He may be a Hollywood A-lister, but even Matt Damon isn’t safe from the mockery of his teenage children.
The actor, 55, was joined by his stunning wife Luciana and their four daughters Alexia, 25, Isabella, 19, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, at the premiere on his new film The Rip on Tuesday in New York City.
While his co-star and longtime best pal Ben Affleck was also by his side, with the famous duo posing for several snaps together, under the watchful eye of his kids.
But while both men looked as handsome as ever in their coordinated tailored suits, Matt’s body posture drew ridicule from daughter Gia.
In a video shared by Entertainment Tonight on X, the 17-year-old didn’t hesitate to poke fun at her famous father’s awkward pose as he walked back over to them.
She immediately asked: ‘Why are you standing like this?’ before imitating his position by hunching forward and dramatically flaring her arms out to the sides.
Matt Damon was joined by his stunning wife Luciana and their four daughters Alexia, 25, Isabella, 19, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, at the premiere on his new film The Rip on Tuesday in New York City (L-R Luciana, Isabella, Matt, Stella, Gia)
While his co-star and longtime best pal Ben Affleck was also by his side, with the famous duo posing for several snaps together, under the watchful eye of his kids
But Matt’s body posture drew ridicule from daughter Gia, who imitated him by hunching forward and dramatically flaring her arms out to the sides as she asked ‘Why are you standing like this?’
But, Matt appeared far from chagrined by his daughter’s teasing as he burst into laughter and copied her exaggerated impression of him.
Ben, 53, later gushed over what a wonderful dad his pal was as he opened up on their decades-long friendship to Us Weekly on the red carpet.
He said: ‘I keep relearning things about Matt that I already knew and I forget them. Honestly, I am continuously reminded of what a great father he is and what a fabulous actor he is.’
The Argo star added that it was ‘fun’ getting to go through their career journeys side-by-side, saying: ‘You’re really lucky if you can do this for a living. And you’re exceptionally lucky if you can do it with people you love and care about.’
The pair’s latest project together, The Rip, follows a group of Miami cops who stumble upon a multi-million cash haul, sparking distrust and paranoia amongst them.
Ben plays Detective Sergeant JD Byrne while Matt stars as Lieutenant Dane Dumars in the Netflix cop drama, with Teyana Taylor joining the cast of the film, fresh off her Golden Globes win on Sunday.
It comes after Matt revealed that his wife Luciana, 49, had originally thought that Ben was ‘the cute one’ out of the two of them, before they crossed paths.
The couple first met at a Miami bar in 2003 while the actor was filming Stuck On You, and went on to tie the knot three years later, with Matt becoming stepfather to her daughter Alexia, and going on to welcome Isabella, Gia and Stella together.
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Ben, 53, later gushed over what a wonderful dad his pal was as he opened up on their decades-long friendship to Us Weekly on the red carpet (Matt with Alexia, Isabella and Luciana)
However, a few months into their relationship, the The Martian star learned that when Luciana had first seen his and Ben’s star-making film, Good Will Hunting, she had actually been attracted more to his BFF.
Appearing on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show on Monday with Ben, Matt recalled: ‘This is f****** completely true.
‘After we’d been together for a little while, probably a few months, she admitted that – I think I met her best friend from high school, and it came out that the two of them went and saw Good Will Hunting together, and her best friend thought I was the cute one, and she thought Ben was the cute one.
‘So she admitted to me… I’m like, “You got the wrong one?” She told me that 23 years ago.’
When asked if hearing something like that ‘stays with you’ over the years, Matt pointed out the trio now work together often as his wife is a producer on The Rip and Ben’s next directorial project, Animals.
He said: ‘She’s a great producer and a really good friend, and yeah, I never got that vibe from her. So I think something I did in real life rubbed it off.’
‘Finally she met him and all that went away,’ he quipped.
Matt and Ben were the writers and stars of the 1997 hit movie, a film that earned them Oscars for best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Robin Williams.
It comes after Matt revealed that his wife Luciana, 49, had originally thought that Ben was ‘the cute one’ out of the two of them, before they crossed paths (seen in Good Will Hunting)
During Matt and Ben’s latest interview, the Oscar-winning duo also reflected on the unusual way they rose to fame together in their mid-twenties.
‘Your evolution gets kind of stunted at the moment you become famous because the world treats you differently,’ Matt explained.
‘I think we were lucky in that we were 25 and 27, so we had a handful of years under our belt where we would walk into a room and not turn any heads.’
The two finished the thought in unison, bluntly adding, ‘And nobody gave a s**t’.
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