Matt Damon on Gay Actors the Closet: “People Shouldn’t Know Anythg About Your Sexualy” – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• I'M GAY. I APPLD MATT DAMON FOR BEG A BETTER PERSON | OPN
• AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON TRI TO CLARIFY COMMENTS ON ANTI-GAY SLUR
• IS MATT DAMON GAY? ACTOR SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RUMORS
• AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON SISTS HE’S ‘NEVER LLED ANYONE’ AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
• MATT DAMON APPARENTLY DIDN’T UNRSTAND THE PROBLEM WH THE ANTI-GAY ‘F-SLUR’ UNTIL RECENTLY. HERE’S A LSON.
• MATT DAMON ADDRS MENTS ABOUT GAY ACTORS
• AFTER UPROAR, MATT DAMON SISTS HE'S 'NEVER LLED ANYONE' AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
• MATT DAMON SUGGTS GAY ACTORS SHOULD STAY THE CLOSET
• MATT DAMON DRAGGED FOR ONLY JT GIVG UP USG ANTI-GAY ‘F-SLUR’
• MATT DAMON'S E OF A GAY SLUR ANY NTEXT 2021 IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EMBARRASSG

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

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

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IS MATT DAMON GAY? ACTOR SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RUMORS

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

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MATT DAMON APPARENTLY DIDN’T UNRSTAND THE PROBLEM WH THE ANTI-GAY ‘F-SLUR’ UNTIL RECENTLY. HERE’S A LSON.

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MATT DAMON ADDRS MENTS ABOUT GAY ACTORS

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

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MATT DAMON SUGGTS GAY ACTORS SHOULD STAY THE CLOSET

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MATT DAMON DRAGGED FOR ONLY JT GIVG UP USG ANTI-GAY ‘F-SLUR’

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"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, " he told the Brish newspaper.

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

'Not that guy'Damon had been addrsg mours he and Ben Affleck were gay, which he said surfaced as they tried to get their 1997 Osr-wng film Good Will Huntg ma.