I wish I could cancel Matt Damon. It s outrageous to joke about hateful gay slurs in 2021.
As long as anti-gay smears aren t met with condemnation and repercussions, we send the message that LGBT people don t deserve respect and equality.
Michael J. Stern
Opinion columnist
If I had the unilateral authority to “cancel” people – anointing them pariahs that are banished to the dustbin of popular culture – my list would include the usual suspects: Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, Kevin McCarthy and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. As of Sunday, I’d add another name to that list: Matt Damon.
On a promotional tour hawking his new movie “Stillwater,” Damon sat down with the Sunday Times of London for a wide-ranging interview. The interview first came to my attention in a series of tweets that alleged Damon had admitted referring to gay men using a homophobic slur.
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