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Matt Damon says he has never personally used same-sex attracted slur
Actor Matt Damon has insisted he has never used a gay slur "in my personal life" after being criticised for saying he'd only recently "retired" the word.
The Hollywood star told The Sunday Times his daughter had rebuked him for using what she called the "f-slur for a homosexual" in a joke "months ago".
In a follow-up expression, the Oscar winner stressed that he had never used the insult against anyone off screen.
"This conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening," he said.
"I do not use slurs of any kind."
'That word is dangerous'
Damon sparked anger for the original interview, in which he told an anecdote suggesting he had used the word until recently.
He told the newspaper it "was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application".
He continued: "I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table. I said, 'Come on, that's a joke! I say it in the movie Stuck on You!'
"She went to her room and wrote a very long, bea
Matt Damon's daughter stopped him using a gay slur
Actor Matt Damon says he only recently stopped using the homophobic "f-slur for a homosexual" after his daughter explained it was unacceptable.
Damon told The Sunday Times she had written him "a very long, gorgeous treatise on how that word is dangerous", after he used it in a joke.
He said the derogatory word for gay men "was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application".
"She left the table," the star recalled about the family disagreement.
"I said, 'Come on, that's a joke! I state it in the movie Stuck on You!'
"She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is hazardous. I said, 'I retire the f-slur!' I understood."
'Insulation and isolation'
American comedian, star and writer Travon Free suggested online that Damon's realisation came a short-lived too late.
"So Matt Damon just figured out 'months ago', by way of a 'treatise' from a child, that he's not supposed to say the [F-]word," posted the writer, who
Matt Damon Clarifies Comments About Actors' Sexuality
— -- On a pre-taped show set to air today, Matt Damon clarified comments he had made previously about actors and their sexuality.
"I was just trying to say actors are more effective when they’re a mystery, right?” he told Ellen DeGeneres about having previously said actors shouldn't divulge their sexuality in the media. "And somebody picked it up and said I said gay actors should get back in the closet. Which is like, I signify it’s stupid, but it is painful when things get said that you don’t believe. You know what I mean? And then it gets represented that that’s what you believe.”
Damon had spoken honestly to the Guardian about past gay rumors he and Ben Affleck faced when they first started acting in Hollywood, referring specifically to their film "Good Will Hunting."
The veteran actor, 44, was promoting his new movie, "The Martian," and told The Guardian in an interview that ran on Monday that "When Ben and I first came on the scene there were rumors that we were gay because it was two guys who wrote a script together."
Damon, who supports queer marriage, added
"Leave Matt Damon alone!"
That was my recurring thought as I saw the unfolding furor over Matt Damon's recent interview with the Times in which the actor admitted he'd only recently stopped using a slur to refer to gay people.
"The pos that my daughter calls the 'f-slur for a homosexual' was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application," the actor said, explaining that he recently made a joke using the slur. His daughter, incensed, wrote a lengthy "treatise" (Matt's word) on why the word is offensive. After reading it, Damon told his daughter he would commit to "retire the f-slur!"
Twitter immediately exploded in condemnation. The tweetswere fast and furious: "If Matt Damon's using homophobic slurs at the dinner table in 2021, you can't inform me he's not using racist slurs too." "holy god Matt Damon is dumb." "Matt Damon's daughter has inspired me to interrupt using the expression Masshole Douche Canoe. Never too tardy for personal growth." "SUPER-annoyed with all of the folks bemoaning the "twitter mob" criticizing Matt Damon. There has been no actual call for a boycott or any notable attempt to "cancel" him. It's okay to ring a rich asshole an asshole. He'll be fine."