{"id":337935,"date":"2021-09-09T18:52:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/internet-sleuths-discover-matt-damons-secret-instagram\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T18:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T15:52:29","slug":"internet-sleuths-discover-matt-damons-secret-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/internet-sleuths-discover-matt-damons-secret-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"#Internet sleuths discover Matt Damon&#8217;s secret Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Internet sleuths discover Matt Damon&#8217;s secret Instagram<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cJason Bourne\u201d actor may have unwittingly blown the lid on his undercover online identity. <\/p>\n<p>Internet sleuths think they\u2019ve proved that Matt Damon may not be as stealthy as he thought after reportedly discovering the 50-year-old Oscar winner\u2019s \u201csecret\u201d Instagram account \u2014 im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after he announced its existence. <\/p>\n<p>The online caper was set in motion after the \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d star revealed in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/matt-damon-october-cover-profile\">an in-depth GQ interview<\/a> published Wednesday that he ran a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/odamnmatt\/?hl=en\">\u201cvery private Instagram account.\u201d<\/a> However, due to his highly publicized aversion to social media, Damon said he only used his incognito Insta-profile \u2014 otherwise known as a \u201cFinsta\u201d among younger internet users \u2014 to see his friends\u2019 kids growing up around the world, and only occasionally to share a post of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Like burying a beeper beneath a mountain, \u201cThe Departed\u201d actor did provide a few digital breadcrumbs for social media Sherlocks to follow. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Matt Damon apparently has a secret Instagram account - and social media sleuths think they've found it.\" class=\"wp-image-19396087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Matt Damon <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently has a secret Instagram account \u2013 and social media sleuths think they\u2019ve found it.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have 76 followers and I\u2019ve done 40 posts since 2013,\u201d explained the social media chameleon, before showing interviewer Chris Heath an Insta-pic of his 15-year-old daughter Isabella brandishing two middle fingers. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta-53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Social media sleuths were tipped off by the fact that the finstagram account's name was a blatant anagram for &quot;Matt Damon&quot; and that the follower and post counts aligned with what the actor mentioned in the GQ interview. Not to mention that it was followed by several verified celebrities.\" class=\"wp-image-19396086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta-53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1534 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta-53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta-53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Social media sleuths were tipped off by the fact that the finstagram account\u2019s name was a blatant anagram for \u201cMatt Damon\u201d and that the follower and post counts aligned with what the actor mentioned in the GQ interview. Not to mention that it was followed by several verified celebrities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for Twitter detectives to announce they\u2019d cracked the case.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201ci found matt damon\u2019s finsta and honestly it shouldn\u2019t have taken an hour,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoe_alliyah\/status\/1435618308745834509\">tweeted one such inspector<\/a>, along <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoe_alliyah\/status\/1435625909575458822\">with a screenshot of a profile<\/a> whose name features a none-too-cleverly concealed anagram for \u201cMatt Damon.\u201d Not to mention that the follower and post counts were exactly what the movie star mentioned in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Social media was also tipped off by the fact that the \u201cFord vs. Ferrari\u201d actor\u2019s purported finstagram is followed by multiple verified celebrities including actors Chris Hemsworth and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hannahmusicale\/status\/1435628245689323523\">Pedro Pascal <\/a>as well as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_beanatron_\/status\/1435641181518581761\">photographer and documentary director Sam Jones<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s just say that if this is indeed the right handle, Damon\u2019s digital disguise wasn\u2019t exactly \u201cTalented Mr. Ripley\u201d-esque. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Damon\u2019s not the first public figure to attempt to go undercover on social media. Other notable Gram-ouflage artists include former <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/barack-obama-finsta-instagram_n_5f63019ac5b618455866baf8\">President Barack Obama<\/a>, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (Twitter\u2019s \u201cPierre Delecto\u201d) as well as disgraced \u201cSocial Network\u201d star and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/15\/inside-armie-hammers-alleged-secret-instagram\/\">alleged cannibal Armie Hammer<\/a>, on which he posted apparently shameful pics of his alleged <em>sex<\/em>ploits. <\/p>\n<p>Reps for Damon did not respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment about the covert account.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Internet sleuths think they\u2019ve proved that Matt Damon may not be as stealthy as he thought after reportedly discovering the 50-year-old Oscar winner\u2019s \u201csecret\u201d Instagram account \u2014 immediately after he announced its existence&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/matt-damon-finsta.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[115671,71769,33423,24161,5034],"class_list":["post-337935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9-9-21","tag-celebrities","tag-instagram","tag-matt-damon","tag-social-media-fails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}