over, Affleck went back to the Bahamas and Ouzounian went home to Los Angeles. While they were in Vegas, the friend says, Ouzounian was not hiding and even helped organize the tournament.