After the death of his father, Kent Damon, Matt Damon recalled a core memory that will stay with him.
During an April 1 appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the actor took part in the “Colbert Questionnato,” where he was asked a variety of simple questions, including his earliest memories.
Damon begins by saying, “I remember the crib,” and then dives into a powerful dream he had about his late father.
“After my father passed away in 2017, within that year I had this weird dream,” he began. “He came to me in a dream and hugged me. And I think the feeling I got is like the feeling I felt, my first memory. But it was the feeling of what it felt like to be held by him.”
“It was such an overwhelming sense of protection and love. It was innate. So I can’t even explain what it felt like,” he says, adding that all he knows is that his father was there. That’s all, he added. “And I was feeling that hug.”
He added that he remembered that “when my consciousness came online, one of the first things I noticed was that I would have felt it.”
Kent Damon passed away on December 14, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. He was 74 years old. Kent Damon died today from complications associated with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that weakens the body’s ability to fight infections, a representative for the actor was present.
Kent Damon’s diagnosis was first revealed in 2011.
“It’s been a slow rollout,” Matt Damon told Extra on Dec. 11, 2017. “My dad is sick, so that’s the process we’re going through.” “We welcome any prayers, so please drop them there.”
Over the years, “The Bourne Identity” star has paid tribute to the Damon patriarch. In a 2018 monologue on “Saturday Night Live,” he recalled his father staying up to watch comedy skit shows when he was 8 years old.
“So I tried to stay up week in and week out, and the last time I did it was when I was 8 years old,” Damon said. “I probably didn’t get every joke, but I laughed at everything my dad laughed at.”
She added: “Even though it was long past bedtime, my father knew there was nothing more important in the world than laughing with the people you love.”