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Matt Damon has responded to those accusations of 'whitesplaining' diversity
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MATT DAMON HAS said he’s “sorry to have offended people” after being accused of ‘whitesplaining’ the concept of diversity to a black film producer.
Yesterday, a clip from HBO reality show Project Greenlight went viral – in it, Damon appears to cut across Effie Brown during a conversation on the lack of people of colour in Hollywood.
Viewers reacting on Twitter were not particularly kind to Damon, to say the least.
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Today, the actor released a statement about the whole business, saying he’s sorry if he offended people, but he isn’t sorry about starting a conversation on diversity.
“I believe deeply that there needs to be more diverse filmmakers making movies. I love making movies,” he said.
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“It’s what I have chosen to do with my life and I want every young person watching Project Greenlight to believe that filmmaking is a viable form of creative expression for them too.”
Effie Brown, meanwhile, seems to agree:
More: Here’s why Twitter is raging against Matt Damon and accusing him of ‘mansplaining’>
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