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 Hollywood.
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- 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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“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.
MATT DAMON'S E OF A GAY SLUR ANY NTEXT 2021 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EMBARRASSG
“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.
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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Matt Damon has at last spoken out about old mors that he and his actor pal Ben Affleck have had a gay star of the "Bourne" movi was the foc of speculatn early his reer, the "Good Will Huntg" days, that he and Affleck had a romantic relatnship, but they seem to have died down recent a new terview wh Playboy magaze, Damon -- who has been married to Luciana Barroso for seven years -- speaks to those mors, addrsg why he never dignified them wh a nial:“I never nied those mors bee I was offend and didn’t want to offend my iends who were gay, ” the actor told Playboy, “as if beg gay were some kd of f--kg disease. ”But unfortunately, Damon not, Liberace's time was not one which was nsired acceptable for stars to be openly gay. "The two men were eply love and a real relatnship—a marriage—long before there was gay marriage.
AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON TRI TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON ANTI-GAY SLUR
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. Damon, who has four children wh wife Luciana Barroso, said he was unfortable when mors were spread years ago that he and Good Will Huntg -wrer Ben Affleck might be a gay relatnship together. “But at the time, 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, ” the Martian actor add.
Damon explaed the ments durg Monday’s episo of The Ellen DeGener Show, sayg that his remarks were ma “ the ntext of when Ben [Affleck] and I first started, and people wrote all the articl, when Good Will Huntg me out, that we were gay bee was two guys who wrote the script. “And somebody picked up and said I said gay actors should get back the closet.
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