Matt Damon's wife admits she initially thought Ben Affleck was 'cute'

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Matt Damon has revealed that his wife of 20 years, Luciana Barroso, admitted to having a crush on his best friend before they even met.

A few months into their relationship, Barroso told her now-husband that she had originally thought of Ben Affleck, who co-starred with Damon in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, The cutest of the pair.

“I met her best friend from high school and the two of them ended up going to see goodwill hunting Together,” Damon, 55, said Monday in a the howard stern show. “Her best friend thinks I’m the cutest. She also thinks Ben is the cutest.”

He continued, “So she admitted it to me. I said, ‘You admitted it?!'” She told me that 23 years ago. “

Affleck later pointed to Barroso as a producer on the pair’s new filmtearsaid: “She’s a great producer and a really good friend. Yeah, I’ve never gotten this vibe from her.”

Matt Damon's wife Luciana Barroso admits she initially thought Ben Affleck was 'cute' after watching Good Will Hunting — Matt Damon’s wife Luciana Barroso admits she initially thought Ben Affleck was ‘cute’ after watching Good Will Hunting (Getty)

Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso have been married for 20 years and have four daughters (Getty Images)

this lost lover “So I think some of the things I’ve done in real life take that away,” the 53-year-old actor joked as Stern and Damon laughed.

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Stern said it would be “devastating” if Barroso left Damon to be with Affleck, to which Damon responded: “What if two of my favorite people just quit my life? Yeah, that would be terrible.”

Barroso and Damon met in 2003 while Damon was filming a movie stick to you Barroso was working as a bartender in Miami. The couple married in 2005 and have four children Together: Alexia, 26, Barroso’s daughter from a previous relationship, along with Isabella, 19, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15.

Affleck told Stern about his best friend’s relationship: “It was a really wonderful marriage and friendship where two people, when they were apart and independent of each other, were each other’s companions.”

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were interviewed on Howard Stern's radio show on Monday — Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were interviewed on Howard Stern’s radio show on Monday (Getty Images for SiriusXM)

He then joked that he should ask Barroso for her high school best friend’s phone number, but Damon broke the news that she’s married now. Affleck jokingly replied: “The story of my life.”

Affleck has three children Ex-wife Jennifer Garnerwhom he was married to from 2005 to 2018. He tied the knot with Jennifer Lopez in 2022, but the former couple had an on-again, off-again relationship. finalized their divorce 2024.

Damon and Affleck share everything bank account arrive Academy Awards throughout their decades-long friendship. They won their first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Good Will Hunting, It also won the late actor Robin williams He won the award for Best Supporting Actor.