Matt Damon talks Ben Affleck gay mors, sexualy -- and reveals the secret behd his ponytail - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• I'M GAY. I APPLD MATT DAMON FOR BEG A BETTER PERSON | OPN
• MATT DAMON TALKS BEN AFFLECK GAY MORS, SEXUALY -- AND REVEALS THE SECRET BEHD HIS PONYTAIL
• MATT DAMON T GAY IENDLY
• MATT DAMON'S E OF A GAY SLUR ANY NTEXT 2021 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EMBARRASSG
• AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON SISTS HE’S ‘NEVER LLED ANYONE’ AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
• IS MATT DAMON GAY? ACTOR SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RUMORS
• MATT DAMON SUGGTS GAY ACTORS SHOULD STAY THE CLOSET
• AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON TRI TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON ANTI-GAY SLUR

I'M GAY. I APPLD MATT DAMON FOR BEG A BETTER PERSON | OPN

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MATT DAMON TALKS BEN AFFLECK GAY MORS, SEXUALY -- AND REVEALS THE SECRET BEHD HIS PONYTAIL

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MATT DAMON T GAY IENDLY

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MATT DAMON'S E OF A GAY SLUR ANY NTEXT 2021 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EMBARRASSG

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AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON SISTS HE’S ‘NEVER LLED ANYONE’ AN ANTI-GAY SLUR

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IS MATT DAMON GAY? ACTOR SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RUMORS

Matt Damon found himself more hot water this weekend when his take on mors that he and Ben Affleck were gay turned to a discsn of gay actors , about that ponytail he was sportg over the summer: It wasn’t real.

MATT DAMON SUGGTS GAY ACTORS SHOULD STAY THE CLOSET

“When Ben and I first me on the scene, there were mors that we were gay bee was two guys who wrote a script together, ” he said. ”That revelatn was ma while Damon, who has four kids wh wife Luciana Barroso, said he believ openly gay actors have a more difficult time Hollywood.

AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON TRI TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON ANTI-GAY SLUR

“At the time [of the Affleck mors], I remember thkg and sayg, Rupert Everett was openly gay and this guy — more handsome than anybody, a classilly traed actor — ’s tough to make the argument that he didn’t take a h for beg out. ”Though he believ attus are changg, he champns same-sex marriage and he played Liberace’s gay lover HBO’s 2013 film “Behd the Canlabra, ” the actor took some heat for his next quote, which several outlets terpreted as him sayg that gay actors should not e out. Whether you’re straight or gay, people shouldn’t know anythg about your sexualy bee that’s one of the mysteri that you should be able to play.

The gay remarks me soon after he was cricized for “Damonsplag” diversy an episo of HBO’s “Project Greenlight. »Je n’ai jamais démenti c mrs parce que j’étais choqué et je ne voulais pas blser m amis homosexuels. Comme si être gay éta une p*ta maladie.