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Matt Damon Says He Stopped Using “F-Slur” After Daughter Wrote “Treatise on How That Word Is Dangerous”

Matt Damon Says He Stopped Using “F-Slur” After Daughter Wrote “Treatise on How That Word Is Dangerous”

BY HILARY LEWIS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The actor said the incident took place after he made a joke "months ago," and recalls how the offensive term for gay people "was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application." Matt Damon has revealed that he stopped using what his daughter calls the “f-slur for a homosexual,” after a recent joke from the actor prompted his daughter to write “a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous.” In an interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times published today, Damon recalls how the offensive term for gay people was “commonly…
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Matt Damon Talks Co-Writing ‘The Last Duel’ With Ben Affleck Almost 25 Years After ‘Good Will Hunting’

Matt Damon Talks Co-Writing ‘The Last Duel’ With Ben Affleck Almost 25 Years After ‘Good Will Hunting’

BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Their upcoming film, directed by Ridley Scott, is just the second time the actors have teamed to write a script since their work on the 1997 movie that earned Damon and Affleck an Oscar for best original screenplay. Matt Damon is sharing details around how he wrote The Last Duel alongside his friend and fellow actor Ben Affleck, the first time the two have written together since their Oscar-winning work on Good Will Hunting. While appearing on The Tonight Show Friday night, the writer, actor and producer briefly spoke about how he and Affleck had come back together to…
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