Minnie Driver reflects on her ‘heartbreak’ after Matt Damon split when she was 25

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minnie driver He knows that time heals most headaches.

Driver appeared on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” where she reflected on the sadness she felt at age 25 after separating from her ex-boyfriend. Matt Damonsaying that he would tell his younger self that it would be okay.

“I wish I could have told her, ‘Honey, it’s okay, you can celebrate and life will be great and beautiful and hard and amazing,'” Driver said.

Driver and Damon dated for about a year after meeting while filming the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting.”

“You’re going to love again, everything’s going to be okay,” Driver added. “My little face, (I want to) put my arms around that young woman, hug her and tell her: ‘Everything is going to be okay, honey, don’t worry.’”

Matt Damon and Minnie Driver in 1997. - Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images

Matt Damon and Minnie Driver in 1997. – Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images

The topic arose after a recoil clip The fact that Damon and Ben Affleck won best original screenplay for “Good Will Hunting” at the Oscars in 1998 recently made headlines. It showed Driver looking dejected as the two gave their acceptance speech.

After someone commented on social media that he “looks really sad,” Driver explained why.

She wrote that Damon had “ended our relationship a few weeks earlier” and “was at the Oscars with his new girlfriend.”

“I was devastated,” she said. “I wish I could have celebrated more as it was an incredible moment for all of us and for this wonderful film!”

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