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“#Matt Damon Admits It Was ‘Painful’ Getting Backlash For His ‘Tone-Deaf’ #MeToo Comments!
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\nMatt Damon<\/strong> knows we all make mistakes \u2014 and he\u2019s reflecting on one of his biggest in recent years!<\/p>\n

Back in late 2017, the Good Will Hunting<\/em> star and Harvey Weinstein<\/strong> collaborator sparked major backlash after sharing his \u201ctone-deaf\u201d thoughts on the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment in Hollywood. In an interview with ABC News<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 Popcorn With Peter Travers<\/em>, the 50-year-old said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between\u2026 patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn\u2019t be conflated, right. We\u2019re so energized to kind of get retribution, I think\u2026 [Rape and child molestation are] criminal behavior, and it needs to be dealt with that way. The other stuff is just kind of shameful and gross. I just think that we have to kind of start delineating between what these behaviors are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As you likely know, the comments didn\u2019t sit well with social media<\/a> \u2014 especially since they came just as the Time\u2019s Up movement was picking up steam \u2014 and Damon decided to leave the public eye before issuing an apology a few months later.<\/p>\n

Related: Amanda Knox Condemns Matt For Profiting Off Of Stillwater<\/i>\u00a0Film \u2018That Distorts My Reputation\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s getting candid about the controversy like never before. While speaking with GQ<\/em> for their October 2021 cover story, the actor described the response at the time as \u201cpainful\u201d because he \u201cwas being represented as something that I didn\u2019t feel in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

He mused:<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, we all come into the world and we\u2019re a f**king hot mess, do you know what I mean? And we make mistakes. And even in doing our best we make terrible mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For Damon, however, being called out for this mistake wasn\u2019t easy. He continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to take punches for things\u2026the person that they were saying, \u2018He\u2019s tone-deaf, and he\u2019s\u2026\u2019 you know, I don\u2019t like that guy either. So it\u2019s hard to hear those things about yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately for the actor, a friend advised him to resist the urge to issue a knee-jerk response and defend himself. He explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018Don\u2019t respond. You\u2019d be inclined to say, \u2018But I\u2019m a good person.\u2026\u2019 Don\u2019t do that. Just be quiet for at least a month and just listen. Listen to the objections to what you said. Try to understand why you upset people.\u2019 And that\u2019s what I did. My friend\u2019s advice was great in the sense of not getting in a defensive crouch \u2014 because that was my inclination, and you can\u2019t hear anything in a defensive crouch \u2014 and as painful as it is, the only way forward is to really try to understand what you\u2019ve done and really reflect on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Like most celeb-involved controversies, the response to Damon\u2019s comments took shape in the form of Twitter<\/strong> mania and critical think pieces. The New England native confessed that he thought the Twiticism was \u201cnonsense,\u201d sharing:<\/p>\n

\u201c95 percent of the stuff was entirely unhelpful, it was just Twitter-bashing stuff, which did put me in a defensive crouch, because you just go, \u2018That\u2019s nonsense.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But the articles did help him have a lightbulb moment. He added:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were articles written about things that I said, about centering a man in a sexual assault situation. And I go, \u2018Wow, I did do that. I thought of it entirely from his perspective.\u2019 Like, that\u2019s where my head went. And, \u2018I didn\u2019t think about these women\u2019\u2026 Because I\u2019m trying to relate to the situation, and I relate to the person who has more in common with me. But in so doing, I\u2019m doing damage not only to the people in that scenario but to anybody who\u2019s ever been in that scenario and who feels like, \u2018Oh, here I go again, getting overlooked.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Damon said that, overall, the controversy changed him for the better, noting:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt changed the way that I look at some of these things. It makes me hopefully more aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Not aware enough to share that weirdly candid f-slur story days after he met with the GQ<\/em> journalist who gave this interview \u2014 which Damon \u201cdeclined\u201d to comment on \u2014 but, hey, baby steps!) Elsewhere in the interview, the Jason Bourne<\/em> star brought up the #MeToo comment controversy again when asked if he ever felt like he was \u201cmisunderstood.\u201d He shared:<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I was being represented as something that I didn\u2019t feel in my heart. And the media, it\u2019s so powerful \u2014 like, that fire hose of attention is overwhelming, no matter what. Even when it\u2019s good, it\u2019s really overwhelming. Some people love it, and you can see that they\u2019re looking for it and they need it, constantly trying to get more of it. I\u2019m not passing any judgment on that, I\u2019m just not that way. Some people love a bright light on them. I\u2019ve never been that person. I always really wanted to work. I really wanted to work. But not the other part.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whether Matt likes it or not, being in the public eye comes with the job of a movie star \u2014 so we hope he continues to think before he speaks when discussing sensitive issues!<\/p>\n

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