Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso were spotted at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film, AIR, this past Monday, along with three of their four daughters. The family of six made a rare appearance on the red carpet, with Damon and Barroso beaming with pride as their daughters Gia, Stella, and Isabella posed for photos.
Barroso’s daughter Alexia from a previous relationship was not at the event, although Alexia was a part of Damon’s family during the filming of Ocean’s Twelve. The couple began dating in 2003 and tied the knot in a private ceremony in New York City in December 2005.
People reported,
The Bourne Identity star, 52, smiled and laughed as he posed next to daughter Gia, 14, who wore a black floral dress with layered necklaces and her hair back for the event. Next to her was Stella, 12, who wore a black corset-style long-sleeved top with a silky black floral skirt.
Isabella, 16, sported a gray floral v-neck dress with black lace trim as she smiles in between her sister and mom. Barroso, 46, looked chic in a black long-sleeved midi dress with an asymmetrical hem.
Barroso shared with Vogue Australia that one of the traits Damon admired about her when they first met was her motherhood.
“We definitely had a connection right away, it was so easy to talk to each other, we were very comfortable [with each other], and by the end of the night, he invited me to go out with his friends,” she said. “But I was like, ‘I can’t, I have a 4-year-old daughter, I’m not going anywhere’ … and that was one of the things he loved, that I had a daughter.”
“He said, ‘I love that you’re a mom and that’s your priority.’ Some guys might have been different, they might think it’s complicated, but for him it wasn’t,” she said.
“When you meet somebody that you have a connection with, that’s just the person that you have a connection with, all the other stuff — the movie-star part — wasn’t really a factor. It was just Matt, to me he’s just Matt.”
