Phillip Faraone (Getty Images for The Wall Street) Gwyneth Paltrow at a party in California in 2018. And he only stopped using the word “faggot” when his daughter Stella convinced him that it was offensive for homosexuals below 40. Until recently, he thought Facebook and “maybe Instagram” were the only social networks necessary to use. This is a man after all, who boasts about his disdain for political correctness. He has never had much of a social media presence. He is limiting his public appearances until the storm quiets.įor Damon, a baby boomer born in 1970, keeping a low profile may not be an issue. And the now-viral marketing campaign only adds to the humiliation. After decades slowly building an image of a normal guy, unchanged by fame and fortune, he ended up linked to a financial disaster, the object of public scorn. If Damon were a company, we’d say he was suffering a reputational crisis. On Twitter, the world’s most bustling water cooler, he has been called a “grifter” and “scam artist.” Hundreds of more-or-less anonymous users accuse him of causing them to lose their life savings by investing in volatile or fraudulent assets. Since the end of May, the actor has been mercilessly buffeted on the very forums that seemed to adore him. Months later, after the successive crashes that have brought the price of some of the most popular cryptocurrencies to historical lows, Matt Damon’s participation in the publicity masquerade no longer seems so innocent. Since the end of May, the actor has faced relentless attacks in the same arenas where he was once adored.
Matt Damon’s participation in ’s advertising ploy no longer seems so innocent. Months later, successive collapses have brought some cryptocurrencies’ values to record lows. An approachable celebrity was inviting us to invest in financial assets at the vanguard of technology. But few explicitly questioned its message. The commercial’s pompous tone inspired mockery on social media.
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