Hollywood star Ben Affleck is using his celebrity powers for good, signing on to join the US ABC's "Nightline" program as a special correspondent reporting on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo.
According to reports by "OK" magazine, Affleck (who is married to Jennifer Garner) has visited the Congo three times in the past year on a mission to learn about the war and famine that has killed thousands of people each month over the last 10 years.
The 35-year old star revealed he was on mission to bring the plight of the Congolese people to the eyes of the world, using his celebrity status to draw attention to the crisis.
"It's fairly clear that in the modern age that there is a currency to celebrity, or celebrity is a currency, really," Affleck said. "I've discovered that you can spend it in a lot of ways, or you can squander it. You can be taxed, as well. I really started thinking long and hard about how to use that currency as long as I had it.
"I want to try to bring people along to learn and if they might not tune into this unless there was some celebrity involved in it, either because they're interested in the celebrity or because they want to see the celebrity kind of make a fool of himself, then so be it."
