Ben Affleck can get a little nutty around his buddy Kevin Smith.

The "Jersey Girl" director tells Maxim U.K. that during filming of the 2004 flop, Affleck used to pull a prank called a "Fruit Basket." Smith explains: "I'd be sitting in the director's chair and I'd be watching a playback, and he'd stand behind me. Every once in a while I'd feel something on my neck. I'd be like, 'What the [bleep] was that?' And I'd turn around and he'd have his (I'm sure you all can figure it out) out and resting on my neck. I was like, 'What the [bleep] is wrong with you, dude?' What if it got out in the press that that's the kind of thing you do?'

He's like, 'No one would ever [bleeping] believe you, sir.' " Besides exposing Affleck's shenanigans, Smith tells the mag about his hate for Reese Witherspoon, who was once rude to Smith's ex-girl friend, Joey Lauren Adams. "I was at some party with Joey . . . and Reese had just got a part Joey was hoping to get," Smith recalled. "Joey said, 'Hey, Reese — I just wanted to say congratulations. I think you'll do really great with the part,' and Reese just gave her this dead-eyed look and was like, 'Whatever.' What a [bleeping] [bleep]-bag!"

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Posted by Lawren at June 10, 2005 07:50 AM

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I have heard that about Reese W. being kinda biatchy to people.

Kinda disappointing, but it's not like she and I will ever meet.

Says: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at June 10, 2005 08:37 AM

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Jeez...I'm more disturbed by Affleck's "prank" than Reese's rudeness.

Says: Nanc' at June 10, 2005 09:34 AM

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I have a friend who used to do a variation on the "fruit basket." Thankfully, his never involved any touching of any sort.

Says: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at June 10, 2005 01:29 PM

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