Boston Bond: The Fact About Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Profitable Friendship

After their very own stumbles (well-meaning however insensitive remarks from Damon, in addition to suspicion that he had helped kill a narrative years in the past; embarrassing previous video of Affleck seemingly groping Hilarie Burton on TRL in 2003) within the aftermath of the slew of sexual assault and harassment allegations laid out towards Weinstein, adopted by dozens of different distinguished males, beginning in October 2017, Affleck and Damon tried to make it clear that they wished to be a part of the answer as Hollywood strikes ahead as a extra equitable, inclusive, secure place to work. 

“We all know these items goes on on the planet. I did 5 or 6 motion pictures with Harvey. I by no means noticed this,” Damon informed Deadline. “I feel a whole lot of actors have come out and stated, ‘Everyone’s saying all of us knew.’ That is not true. This kind of predation occurs behind closed doorways, and out of public view. If there was ever an occasion that I used to be at and Harvey was doing this type of factor and I did not see it, then I’m so deeply sorry, as a result of I might have stopped it.”

Affleck stated on The Late Present With Stephen Colbert that listening to about Weinstein’s “horrible crimes” did have an effect on how he felt in regards to the motion pictures they’d made collectively. “It form of tainted that a bit bit to appreciate whereas we have been having these experiences and making these motion pictures, there have been individuals who have been struggling and coping with terrible experiences,” the actor stated. “I did not actually know what to do with that, ? It is laborious to know.” 

He stated he’d be donating residuals from his Miramax movies to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest Nationwide Community) and Movie Impartial.

In the end, Affleck added, “I believed I had a way of the scope of the issue and I believed I understood it, and the reality is I actually did not.”

Then, that December, Damon’s dad, Kent, died after a protracted bout with most cancers, and whereas Damon was devastated, his father’s loss of life hit Affleck actually laborious too. 

“The man is sort of a brother to me and there are ups and downs in life,” Damon shared with Folks in March 2018 at a Water.org occasion in New York. “It was a nasty 12 months for him, too. He was very, very near my father, that they had an awesome relationship. Cherished one another loads. So final 12 months was no actual picnic for him both.”

That summer season, Affleck returned to rehab for 40 days, after which he continued with outpatient therapy and the endless efforts that go into the method of staying sober, his assist system—Garner, his youngsters, his mother and father, brother Casey and greatest buddy Matt—intact from years previous.