5. Matt Damon, because he thought it was a cute anecdote that he only just stopped saying the f-word slur. You can take the man out of Boston, but you can't take the Boston out of the man. ShutterstockMatt Damon is from Boston, Massachusetts. In case you forgot that fact—which is essential to his origin story—Damon reminded the world by volunteering the fact that he only just stopped saying the homophobic slur that starts with F.Promoting his latest film, in which he plays a dad with a "very particular set of skills" trying to help his daughter in a foreign country, Damon mentioned that he is also a dad in real life, and it's his daughters who teach him not to use hate speech.Damon told The Times of London: “The word that my daughter calls the ‘f-slur for a homosexual’ was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application. I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table. I said, ‘Come on, that’s a joke! I say it in the movie Stuck on You!’ She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous. I said, ‘I retire the f-slur!’ I understood.” Did he expect applause? He certainly got attention.I’ve lost some respect for Matt Damon for two reasons:1. Being a 51-year-old Harvard-educated person who only realized using homophobic slurs was a bad thing *months* ago; and2. Being foolish enough to think that was a cute story he should share with the world. pic.twitter.com/WtudX2fGtb— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 1, 2021 the funniest part of the matt damon interview is when he says that “f*ggot” meant something different when he was a kid bc bro no it didn’t pic.twitter.com/6tMEKVTssN— matt (@mattxiv) August 1, 2021 Matt Damon talking about gay people before his daughter yelled at him pic.twitter.com/nnhsSvsH45— Will Kellogg (@Will_Kellogg) August 1, 2021 The hero of the story is Damon's daughter. Shout out to her for putting in the work.4. Barack Obama, because he's getting dragged left and right for hosting a likely superspreader event. YES WE CAN do whatever we want! ShutterstockAxios got the scoop that former president Barack Obama is hosting a massive 60th birthday party for himself at his mansion on Martha's Vineyard, and you're not invited.The optics—and quite possibly the science—are damning, as the CDC reports of breakthrough cases of the Delta variant and asks both vaccinated and unvaccinated people to return to wearing masks. While the breakthrough cases in vaccinated people are mild and don't require hospitalization, vaccinated people can still spread the Delta variant.While people who have not been president have downsized their weddings and other events, Obama is going all out."One person with connections to Obamaworld said there were 475 confirmed guests — including friends, family and former aides — and 200-plus staff planning to work the party," Axios wrote.Obama is being criticized by people on both the left and right, while liberals are coming to his defense.The eviction moratorium is expiring while 500 people will be partying at the $12 million oceanfront castle of the president who presided over a foreclosure crisis as his Wall Street donors profited off throwing millions of people out of their homes. https://t.co/7zZfO6cFFR— David Sirota (@davidsirota) August 1, 2021 Anyone bitching about President Obama throwing a huge birthday bash at his Martha’s Vineyard residence while the Delta variant is rampant, need not utter another word until they direct the same energy to Abbott and DeSantis. pic.twitter.com/vIUM6qIGiX— Exodus de Alexandria (@ExodusdA) August 2, 2021 TwitterObamaworld is defending the party by pointing out that it will be outside, and the estate is really big. Let him eat cake?3. Princess Eugenie, because her husband was caught on a yacht with three women off the coast of Capri. "Am I interesting yet?" ShutterstockPrincess Eugenie is the daughter of Prince Andrew (the one who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein) and has been promoted by the British press as the replacement Royal after they drove Harry and Meghan off the island.Unfortunately, not all press is good press, and the tabloids couldn't resist sharing pics of her husband Jack Brooksbank sunbathing with topless women who aren't her. They yachting trio look pretty close, which is not ideal.They caught eugenie’s husband cheating yikesss pic.twitter.com/KnQwqTaNsE— Lord High Commissioner (@libmannnsaxhss) July 31, 2021 Princess Eugenie's husband charters boat with three glamorous female pals https://t.co/Kidh8PU7Df— The Sun (@TheSun_NI) July 31, 2021 The Sun summed it up: Princess Eugenie’s husband had a yacht of fun after chartering a boat with three female friends. Jack Brooksbank, 35, larked about on board with pals Rachel Zalis, Maria Buccellati, and Erica Pelosini. He was spotted with his arm around Maria — a model turned fashion ambassador, who was wearing a skimpy orange swimsuit. He also grinned as he frolicked in the Med with topless blonde Italian model Erica. Poor Eugenie...her husband appears to be unfaithful, and her name is Eugenie.2. The guy who got stung by a Stingray.Did you know if you get your foot stung by a stingray they make you sit shamefully on the beach with your foot in a sack that says stingray and has stingrays on it pic.twitter.com/tglYkMDn04— Kyle Ayers (@kyleayers) July 29, 2021 He got stung by a stingray and then stingray-shamed. Stingray.1. The guy who ordered wings and got only the vegetables. I ordered chicken wings for dinner and got a box of only veggies and sauce from Wellthatsucks They're not just vegetables, but vegetables that appear to have been prepped last Sunday.
