Actor Matt Damon and his wife Luciana Barroso renewed their wedding vows yesterday on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The event was witnessed by 50 of their closest friends and family members.
The 15-minute ceremony took place under a thatched roof at sunset followed by a cocktail reception on the beach. The groom wore a tan suit with flip-flops and the bride wore a cream colored gown that featured a sequined belt.
The couple met in 2003 at the Miami bar where she was bartending while he was on location shooting the film ‘Stuck on You.’ They married two years later in a private civil ceremony at City Hall in NYC in 2005 — eight years ago.
Matt reportedly shelled out nearly $1 millions for the vow renewal celebration, including taking over exclusive Sugar Beach Resort to accommodate their guests.
The couple’s four daughters — Isabella, 6, Gia, 4, Stella, 2, and Alexia, Luciana’s teenage daughter from a previously relationship — were on hand for the big day. The proud dad admits, “Lucy and the girls can definitely bring me to my knees.”
High-profile celebrity guests included Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Damon said during a recent Playboy interview, “People think I’m kind of vanilla and they leave me alone to work, have an actual private life and be a husband and dad.”
He acknowledges that there is room for improvement on his part, “I wish I were better because my wife deserves somebody who surprises her with a gift or flowers or some wonderful idea . . . .I’ve never been good at that, and she’s really good at it, which makes me feel even more like sh-t.”
That said, it would seem that MD has redeemed himself in a big way.
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