A Boston boy through and through. Ben Affleck has been a Hollywood A-lister for more than two decades, but he’s never forgotten his New England roots (or his love of Dunkin’ coffee).
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On Monday, Matt Damon tried to address a story he allegedly told a reporter, published in the Sunday Times of London this weekend, which involved the use of a pejorative term for gay people.
“During a recent interview, I recalled a discussion I had with my daughter where I attempted to contextualize for her the progress that has been made – though by no means completed – since I was growing up in Boston and, as a child, heard the word ‘f*g’ used on the street before I knew what it even referred
A Boston boy through and through. Ben Affleck has been a Hollywood A-lister for more than two decades, but he’s never forgotten his New England roots (or his love of Dunkin’ coffee).
Bill Maher turned his New Rules segment against a preferred target, woke culture, this time in defense of Matt Damon, now “flailing around in cancel culture quicksand” for acknowledging he used a gay slur that was thrown around when he was coming of age in Boston, but stopped.
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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorIn his new film “Stillwater,” co-writer/director Tom McCarthy wanted to present the image of an American hero – and then turn it on its head.
Matt Damon is making a very… interesting attempt to walk back his comments on homophobia.
“retire[d] the f-slur” after getting told off by his daughter.In a interview published by The Sunday Times, Damon related an incident months ago when he made a joke using what his daughter described as “the f-slur for a homosexual”. His daughter criticised him for using it and wrote “a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous”.
GLAAD, the leading LGBTQ advocacy organization accelerating acceptance and equality, is weighing in on the controversial comments made by Matt Damon.
Matt Damon is responding to backlash he received over the weekend after he says remarks from an interview were taken out of context. The "Stillwater" actor, 50, clarified an idea that he had only just stopped using the "f-slur" after he was admonished by one of his daughters.
Matt Damon, 50, is defending himself after talking about how he stopped using the “f-slur for a homosexual” only months ago in a recent interview. The actor clarified the remarks he made to the U.K’s Sunday Times, which was published over the weekend, in a statement that was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
Matt Damon is sharing his support for the LGBTQ+ community in the wake of backlash over a recent interview in which he mentioned the “f-slur” while discussing the importance of using the right language in today’s landscape.
Walking it back. Matt Damon clarified his recent remarks about his use of the “F-slur,” claiming he wasn’t speaking about himself, but rather the culture he was exposed to as a young man.
Matt Damon is insisting that he has never used the “f-slur” following a recent interview in which he was quoted saying he had stopped using the offensive term when his daughter wrote him a “treatise” on “how that word is dangerous.”“During a recent interview, I recalled a discussion I had with my daughter where I attempted to contextualize for her the progress that has been made – though by no means completed – since I was growing up in Boston and, as a child, heard the word ‘f*g’ used on the
Retiring a slur? In a new interview, Matt Damon explained that he recently stopped chose to stop using a derogatory slur after one of his daughters became upset with him.
Matt Damon’s title as the nation’s favourite adopted son is in jeopardy as he admits that he had to be told to stop using a gay slur by his child and Irish Twitter is furious.
Matt Damon revealed that he only recently stopped using what he calls "the f-slur for homosexual" people at the behest of one of his daughters. The "Stillwater'' actor sat down for an interview with The Sunday Times where he discussed changes in modern masculinity and what that means for him as an actor and public figure. He revealed that he used the slur in front of his daughter mere months ago, prompting her to get offended and leave the room. "She left the table.
Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and star Matt Damon of profiting off her experiences by “distorting” her character, “at the expense of [her] reputation”.In 2009, Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of Knox’s roommate Meredith Kercher, following a trial that was marked by media speculation about her character.Knox spent four years in prison following her conviction, and was acquitted in 2011.
The Sunday Times that his daughter criticised him for using the term and she subsequently “left the table”.The actor then told her: “Come on, that’s a joke! I say it in the movie Stuck on You!”“I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous.
Matt Damon is facing criticism after revealing that he just recently stopped using an offensive anti-LGBTQ slur. The change came, he said, after he was implored by one of his daughters to stop.The backlash began after the star gave a lengthy interview with U.K.'s over the weekend.