Matt Damonknows how to put his best foot forward — much to the amusement of his teenage daughter.
A video originally shared byEntertainment Tonighton Tuesday, January 13, captured the moment Damon's daughter Gia, 17, mocked her famous dad for posing awkwardly on the red carpet at the New York City premiere of his movieThe Rip.
"Why are you standing like this?" Gia — whom Damon, 55, shares with wifeLuciana Barroso— asked her father as she imitated him hunched forward with his arms puffed out to each side. Damon had been posing for photos alongside his costar and fellowThe RipproducerBen Affleck.
Thevideo, shared by a fan via X later that day, showed Damon take his daughter's remark in stride, recreating the pose himself before breaking into a huge grin as Gia, her mom, 49, and two of her sisters, Isabella, 19, and Stella, 15, watched theMartianstar poke fun at himself. (Damon is also stepfather of Alexia, 25, whom her mother shares with ex-husbandArbello Barroso.)
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The entire Damon family impressed in front of the cameras as they posed together for photos, with Luciana donning a stunning strapless red gown as her mini-me daughters rocked glamorous figure-hugging dresses of their own.
The event saw Affleck, 53, opening upexclusivelytoUs Weeklyabout how much he values his decades-long friendship with Damon. "I keep relearning things about Matt that I already knew and I forget them," Affleck toldUs. "Honestly, I am continuously reminded of what a great father he is and what a fabulous actor he is."
The Ripserves as yet another professional collaboration between the pair. The film follows a group of Miami authorities who discover a stash of millions and begin to question who they can trust. During a joint promotional interview on the Monday, January 12, episode ofThe Howard Stern Show, Damon revealed that Luciana had watched their 1997 collaboration,Good Will Hunting, before they'd met and initially thought Affleck was "thecute one."
Damon told hostHoward Sternthat she admitted it after they'd been dating for a few months. "I think I met her best friend from high school, and it came out that the two of them went and sawGood Will Huntingtogether, and her best friend thought I was the cute one and she thought Ben was the cute one," Damon recalled.
Affleck and Damon also noted that these days, Luciana often works with them both, with the Argentinian-born star serving as a producer onThe Ripand Affleck's next directorial project,Animals.
As for the other women in Damon's life, the actor opened up about how henavigates fatherhoodduring a 2024 interview for SiriusXM'sRadio Andyshow. "I wouldn't deign to give anybody advice other than I just try to listen and be helpful," Damon told hostAndy Cohenat the time. "I mean, ultimately, it's about building self-esteem. You know, 99 percent of the decisions they make, you're not gonna be there, right?"
He previously toldThe Guardianin 2012 that he knew he was "going to love" being a father and husband. "People who were already parents would tell me: 'It's great! It's wonderful!'" he told the outlet at the time. "But I don't think you can really appreciate it until you experience it for yourself. It's really quite something."
