Matt Damon Apologizes for Sexual Harassment Comments
Matt Damon
Matt Damon  has apologized for  his  comments about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement  which drew a slew of well-deserved controversy when  he  waded into the debate last month.
âI really wish Iâd listened a lot more before I weighed in on this â  Damon  admitted during an interview on TODAY. âI donât want to further anybodyâs pain with anything that I do or say. So for that I am really sorry. A lot of those women are my dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what theyâre doing and want to be a part of that change...but I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.â
During an ABC News interview in December   Damon  pointed out that sexual misconduct encompasses "a spectrum of behavior " and made the revolutionary observation that there is "a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation."
While  he  acknowledged that both types of behavior "need to be confronted and eradicated without question  they shouldn't be conflated." In a separate interview with Business Insider   Damon  also noted "one thing that's not being talked about is there are a whole shitload of guysâthe preponderance of men I've worked withâwho don't do this kind of thing and whose lives aren't going to be affected." Because our real priority here should be celebrating the brave men who manage not to sexually abuse women.
Following  Damon 's comments  a number of peopleâincluding  Damon 's former co-star and ex-girlfriend Minnie Driverâsharply criticized  him  for failing to recognize that even "minor" incidents of harassment are symptomatic of a much bigger problem. "It's the micro that makes the macro " actress Alyssa Milano wrote in an open letter to Damon on Twitter. "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  acceptedâeven welcomedâmisogyny."
 [TGT] has apologized for   [TGT]   comments about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement  which drew a slew of well-deserved controversy when   [TGT]   waded into the debate last month.
âI really wish Iâd listened a lot more before I weighed in on this â   [TGT] admitted during an interview on TODAY. âI  [TGT]  want to further anybodyâs pain with anything that I do or say. So for that I am really sorry. A lot of those women are my dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what theyâre doing and want to be a part of that change...but I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.â
During an ABC News interview in December   Damon  pointed out that sexual misconduct encompasses "a spectrum of behavior " and made the revolutionary observation that there is "a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation."
While  he  acknowledged that both types of behavior "need to be confronted and eradicated without question  they shouldn't be conflated." In a separate interview with Business Insider   Damon  also noted "one thing that's not being talked about is there are a whole shitload of guysâthe preponderance of men I've worked withâwho don't do this kind of thing and whose lives aren't going to be affected." Because our real priority here should be celebrating the brave men who manage not to sexually abuse women.
Following  Damon 's comments  a number of peopleâincluding  Damon 's former co-star and ex-girlfriend Minnie Driverâsharply criticized  him  for failing to recognize that even "minor" incidents of harassment are symptomatic of a much bigger problem. "It's the micro that makes the macro " actress Alyssa Milano wrote in an open letter to Damon on Twitter. "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  acceptedâeven welcomedâmisogyny."