Matt Damon reveals the one ‘non-negotiable’ rule in his marriage

Matt Damon has opened up about family life with longtime wife Luciana Barroso, revealing the rule they refuse to break.

The 55-year-old actor – who stars in The Odyssey – shares daughters Alexia, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, with Barroso, 49. 

‘We have family dinner every night, and that’s non-negotiable, and it’s always been that way,’ the father of four told People.

Damon admitted that despite the practice, they sometimes struggle to stay present.

He pointed out, ‘One of my daughters said, “Well, family dinner, last night we didn’t talk.” And we realized, “Oh my gosh, you’re right.” We sat down for dinner, and you can get lost in that routine a little bit and not appreciate why you established the routine in the first place.’

‘That’s the kind of family mindfulness we’re all working on,’ he noted. 

Matt Damon has opened up about family life with longtime wife Luciana Barroso, revealing the rule they refuse to break; pictured on July 14

‘We have family dinner every night, and that’s non-negotiable, and it’s always been that way,’ the father of four said; pictured in 2019

Damon and Luciana met at a Miami bar in 2003 before tying the knot in December 2005. 

Two of their daughters have left home, with the younger two remaining.

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‘I feel like we are facing it and embracing the fact that it’s happening,’ the Boston native said about becoming empty nesters in the near future. 

‘We’ve been talking a lot about presence and about really trying to be in the moment, and because you can’t slow time down, the only way to really do it is to really be there and be in it.’

He added that he and his wife are ‘trying to be mindful of holding onto what we can.’

Earlier this year Damon revealed on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show that his Barroso thought his Good Will Hunting co-star Ben Affleck was ‘the cute one’ in the classic film.

Months into their romance, he found out his now-wife was initially more attracted to his longtime collaborator and fellow Bostonian.

‘After we’d been together for a little while, probably a few months, she admitted that – I think I met her best friend from high school, and it came out that the two of them went and saw Good Will Hunting together, and her best friend thought I was the cute one, and she thought Ben was the cute one.

‘So she admitted to me… I’m like, “You got the wrong one?” She told me that 23 years ago,’ the star confessed.

The 55-year-old actor shares daughters Alexia, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, with wife Barroso, 49; pictured in July 2024

Damon, Barroso, and daughter Isabella pictured July 14

Damon appears alongside a star-studded cast in Christopher Nolan’s new epic The Odyssey, which hit theaters on Friday.

The film is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek narrative of the same name, which sees the тιтular Greek king embark on a perilous journey home after the Trojan War in a bid to reunite with his wife Penelope.

Damon plays Odysseus, while actress Anne Hathaway, 43, plays his devoted queen, who is forced to fend off potential suitors in her husband’s absence.

The project has been called Nolan’s ‘most extreme’ undertaking to date.

Known for his high-budget movies, his latest could prove to be his most ambitious, with the $250 million budget the most expensive of his career and his first film sH๏τ entirely on IMAX 70mm cameras.