Matt Damon is a loving father of four daughters with his wife Luciana Barroso.
The 54-year-old became a father for the first time in 2003, when he met Luciana while he was working as a bartender in Miami Beach while filming Stuck on You.
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Matt had a “completely different” start to fatherhood, as he was already a mother to four-year-old daughter Alexia when Luciana and ex-husband Albello Barroso got together.
journey to fatherhood
© Getty ImagesMatt began his journey to fatherhood as Alexia’s stepfather
“I jumped into the deep end with Lucy. I mean, Alexia was already 4 years old. I was an extra dad,” Parade told Parade in 2011 about becoming a stepfather to Alexia, now 26. spoke.
Furthermore, he added: “The only way I can explain it is, it may sound silly, but at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, how his heart grows, like five Do you know it’s doubled in size? Everything is filled. Just everything is filled.” “
Matt said of his journey to fatherhood: “It was very different, that’s true. But I can’t imagine my life without taking that path. I can’t imagine what my life would be like now. I want to imagine it.”
Matt and Luciana married in 2005 and have since had daughters Isabella (18), Gia (16) and Stella (13).
“I knew I was going to love being a father and husband. People who were already parents told me, ‘That’s great!'” “That’s great!” But , I don’t think you can understand that until you experience it,” he told the Guardian in March 2012.
girl’s father
© Getty ImagesMatt loves being a father to his girls
Matt said he never thought he would be a father to all girls, but he has learned so much from being a father to them.
“I never expected to be surrounded by girls, but it’s amazing…you never know what direction life is going to take,” he previously told Today.
© Getty ImagesMatt loves being a father to his daughters
“I’m learning a lot of things, but one of the most important things is how smart girls are. We guys acted like we had a chance too, but (young kids) ) and she knew it when it was completely wrapped around her finger.
“If they do that to us when they’re fully grown and two years old, we really don’t stand a chance.”
parenting style
© Getty ImagesMatt learned a lot from his daughters
Matt and Luciana have made a conscious effort to raise their daughters to be interested in the world.
“What you have to raise your children is to show them the world. There are limits to how much you can explain the world,” the actor said in 2008 about involving his daughters in philanthropy. Ta.
“You can read about the devastation every morning – it’s on the front page of the newspaper – but when you actually go out there and look at it, you realize this is not something you can turn a page on. ”
© Getty ImagesMatt instills the importance of caring for the world
During the press tour for Matt’s 2024 film The Investigators, he was asked for his “best advice” on raising his daughter. “I don’t go out of my way to give anyone advice other than just listen and try to be helpful. It’s all about building self-esteem at the end of the day,” he said.
When asked if her daughters “travel all over Boston” when they bring boyfriends home, she said she has no problem with them dating.
“Oh, okay, that’s fine,” he said. “I think it’s kind of an old metaphor and one that everyone likes to use. Sometimes you think dads like to joke about it with each other, but that’s not the case.”
tattoo tribute
In 2019, Matt got the names of all four of his daughters tattooed on his upper right arm next to the “Lucy” tattoo. This was one of Matt’s first body arts in 2013, in honor of his wife.
“On a whim, my wife said, ‘Let’s get a tattoo today,’ so I got a tattoo of her name,” Matt told Access Hollywood. “And I always felt lonely on my arm. And I always wanted to have kids there.”
