Ben Affleck says he is 'embarrassed' by slave-owning ancestor

Ben Affleck has expressed regret on Facebook for asking producers of the PBS show Finding Your Roots to omit that he had a slave-owning ancestor during an episode about his family history that aired last fall.

The post Tuesday night comes as PBS conducts an internal review into the incident, which became public knowledge after WikiLeaks published hacked Sony emails online

"I didn't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. I was embarrassed," the actor wrote. "The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth."