He had just dumped her and was at the Oscars with his new girlfriend.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Minnie Driver
antilia — 2 years ago(December 14, 2023 08:53 PM)
He had just dumped her and was at the Oscars with his new girlfriend.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/minnie-driver-revealed-gossipy-reason-144851153.html
Minnie Driver is reliving 1998 gossip history, and she’s spilling a bit of the tea. A clip of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Best Original Screenplay win for Good Will Hunting recirculated on Instagram this week, and the now-53-year-old actress decided to chime in with her thoughts on the 25-year-old Hollywood story.
Her first comment under the post was a simple response. “My face
️,” she wrote. In the clip, Driver looked rather bittersweet at Damon and Affleck on the stage, exuberantly accepting their award. It was Affleck who praised her for her “brilliant” work in the film, but, at the time, she probably would have preferred the acknowledgment came from Damon. The couple was dating just weeks prior to the ceremony, and it’s alleged that he dumped her while live on the air on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
A fan chimed in with their thoughts on the clip, adding, “Minnie looks so sad.” And leave it to Driver to give everyone the 25-year-old response we’ve all been waiting for. She responded under the comment, “Matt had ended our relationship a few weeks before this, and was at the Oscars with his new gf … I was devastated,” she wrote. “Wish I could have celebrated more as it was an amazing moment for all of us, and for this wonderful film!
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The speech in question: