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Why Matt Damon's Comments About Ben Affleck Relationship Upset The LGBTQ+ Community
Summary
- Matt Damon faced backlash from the LBGTQ+ community after comments about his friendship with Ben Affleck, expressing concern about speculation and offensive implications.
- Damon was involved in a public clash on Venture Greenlight, interrupting journalist Effie Brown and causing the hashtag #damonsplaining to trend on Twitter.
- Matt Damon defended himself on The Ellen DeGeneres Demonstrate , blaming internet journalists and clarifying that he believes actors are more successful when they maintain a sense of mystery.
Matt Damon got himself in trouble with the LBGTQ+ community when he made comments about his friendship with Ben Affleck. The Martian actor was discussing the nature of his relationship with Ben Affleck and admitted the rumors they were romantically linked "put us in a weird position of having to answer; you comprehend what I mean?”
The prosperous Hollywood actor admitted he was concerned that people questioning his sexuality would compromise his future career in
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been close since they were kids. Here's a timeline of their decade-spanning friendship.
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s: Affleck and Damon met as kids after their moms introduced them.
According to a Procession interview from , Affleck first met Damon in the early s when they were 8 and 10, respectively. The two lived two blocks away from each other in Cambridge, Massachusetts, loved baseball and acting, and went on to join Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school.
" Before Matt, I was by myself. Acting was a solo activity where I'd just proceed off and undertake something, act in a little TV show or something, and no one understood it. None of the other kids knew what it was I did, how it worked, or anything," Affleck told Pride. "All of a sudden, I had this friend, Matt, and he gets it and wants to do it and thinks it's interesting and wants to talk abou
Theso-called"bromance" between actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck has been a near-endless source of tabloid speculation since they first collaborated on " Good Will Hunting" in
Damon discusses those rumors -- and then some -- in a new interview with Playboy magazine, saying he and Affleck were in "a weird position" with regard to the scrutiny.
"I never denied those rumors because I was offended and didn’t want to offend my friends who were gay -- as if being gay were some kind of f**king diseasethe whole thing was just gross," Damon told the magazine. "But look, there have been excellent signs of progress -- the fact that Anderson Cooper and Ellen DeGeneres can come out so beautifully and powerfully, and it’s a big f**king deal that it turns out nobody gives a shit. If Liberace were alive today, everybody would love his music and nobody would care what he did in his private life."
Still, Damon is set to play male lover in the forthcoming HBO biopic, "Behind The Candelabra," in which he portrays Scott Thorson, the long-term lover of Liberace (Michael Douglas).
"These two men we
The Problematic Way Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Chose Which Studio Got 'Good Will Hunting'
Summary
- The theory that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck used sexually explicit scenes in their Good Will Hunting script to test producers' reading diligence is flawed and reflects toxic masculinity.
- The stigma surrounding homosexuality at the time influenced Damon and Affleck's verdict to include a queer sex scene, and Harvey Weinstein's objection revealed his homophobia.
- Both Damon and Affleck have displayed toxic masculinity in their past actions and remarks, but the film Good Will Hunting offers a message of growth and breaking free from toxic masculinity.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck started their acting careers in the s. Both were very close in age, and both had momentary roles in ’s Field of Dreams followed by a few more shared clip credits after that. They soon began working together on a script for Good Will Hunting and, when they were ready to pitch the production to studios, they began to have doubts. The producers at Castle Rock Entertainment work