Matt Damon's spouse of 20 years initially had eyes for his finest pal.

Whereas making the rounds for The Rip together with his longtime pal and collaborator Ben Affleck, Damon made a startling revelation. Lengthy earlier than he married spouse Luciana Barroso, she watched Good Will Searching and walked away with a crush on the improper actor.

"That is f—ing fully true,” Damon started throughout a Jan. 12 go to to The Howard Stern Present. "After we’d been collectively for in all probability a couple of months, I believe I met her finest pal from highschool and it got here out that the 2 of them went and noticed Good Will Searching collectively and her finest pal thought I used to be the lovable one and [Luciana] thought Ben was the lovable one."

Damon continued, "So she admitted to me. I’m like, ‘You bought the improper one?!’ She advised me that 23 years in the past."

Clearly amused, Stern joked that one thing like that "stays with you" and Damon agreed, quipping, "Nicely, I keep in mind it now, Howard.”

Affleck jumped in, declaring that he has since labored with Barroso many instances over time. She most lately served as a producer on their Netflix conspiracy thriller, The Rip.

"She’s an ideal producer and a extremely good pal," he shared. "And I by no means received that vibe from her. So I believe one thing I did in actual life rubbed it off.”

Damon laughed, including, "Lastly she met him and all that went away."

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When Stern joked that it might be "devastating" if Barroso "left" Damon and "ran off with Ben," the actor wholeheartedly agreed.

"If my two favourite individuals simply exited my life?" repeated The Odyssey star. "Yeah, that might suck."

Damon's partnership with Affleck has lasted almost their total lives. The Cambridge, Mass.-bred duo met at eight and 10, rising up blocks other than each other and bonding over their shared need to interrupt into Hollywood. Collectively they had been the writers and stars of 1997’s Good Will Searching, which earned them an Academy Award for Greatest Unique Screenplay.

Damon's relationship with Barroso started 5 years later, in 2002, after they crossed paths in Miami whereas he was filming Caught on You. They tied the knot inside two years and have since welcomed three daughters: Isabella, 19, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15. Damon is stepfather to Barroso's 25-year-old daughter Alexia from a earlier relationship.

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Throughout their dialog with Stern, Affleck famous that he's had the pleasure of with the ability to "witness lots of stunning, pretty issues" from the couple "alongside the best way" of their 20-year relationship.

He added, "It’s a extremely attractive marriage and friendship and two individuals who after they’re aside and unbiased of each other are each other’s companion. I didn't see the primary day, however I’ve a sense it's improved."

Watch Damon and Affleck snicker off his spouse's previous crush within the clip above.

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