During a recent interview with ABC News, Matt Damon discussed the mounting charges of sexual misconduct from powerful men in Hollywood and the #MeToo movement. And his comments were tone deaf at best.
"There's a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right?" Damon in the interview with Peter Travers. "Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn't be conflated, right?"
Damon went on to comment on Louis C.K., saying that he thinks the comedian can work again and come back from his scandal.
"I don't imagine he's going to do those things again," he said of C.K. "You know what I mean? I imagine the price that he's paid at this point is so beyond anything that he—I just think that we have to kind of start delineating between what these behaviors are."
His comments sparked outrage from fans and fellow celebrities alike. Alyssa Milano addressed Damon personally in a series of tweets in which she schooled the actor on rape culture.
Dear Matt Damon,It’s the micro that makes the macro.(Thread)December 16, 2017
We are in a “culture of outrage” because the magnitude of rage is, in fact, overtly outrageous. And it is righteous.December 16, 2017
I have been a victim of each component of the sexual assault spectrum of which you speak. They all hurt. And they are all connected to a patriarchy intertwined with normalized, accepted--even welcomed-- misogyny.December 16, 2017
We are not outraged because someone grabbed our asses in a picture. We are outraged because we were made to feel this was normal. We are outraged because we have been gaslighted. We are outraged because we were silenced for so long.December 16, 2017
There are different stages of cancer. Some more treatable than others. But it’s still cancer.December 16, 2017
Sexual harassment, misconduct, assault and violence is a systemic disease. The tumor is being cut out right now with no anesthesia. Please send flowers. #MeTooDecember 16, 2017
Well. Said.
Kayleigh Roberts is the weekend editor at Marie Claire, covering celebrity and entertainment news, from actual royals like Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle to Hollywood royalty, like Katie Holmes and Chrissy Teigen. She’s a Ravenclaw who would do great things in Slytherin. To learn more about her, google “Leslie Knope eating salad GIF.
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