Matt Damon once called marriage “a ridiculous thing to do,” but added that he liked being married to his wife Luciana. Five years of marriage and almost four kids later, Matt and Luciana are still going strong and he’s still singing her praises. Matt told a reporter at the Ante Up for Africa poker tournament over the weekend that Luciana helps manage the family around his work commitments and that “she really keeps it together.” Luciana is currently pregnant with their third child together, which will be her fourth.
If Matt Damon wants to find out anything about his wife’s pregnancy he just needs to ask their kids.
“They track its progress in mommy’s belly,” he said Saturday while attending the Ante Up for Africa charity poker event in Las Vegas.
His wife, Luciana, is set to deliver the couple’s fourth child this fall. They currently have three daughters: Alexia, 11, who is Luciana’s child from a previous marriage, Isabella, 4, and Gia, 22 months.
The kids “are very excited” about another addition to the family, Damon, 39, said.
But being a family man and major motion picture star isn’t easy for the former Sexiest Man Alive. Damon credits “a great wife” for helping him juggle his responsibilities.
“She really keeps it together,” he said at the poker event at the Rio All Suites Hotel, hosted by Oceans 11 pal Don Cheadle. “We just talk it out and work it all out. You say, this is the job and this is the time commitment and this is where it will be. I’m a lot easier to hire if you’re doing movies in New York.”
[From People]
Luciana is a lucky bitch, but I’m sure she earns it by patiently putting up with more crap from Damon than we can imagine. Just because Damon is a dreamboat who manages his image expertly doesn’t mean that he’s an ideal husband. (That’s just what I tell myself to get through the days. I’ve seen the Bourne movies too many times.) Whatever goes on in their marriage, these two seem very much in love and must still be keeping things hot. They were spotted making out at a club just a couple of weeks ago. Oh sigh.
Here are some new photos of Damon at Ante Up For Africa. He lost weight! I never get tired of looking at this guy. Matt and Luciana are shown on 3/27/10. Credit: WENN.com
hmmm, still don’t think they will last much longer
Edit: so true snappyfish
These two have a solid relationship, Matt isn’t going anywhere he loves his wife.
Well this behavior is a far cry from when he broke up with Minnie Driver on the Oprah show.
he broke up with minnie on oprah? Like..while taping?
So Matt will be a father of 4. He’s lucky people are not attacking his relationship. She has been pregnant 4 times and is not being called baby machine.
but hey such is the double standard.
He met the person he wanted to be with and has a big family. Good for him.
Let’s see…single mom bartender to wife of a multimillion dollar movie star.
I think I could manage the hell out of your family, Damon. I’m a great cook too. Just call me if this little thing with Luciana doesn’t work out, k?
To be fair, he was only in his 20’s and just starting out when that happened. Getting married and having children together (and hell, just getting older) do a lot for calming people down, and making them finally grow up. I think it’s nice that he has a “regular” wife, not some Hollywood trollop…I think that, more than anything, really speaks to his character.
I love him and although I like your theory of making yourself feel better, I bet he’s awesome. He’s cute and funny. And crazy stinking rich.
Also, when a couple have two children of the same sex, you can guarantee there’s going to be a third.
Matt didn’t break up with Minnie Driver on Oprah. They had already split before the show (but Minnie acted like she didn’t know before to get attention). Minnie admitted it later.
It’s a good thing Matt seems to recognize Luciana’s contribution to his success. As we’ve seen with Tiger Woods, some men just don’t get how lucky they are on their climb up the ladder to have a woman who agrees to take on that traditional, background role of stay-at-home-mom/household-personal-life-manager.
The feminist in me can’t help thinking that, although Luciana reaps the benefits of all Matt’s money and prestige, she’s sacrificing something of herself for her husband. To each her own, though.
I’ve read that they have a kind of freaky, open marriage type thing that includes lots of “activities” that most women wouldn’t be up for. Whatever works for them, I guess- he’s too Barney Rubble-like for my taste.
tooo cute for words!
This is what separates Matt from Ben Affleck, Matt is real and when he speaks of his wife or his family, it’s genuine and you can tell he really loves her and loves being married to her. Ben on the other hand, rarely mentions his wife, Jen Garner, and when he’s asked about her he looks ashamed and uncomfortable, I don’t think he has ever said a kind word about her being a wife. Matt’s marriage will last because he wants it to, Ben’s will not because he could care less about it he is an absent father and husband and an overall unhappy person.
Totally cosign Jane & Granger – I think Matt is happy with Lucy, and he got exactly what he wanted with her – a woman who was going to stay home and be a mom. He seems like he loves their “traditional” family, and more power to them.
Affleck always seems like he’s totally over it.
Interesting to note though, both Ben and Matt have movies coming out on the same day, Ben’s “The Town” and Matt’s “Adjustment Bureau” are out Sept. 17th, they will go head to head at the box office, who do you think people will support Matt or Ben? Perception and Likeability is everything to a movie going public, if they like you they will most probably see your movie (even if it sucks), lately there is nothing to like about Ben, he is perceived as an arrogant douche that can’t be bothered to smile even in the presence of his own children but has no problem lauging and smiling in the presence of beautiful women and co-stars. So get ready to get your ass kicked on Sept. 17 Ben by your buddy Matt, you are falling deeper in his shadows, no one likes you and it’s your own fault.
