Actor
Matt
Damon
recently
revealed
in
an
interview
with
the
Sunday
Times
that
he
had
stopped
using
the
'f-slur'
after
he
learnt
that
it
is
offensive
and
homophobic
from
his
daughter.
The
actor
had
added
that
the
term
was
frequently
used
when
he
was
a
kid
but
with
a
different
application.
Matt
said
to
the
publication,
"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!'
She
went
to
her
room
and
wrote
a
very
long,
beautiful
treatise
on
how
that
word
is
dangerous.
I
said,
'I
retire
the
f-slur!'
I
understood."
However,
his
statement
earned
him
criticisms
from
netizens.
They
took
to
Twitter
to
lash
out
at
Matt
Damon
for
not
knowing
the
gravity
of
the
word
from
beforehand
and
only
having
the
revelation
from
his
daughter.
One
user
wrote,
"So
Matt
Damon
just
figured
out
"months
ago",
by
way
of
a
"treatise"
from
a
child,
that
he's
not
supposed
to
say
the
word
f*ggot.
Months
ago.
Months
ago."
While
another
Twitter
user
stated,
"The
fact
that
Matt
Damon's
daughter
had
to
explain
to
him
that
saying
a
slur
is
wrong
is
insane."
One
of
the
users
said
that
she
lost
respect
for
The
Adjustment
Bureau
actor
for
two
reasons.
She
elaborated
stating,
"I've
lost
some
respect
for
Matt
Damon
for
two
reasons:
1.
Being
a
51-year-old
Harvard-educated
person
who
only
realized
using
homophobic
slurs
was
a
bad
thing
*months*
ago;
and
2.
Being
foolish
enough
to
think
that
was
a
cute
story
he
should
share
with
the
world." One
user
said,
"This
news
bit
about
Matt
Damon
only
recently
deciding
to
stop
saying
"fa**ot"
after
his
daughter
wrote
him
a
"treatise"
on
it
just
makes
me
sad.
Geez."
Earlier
Matt
Damon
was
also
criticised
for
his
statement
after
the
sexual
misconduct
allegations
against
Harvey
Weinstein
in
the
year
2017.
The
We
Bought
A
Zoo
actor
had
said,
"As
the
father
of
four
daughters,
this
is
the
kind
of
sexual
predation
that
keeps
me
up
at
night."
Netizens
had
lashed
out
at
Damon
by
saying
that
every
individual
should
be
rattled
by
news
of
grave
sexual
misconduct
and
not
just
fathers
of
daughters.