August 04, 2021 published at 7:02 AMBang US actor and co-founder of water.org Matt Damon attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 17, 2017. Reuters Matt Damon has said he "stands with the LGBTQ+ community" after backlash over his comments about using a homophobic slur. The 50-year-old actor recently revealed his daughter called him out for using the word "f*****" and explained why it is so "dangerous", and now he has insisted he does not "use slurs of any kind". Now, he said in a lengthy statement to 'Entertainment Tonight': "I have never called anyone 'f*****' in my personal life and this conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening.