Minnie Driver Recalls ’98 Oscars Heartbreak After Matt Damon Breakup

December 12, 2023 @ 5:25 PM

Minnie Driver just recently remembered exactly how sad she went to the Oscars in 1998 to see her “Good Will Hunting” co-star and ex-boyfriend Matt Damon with brand-new partner Winona Ryder after their very own unconstrained breakup.

The “Speechless” starlet responded to a clip of Damon and Ben Affleck approving their Ideal Initial Movie Script for the 1997 dramatization in which they jubilantly give thanks to all their family and friends.

One follower composed, “Minnie looks so sad,” when the blog post was shared by the Remarks by Superstars account. Driver reacted, “My face 😂😂😂😂❤️.” In the clip, Damon many thanks her and his various other costars in fast sequence and she’s significantly the just one that isn’t smiling ear to ear.

“Matt had ended our relationship a few weeks before this, and was at the Oscars with his new gf… I was devastated,” Driver added IG. “Wish I could have celebrated more as it was an amazing moment for all of us, and for this wonderful film!”

Making the entire scenario even worse was the means she learnt Damon had actually damaged up with her: He introduced it on “Oprah.”

Driver stated her initial hint the partnership mored than when he informed Winfrey, “Well, I’m single. I was with Minnie for a while, but we’re not really romantically involved anymore. We’re just really good friends, and I love her dearly… I care about her a lot. We care about each other a lot. It wasn’t meant to be, you know? And if it’s not meant to be, then it’s not meant to be.”

Soon after the Oprah occurrence, Driver informed the Los Angeles Times that she discovered Damon’s technique of damaging up with her “fantastically inappropriate.”

“Here for Minnie spilling her 25 year old tea,” composed one IG individual on the string.

Damon and Affleck notoriously brought their mommies as their main days for the night, yet Ryder was likewise present.

Besides the movie script win, “Good Will Hunting” racked up Oscars for Robin William as Ideal Sustaining Star. Amongst the movie’s 9 complete elections was Damon’s for Ideal Star and Driver for Ideal Sustaining Starlet.