<p>After thoroughly sabotaging his public image by his response to the Weinstein allegations and his criticizing certain aspects of the #MeToo movement, Matt Damon is now promising to take a #Backseat and keep his mouth closed for a while.</p>
<p>In an appearance on &#8220;Today,&#8221; Damon said that he spoke out of turn regarding #MeToo and now just wants to listen.</p>
<p>“I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this,” Damon said on Tuesday. “I don’t want to further anybody’s pain with anything that I do or say. So for that I am really sorry.”</p>
<p>Being a longtime friend of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, Damon took a serious hit to his credibility after The New York Times alleged the famed producer preyed on industry actresses for years. Though Damon denied having knowledge of Weinstein&#8217;s crimes, he did admit to knowing tacitly of Weinstein&#8217;s alleged harassment of actress Gwyneth Paltrow.</p>
<p>In December of last year, Damon endured the ire of feminists when he called Al Franken allegedly groping a woman a &#8220;<a href="http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/14/matt-damon-al-franken-harvey-weinstein/">terrible joke</a>&#8221; and that he might be willing to “work with” comedian Louis C.K. following revelations that he masturbated in front of women.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Louis C.K. thing, I don’t know all the details,&#8221; said Damon. &#8220;I don’t do deep dives on this, but I did see his statement, which kind of, which [was] arresting to me. When he came out and said, &#8216;I did this. I did these things. These women are all telling the truth.&#8217; And I just remember thinking, &#8216;Well, that’s the sign of somebody who — well, we can work with that&#8217; … Like, when I’m raising my kids, this constant personal responsibility is as important as anything else they learn before they go off in the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>Damon also spoke of “a spectrum of behavior” regarding sexual harassment, citing the &#8220;difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation.&#8221;</p>
<p>The backlash came swiftly against Damon. Feminists excoriated him on social media and former co-stars publicly denounced him. Just last month, a<a href="https://www.thepetitionsite.com/441/501/676/sexual-harassment-isn%E2%80%99t-a-joke-remove-matt-damon-from-oceans-8/"> petition</a> was launched demanding Damon’s cameo in the upcoming reboot of &#8220;Ocean’s 8&#8221; be removed from the film. It now has close to 28,000 signatures.</p>
<p>Needless to say, Damon got the message. Now, he promises to keep quiet.</p>
<p>“A lot of those women are my dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what they’re doing and want to be a part of that change and want to go along for the ride, but I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while,” he said on &#8220;Today.&#8221;</p>
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