Current Events > Matt Damon insists he never used the f-slur: I stand with the LGBTQ+ community

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https://variety.com/2021/film/news/matt-damon-addresses-f-slur-1235032441/

Matt Damon is insisting that he has never used the f-slur following backlash from a recent interview. In an article posted by the U.K.s Sunday Times, the Stillwater star was quoted saying he had stopped using the offensive term months ago when his daughter wrote him a treatise on how that word is dangerous. But in a statement to Variety, Damon said that he has never used the word in his personal life and does not use slurs of any kind. He also affirmed that he understands why the interview led many to assume the worst. During a recent interview, I recalled a discussion I had with my daughter where I attempted to contextualize for her the progress that has been made though by no means completed since I was growing up in Boston and, as a child, heard the word *** used on the street before I knew what it even referred to, Damon said in the statement. I explained 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.

I have never called anyone ****** in my personal life and this conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening. I do not use slurs of any kind, Damon continued. I have learned that eradicating prejudice requires active movement toward justice rather than finding passive comfort in imagining myself one of the good guys. And given that open hostility against the LGBTQ+ community is still not uncommon, I understand why my statement led many to assume the worst. To be as clear as I can be, I stand with the LGBTQ+ community. Damon found himself trending on Twitter as the interview was shared online. I want to know what word Matt Damon has replaced ****** with, comedian Billy Eichner tweeted. GLAAD issued a response to Damons statement, writing: The conversations that have arisen after Matt Damons original interview and subsequent remarks today are an important reminder that this word, or any word that aims to disparage and disrespect LGBTQ people, has no place in mainstream media, social media, classrooms, workplaces, and beyond, said Anthony Allen Ramos, GLAADs Head of Talent. There needs to be accountability at a time when anti-LGBTQ slurs remain rampant today and can fuel discrimination and stereotypes, especially when used by those outside of the community to defame or describe LGBTQ people.



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Of course he's used it. Probably not as a slur, but just because it used to be fairly normalised as an insult.

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Matt should just take the L. He dry snitched and got himself cancelled.

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lol he is so, so stupid for this

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"I cant believe i used to use a word, but im bettering myself"

"FUCKING GET HIIIIIIIIIIM"

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Dudes digging his hole deeper.

Just stay off Twitter for a bit.

bnui_ransder posted...

"I cant believe i used to use a word, but im bettering myself"

"FUCKING GET HIIIIIIIIIIM"

You're pretty bad at interpreting things.

Like, really bad.
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One_Day_Remains posted...

You're pretty bad at interpreting things.

Like, really bad.

So what did he do

And what are people doing to him?

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From what I understand he was at the dinner table with his family and referenced a joke from one of his old movies and used the word (not sure if the actual word is used in that movie). His daughter then left the table and later confronted him about using it. He appreciated her calling him out.

CapnMuffin posted...

From what I understand he was at the dinner table with his family and referenced a joke from one of his old movies and used the word (not sure if the actual word is used in that movie). His daughter then left the table and later confronted him about using it. He appreciated her calling him out.

This is essentially what it was. He was saying that it was a common thing where he's from and she explained why it wasn't. That's it lol

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Matt damooon duh herp derp.
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Just like the Liam Neeson shit. No one asked. He could have kept that between family and learned from it as he said he did.

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ChopinList posted...

Matt should just take the L. He dry snitched and got himself cancelled.

He is not gonna get canceled. He came firears with this himseld and apologized.

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