Matt Damon seems like a pretty great guy, but he may be an even more awesome son.
"My family is so grateful for the care you've given us," the Adjustment Bureau star said at a fundraiser last night for Massachusetts General Hospital's Cancer Care Center, where his father, Kent, has been undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood.
"It's deeply humbling to see how many people here are committing their lives to helping others," Matt said. "We've lost some close personal friends to cancer in recent years, but I never thought it would happen to my dad, the marathon runner...It sucked."
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Happily, Kent Damon is currently in remission--and, apparently, a great mood.
"We try not to take this celebrity deal too seriously," he joked, referring to his A-lister son. He told the crowd a story about opening up the paper to read about Matt's Academy Award nominations for Good Will Hunting in 1997, and "there was a picture of Robert Duvall, Peter Fonda, and Dustin Hoffman--then there was a picture of my 27-year-old son. He didn't belong there with all these seasoned actors!"
Getting serious, however, Kent also said that his Boston-bred boy was "all you could ever for ask for in a son. It's been a wonderful ride being his dad."
Cue tears.
Matt actually succeeded his pops onstage, wondering "How do you follow that? My dad's biggest fear is public speaking, and I'm like, 'You've got cancer man!'
"When people ask me, "What's so great about Boston?' I say, 'Oh, the people, the sports teams--actually, I'd start with the sports teams--[and] the hospitals," the actor continued, according to the Boston Herald.
"But if you had ever heard of Mass General, you were raised to believe it was the best hospital in the world. You were raised to believe that the Red Sox would break your heart and that MGH was the best hospital in the world."