ben Affleck has apologized after he demanded information about a slave - owning relative be removed from a PBS show about his ancestry . As DailyMail.com first revealed , producers responded to the actor 's apology and cut the content from the program . ' I did n't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves . I was embarrassed , ' he wrote on television . PBS has launched an internal investigation into whether or not Finding Your Roots violated their editorial guidelines by allowing this request .
Ben Affleck has apologized after he demanded information about a slave-owning relative be withheld from a PBS show about his ancestry . As DailyMail.com first revealed , producers agreed to the actor 's demand and cut the segment from the program . ' I did n't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves . I was embarrassed , ' he wrote on Facebook . PBS has launched an internal investigation into whether or not Finding Your Roots violated their editorial standards by allowing this request .