Hey #12…you think Ben is such a horrible father and his marriage won’t last. They are at 5 years, two beautiful daughters. Heres a Ben Affleck quote for you: “I love being a father. It’s wonderful. It’s changed my life. It all sounds like platitudes and clichés and that’s because they’re the truth. It fast became the most important thing in my life and kind of reorganized my priorities instantly in a way that feels really good. I love that. My wife is a spectacular mother, a spectacular everything.”
Chew on that!
LOL at all you people who buy his ‘happy family’ charade. He’s an ACTOR, guys. Read the right blind items and you’ll get an idea how good of an actor…
And u want me to believe this is another version of Cinderella? The bartender and the Hollywood superstar? Why most of the bartenders arent that lucky? Gimme a break…
Don’t compare Matt marriage to Ben’s .They’re very different relationships.Matt wife isn’t famous.Little is known about her and most people don’t care what is said about her.Unlike Jennifer Garner ,where everything is speculated.Ben said something about her and it’s taken out of context and made bigger than it is.So it’s better he’s quiet about his relationship.For example ..he could never get away with something like Matt said about marrige.People would’ve murdred him in blogs
Why are single moms/bartenders not allowed to be married to rich actors without snide commentary? It’s as stupid as saying royalty can’t marry commoners. Actors know industry inbreeding isn’t that successful, but are they only allowed to marry teachers, nurses and office workers?
Good luck to the Damon family. As for blind items, they’re sometimes blind because they’re totally bogus not because someone doesn’t want to get sued.
They have a partnership it sounds like which is the key to any successful marriage. They are BOTH working his career and he recognizes that he couldn’t do what he does and still have a happy home life without her doing what she does. Good for them.
Don’t really care for Matt Damon, but he just went up a notch in my book for saying such nice things about his wife.
They seem like they’re happy and making it work, good for them.
Sounds like they’re both content in their relationship, and I hope they continue to be. It would be so nice to have more “famous” couples whose relationships last for the long run than those that go down in flames due to cheaters and egos.
The breakup on Oprah never happened, even Minnie has said so.
Maaaaat Daaaamon…
what are these alleged matt damon blind items? i wanna see.
and there’s nothing WRONG with him marrying a single mother bartender, but come on. i have friends who are single mothers with regular jobs…dating/relationships/marriage seems to be a bit harder because it seems like lots of men don’t want to date women with children. so for an attractive, famous, and rich men who probably had many single/no children options to choose a woman with a child is out of the ordinary. not bad, but very uncommon.
speaking of luciana…there was a poster on here who seemed to know her (or pretended to?). she had some very unflattering things to say about her.
I know that Oprah rumor is still out there and then got twisted that Minnie lied about the whole incident, but I thought what Minnie was upset about was his deciding to announce it on Oprah and hooking up with Winona right after (before?) they broke up. I just chalk it up to being young and both of them learning a life lesson about being in the public eye. Matt and his wife seem happy as do Ben and Jennifer. Hope all goes well with the new Damon baby.
Things may look rosy from the outside, but I’m thinking some freaky shit is going on behind closed doors. Whatever works for you, Matty.
She might be a “great wife” but She Ugly! That underbite is somethin’ else. I guess Matty decided that he wanted a woman he didn’t need to worry about other men hitting on… safer that way.
Matt Damon can out-act Affleck any day of the week and I bet Luciana could out-act J. Garner any day of the week too. LOVE MATT DAMON!!
They have always struck me as totally having the hots for each other and Matt as being a genuine good guy.
i think it’s weird that his compliments are about how she keep his life organized. sounds more like she’s his housekeeper/personal assistant than a partner, but whatever – they seem very happy.
I also don’t understand the apparent disgust of him marrying a bartender.
I am not speaking of him but actors are often…former bartenders themselves or even worst (ex drug dealers, ex p*rn stars, ect…). They are not averagelly the most intellectual and intellignt and decent ones.
Plus if a druggie who had a child out of marriage from a drug dealer who is in jail can marry the heir of Norway and become future queen, a bartneder can marry an actor anyday whithout being given snide remarksbecause of her former status.
The economical status doesn’t grant automatically decency…it’s often the other way around and there are plenty of undecent behaviour in those rich and famous circles, in nobility and aristocracy included.
After the Melissa Etheridge story, this one is a palate cleanser. Good to hear a man pay a compliment to his wife in public.
Good for them! It’s nice to see that he gives her credit.
I’m still scratching my head trying to figure out how this thread got to be about Ben Affleck and his wife.
Are we still not able to separate those two (Matt and Ben) as individuals? They are friends but come on people they are two entirely different people.
The truth is the only thing we know for certain about either of their private lives is what they want us to know.
@Mandhy
Maybe but I bet Violet Affleck is smarter than you.Even she can spell her name,can you?