Matt Damon criticized for saying he used a homophobic slur before his daughter educated him

Actor Matt Damon is facing backlash for admitting that he used a homophobic slur until his daughter convinced him to stop "months ago." In an interview with the Sunday Times, the 50-year-old said he stopped using the word after his daughter taught him about its harmful connotations. 

"The word that my daughter calls the 'f-slur for a homosexual' was commonly used when I was a kid, with a different application," Damon said. "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." Damon has three children, aged 15, 12 and 10, with his wife Luciana Barroso.