Wednesday was an extremely special day forMatt Damon— for more reasons than one!
OnThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, theOscarwinner revealed that it was 20 years ago, to the day, that he met wifeLuciana Barroso Damon.
And as he was promoting his new filmAir, Damon, 52, couldn’t help but call out a coincidental connection to the film’s subject,Michael Jordan.
“It’s really weird. The movieAiris opening today, and we realized that Michael Jordan wore two numbers in his career, 45 and 23, and the date is 4/5/23,” he told hostJimmy Fallon. “Isn’t the crazy?”
“But much more importantly, it’s20 years since I met Lucy,” Damon added with a laugh.
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Matt Damon and Jimmy Fallon.Todd Owyoung/NBC
Damon and his wifebegan dating in 2003when they met in Miami Beach, Florida, while Damon was filming the comedyStuck on You.Lucy and her daughter Alexia were at his side throughout the European shoot of his movieOcean’s Twelve. Damon and Lucy, 46,tied the knot in a private ceremonyin New York City in December 2005.
In 2018, Lucy, who wasborn in Argentinaandspeaks fluent Spanish, shared withVogue Australiathat one of the traits Damon admired about her when they first met was that she was a mom.
Lucy continued, “He said, ‘I love that you’re a mom and that’s your priority.’ Some guys might have been different, they might think it’s complicated, but for him it wasn’t.”
“When you meet somebody that you have a connection with, that’s just the person that you have a connection with. All the other stuff — the movie-star part — wasn’t really a factor,” she added. “To me, he’s just Matt.”
Matt Damon and wife Lucy.Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
TheBourne Identitystar smiled and laughed as he posed next to daughterGia, 14, who wore a black floral dress with layered necklaces and her hair back for the event. Next to her was Stella, 12, who wore a black corset-style long-sleeved top paired with a silky black floral skirt.
Isabella, 16, sported a gray floral V-neck dress with black lace trim as she smiled in between her sister and mom. Lucy looked chic in a black long-sleeved midi dress with an asymmetrical hem.
Absent from the event was Lucy’s daughter from a previous relationship, 24-year-old Alexia.
Airis in theaters now.
source: people.com
