Matt Damon Taking Summer Off To Lose Weight And Launch Charity

 

Matt Damon is taking the summer off to lose weight and launch a new children’s charity.

Damon piled on 30 pounds to play the “chunky” lead in Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant and now he’s working out to shed the weight before shooting the war drama Green Zone in September.

But it’s his new charity the One X One Foundation that is taking up much of his time.

He tells USA Today newspaper on getting help:

 ”I have to make calls. Sheryl Crow is going to play at one of our events. It’s the easiest call in the world to make. I just tell what the charity is about, and everyone wants to do everything they can.”

 And on the charity:

“It’s about helping kids. It’s not like before I was a father I was like, ‘The hell with those kids.’ But something does shift when you have a child of your own. It’s hard not to look at every child as somehow connected to you.”

 On losing the extra weight:

“If you put it on, it’s easier to get it back off. I’m just boxing. I figure if you get hit enough times, it will fall off!”

He also just revealed he and wife Luciana Barroso are expecting a baby GIRL “soon”.

They announced their baby news in March, but refused to reveal the due date of their second child.  And they have decided to hold off on choosing a name for their new daughter, who will be the younger sister to Isabella, 1, and Alexia, 9 - Barroso’s child from a previous relationship.

Damon says:

 ”We decided to wait till she’s born, and then we’re going to get a look at her, and we’ll probably keep debating it.” The Bourne Identity star also jokes about his female-dominated household: “I’m so outnumbered down here, its crazy.”

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