Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso tied the knot in December 2005 and have been married for 18 years. The actor celebrated the day he met his wife, which was 20 years ago.
Damon and Barroso met at the bar Barroso was working, and they dated for two years before getting married.
The “Good Will Hunting” star and his wife are very private and do not share much about their relationship or family life. However, while promoting the movie “Air,” Damon revealed that he met his wife on April 5, 2003, making 2023 their 20th anniversary since meeting.
Damon, who calls his wife Lucy, also said he and his family have moved from Los Angeles to settle in New York. Barroso and Damon have both spoken out about the day they met, each giving intricate details about it.
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According to the “Stillwater” star, he met Barroso when he was shooting the film “Stuck on You.” The film was shot in Miami, where Damon and his co-stars chose to visit a bar one evening for drinks.
Barroso was a bartender in the bar and Damon saw her across a crowded room. Grateful for that day, Damon said:
“Eight years and four kids later, that’s my life. I don’t know how else our paths would’ve crossed if that didn’t happen.”
Barroso also gave her account of that day, saying Damon had started getting lots of attention in the bar due to his celebrity status. Many people wanted to take pictures with him and get autographs.
However, since it was a bar and some people were drunk, it got kind of aggressive, and Damon went to hide behind the bar where Barroso was serving drinks. Barroso revealed that she put the actor to work, and he started serving drinks too.
Barroso said she and her husband constantly talk about self-esteem and compassion to their kids, hoping that they will adopt these values.
Damon was lucky that he had trained as a bartender for a film years before and knew how to make drinks. So, he helped Barroso, and got tipped a lot as everyone wanted to go and see him. Barroso added:
“So it turned into a really fun night, and then 15 years later, here we are! We definitely had a connection right away, it was so easy to talk to each other, we were very comfortable, and by the end of the night, he invited me to go out with his friends.”...CONTINUE READING