Matt Damon is an exceptional star with several notable and iconic movies to his name in Hollywood. Despite being a great actor, it seems that he wasn’t a very good person. Although Damon’s love life hasn’t been the talk of the town, it doesn’t mean it’s not controversial at all.
Announcing on live television that he was single while his then-girlfriend had no idea, Damon was criticized by some for his actions while others alleged that he did it by breaking under pressure. Either way, Damon broke up with his girlfriend on live television and it wasn’t a very good way to end their relationship too!
When Matt Damon Broke Up With His Girlfriend On Live Television!
It’s every day that Hollywood couples often end up breaking each other’s hearts. It’s not an everyday event, however, when an actor announces his breakup on live television without his partner even knowing about the decision!
Well, that’s what happened between Matt Damon and his partner Minnie Driver. In what seemed to be a power move but also not good for Damon, the actor appeared in an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show. During the shooting of the interview, Driver and Damon had been dating for more than a year and people were well aware of their romance.
For reasons unknown, Oprah Winfrey asked The Martian actor about his relationship status. Without missing a beat, the actor simply stated that he was single at the moment. The harrowing thing was that his then-girlfriend Minnie Driver wasn’t aware of this decision and she too found out about the breakup when she saw Damon on live television. The effects of this breakup were quite devastating but Minnie Driver managed to hold herself up somewhat.
Minnie Driver Cannot Forgive Matt Damon
As soon as Damon announced the breakup on live television, reporters and news outlets were all over the couple for some stories. Minnie Driver got the worst of the situation since she essentially got dumped and the world wanted desperately to know why. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actress had nothing much to say about the whole ordeal except her anger.
“It’s unfortunate that Matt went on Oprah. It seemed like a good forum for him to announce to the world that we were no longer together, which I found fantastically inappropriate. Of course, he was busy declaring his love for me on David Letterman a month previously.”
Matt Damon later on went to marry Luciana Barroso in 2005 and they both have been happily married since. As for Minnie Driver, the actress’ current partner is American filmmaker Addison O’Dea and the two seem to be doing great too.
Source: The Oprah Winfrey Show (via Yahoo!)
