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Matt Damon made the news this week for an interview he did where he allegedly said his daughter just recently got him to stop using the word f*g to refer to gay people. And again, at a time where we’ve been talking about homophobia everyday thanks to DaBaby, that’s something. And why volunteer that information? Well now he decided to clarify to Variety Magazine that that’s not what he meant at all.
“I have never called anyone ‘f****t’ in my personal life and this conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening. I do not use slurs of any kind.” What he says happened is that he explained to his daughter that the word was “constantly and casually” used when he was younger and even as a joke in his 2003 film Stuck On You which she was incredulous that it was used so flippantly. Still, he insists he never said it himself despite hearing it all the time growing up.
Damon did say he understands how the way the conversation went, the LGBTQ community might think the worst saying, “I have learned that eradicating prejudice requires active movement toward justice rather than finding passive comfort in imagining myself ‘one of the good guys.'”
Ok, Matt. We’re giving you a Wendy Williams squint but we’re taking your word. It’s hard being taken out of context, especially going viral. Just make sure you don’t START using the word. We’ve got enough of that already.
