Good Will (Gay) Hunting

Matt DamonIn the latest issue of GQ, Matt Damon talks about how, when they were younger, he and Ben Affleck wanted to buy the exact same car. But each tried to talk the other out of it, "Because we knew it would just be so gay to get the same car." Maybe not the best choice of words, either.

TMZ had qualms with the usage of "gay" -- since it's not exactly politically correct to use the word "gay" to mean "bad" or "negative." But then, after thinking about it -- for two best friends who wrote and starred in the same movie, won an Oscar together and have generally been linked together for their entire careers -- buying the exact same car really is sooooo gay!

What do you think?



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31. Boston is just a Gay town. The Flintstones had a gay old time and have you heard of Gay Paree? OOh La La

Posted at 12:33PM on Jul 20th 2007 by Not Gay

32. Boston is just a Gay town. The Flintstones had a gay old time and have you heard of Gay Paree? OOh La La

Posted at 12:33PM on Jul 20th 2007 by Not Gay

33. you're right matt, that would have ben wicked gay

Posted at 12:35PM on Jul 20th 2007 by mw07

34. Good God. P.C. is changing our language as we know it. What will the future hold? Will we be able to say anything without offending some damn body?

Posted at 12:35PM on Jul 20th 2007 by Not Gay

35. I wonder if Al Sharpton is Gay? He seems Gay for Jesse Jackson.

Posted at 12:37PM on Jul 20th 2007 by playboy

36. I wonder if Al Sharpton is Gay? He seems Gay for Jesse Jackson.

Posted at 12:37PM on Jul 20th 2007 by playboy

37. Wow.. TMZ.. insisting on political correctness...


TMZ is gay.

Posted at 12:44PM on Jul 20th 2007 by ClassyMissFancy

38. You gotta be from Boston to understand his usage of the word.

Posted at 12:47PM on Jul 20th 2007 by Kerrie

39. Been to Boston and wouldn't want to be from there

Posted at 12:51PM on Jul 20th 2007 by playboy

40. It's really very gay when two very close friends, buy the same two cars. This don;t mean that being gay is bad, it means.... it's gay. Let me put to you like this, If I were gay I would not want my friends to think I'm a heterosexual, therefor I would not drink bear or watch socker, or come on to women...

Posted at 12:56PM on Jul 20th 2007 by COCO

41. I am a lesbian woman, and I say things are "gay" all the time. I am also Jewish, and I alsways say "thats jewish". So who really cares. Lets not turn this into the same situation as it is when a white person uses the "N" word. Things can only offend if we let them.

Posted at 1:10PM on Jul 20th 2007 by Mrs. Megan

42. Well why is it ok to say "So Gay" (which I say too) but not ok to say "N word" (which I don't say)

I pose this question to myself as much as any one I guess because I will say one and wont say the other.

Posted at 1:30PM on Jul 20th 2007 by NO MUSLIMS FOR PRESIDENT

43. Dont take it so personally - people from the Boston area throw the word "gay" around a lot... its not insulting, it's like "retard". When we say something is retarded or gay, it just means that we dont think its ordinary or something we would like... No one said its correct, but long before this PC crap we were all saying it here... I mean, come on, listen to the way we tahlk around heah....

Posted at 1:40PM on Jul 20th 2007 by bostontlc

44. People are so amazing. We pry into the lives of these people (celebs) and when they tell us the truth, we get all pissed! Whatever happend to free speech???? Overweight people are offended byt the word 'fat' - Underweights are offended by 'skinny' - Those with no butt are offended by 'flat ass' or 'gone ass'... It doesn't matter who is doing the talking, some-damn-body is gonna get offended. I am offended that this was even brought up. I used to call my brother gay when we were young - and yes, I meant it in a bad way! It's like TV - If you don't like what's on, turn the channel - If you don't like what I say, DO NOT LISTEN! If you don't like TMZ - go somewhere else.

Posted at 1:53PM on Jul 20th 2007 by So What

45. The way he uses it has no 'real' meaning to anything. It is common Boston vernacular to use 'gay' to describe things. So stop being a 'wicked retard' and reading between the lines. He's from Cambridge - facristsakes - the most 'alternative' neighborhood in the Boston Area. Der, my comment was wicked gay.

Posted at 1:56PM on Jul 20th 2007 by jojo

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