When Matt Damon suggted gay actors should stay closeted

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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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. “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.

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

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MATT DAMON SUGGTS GAY ACTORS SHOULD STAY THE CLOSET

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

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