The 50 year old famous Red Alert actor said that he stand with the LGBTQ +community after being backlashed over his comments about using a homophobic slur. Matt Damon has issued a statement clarifying that he does not use any homphobic “f-slur” word in his personal life anymore as it caused a huge controversy over the weekend.
Matt Damon revealed that his daughter recalled him out for using the word “F***” and explained why it is so dangerous and controversial. Matt Damon stated that “that word was used constantly and casually and was even a line of dialogue in a movie of mine as recently as 2003.”
“She in turn expressed incredulity that there could ever have been a time where that word was used unthinkingly.”
“To my admiration and pride, she was extremely articulate about the extent to which that word would have been painful to someone in the LGBTQ+ community regardless of how culturally normalized it was. I not only agreed with her but thrilled at her passion, values and desire for social justice”.
He also stated that “I have never called anyone “f*****” in my personal life and this conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening” and “I do not use slurs of any kind. I have learned that eradicating prejudice requires active movement toward justice rather than finding passive comfort in imagining myself ‘one of the good guys”.
