Matt Damon Denies Using Homophobic Slur

Matt Damon has issued a statement denying he has ever called anyone the homophobic ‘f-slur’ in his “personal life”.

The actors statement comes after he revealed in a recent interview with The Sunday Times, that he had retired using the ‘f-slur’ after his daughter explained to him why it was homophobic.

“The word that my daughter calls the ‘f-slur for a homosexual’ was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application,” Damon said in the interview.

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!’

Now, in a statement to Deadline, Damon has clarified that he has never used the slur in his personal life.

“This conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening. I do not use slurs of any kind,” Damon said.

The actor went on to say that the slur was constantly and casually used in his early days growing up in Boston.

Damon concluded his statement by saying he stands with the LGBTQ+ community and that he can understand why his initial quote “led many to assume the worst.”

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