The Problematic Matt Damon: Gay Actors Should Try Acting Straight, If They Want to Prove They're Really Actors

Everything's a Problem awards him three pinch-faced Problematics, which seems low to me.

He thinks attitudes are changing, and welcomes the introduction of same-sex marriage in California in 2008. "I think it must be really hard for actors to be out publicly," he continues. "But in terms of actors, I think you’re a better actor the less people know about you period. And sexuality is a huge part of that. Whether you’re straight or gay, people shouldn’t know anything about your sexuality because that’s one of the mysteries that you should be able to play."

Actually, Everything's a Problem (a parody of an SJW tumbr site run by Sonny Bunch) is trying to hint, while staying "in character," that Damon may mostly be talking about his own choice to keep his private life private, or about the general annoyance of having to deny gay rumors about himself.

That is to say, faced with an area of questioning he found to be uncomfortable, he just sort of mumbled something off the cuff that was intended to be incoherently deflective and which doesn't necessarily reflect his well-thought out beliefs (if such a thing exists).

But of course the Social Justice Media pounced, as you can see from the thirty six million denunciations of Matt Damon that any "matt damon gay" google search will disclose.

posted by Ace at 08:06 PM

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