Minnie Driver and Matt Damon at Oscars on March 23, 1998.Photo:Evan Agostini/Liaison; Bei/Shutterstock
Evan Agostini/Liaison; Bei/Shutterstock
Minnie Driveris looking back at experiencing heartbreak during a major Oscars moment.
Back in 1998, the star attended the Academy Awards with herGood Will Huntingcast and crewas her Best Supporting Actress nomination was among the film’s nine total nods.
In October, theMovie ShmoodInstagram account shared throwback footage of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck winning Best Original Screenplay at the ceremony, Driver reacted in the comment section remarking about her facial reaction in the audience.
“My face 😂😂😂😂❤️,” she wrote.
She wrote that ex-boyfriend and costar Damon, now 53, had recently broken up with her, making the celebratory moment bittersweet. (A rep for Damon didn’t immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.)
“Matt had ended our relationship a few weeks before this, and was at the Oscars with his new gf… I was devastated,” she wrote. “Wish I could have celebrated more as it was an amazing moment for all of us, and for this wonderful film!”
Minnie Driver and Matt Damon.Steve Granitz Archive 1/WireImage
Steve Granitz Archive 1/WireImage
Though she didn’t name the new girlfriend — andDamon and Affleck both took their mothers as their official plus-ones to the Oscars that year— Damon and Winona Ryder had been photographed leaving a Miramax pre-Oscars party the day before. He and Ryder dated from 1998 until 2000.
Driver has previously opened up about her split with Damon, who is now married to wifeLuciana Barroso.
She toldEntertainment Tonightlast year that when their romance fizzled leading up to awards season that year (culminating inDamon famously announcing that he was single onThe Oprah Winfrey Show, to Driver’s apparent surprise) it led to a “surreal” experience.
“I don’t care who you are,that is agony and it’s like a strange, surreal dream,” Driver said of having to deal with a public breakup at the time. “But I know he didn’t put that picture there. It’s so tricky, because it’s not deliberate, he couldn’t have helped how famous he became and how his life was being picked over, in the same way that mine was.”
Matt Damon and Minnie Driver on Nov. 18, 1997.Bei/Shutterstock
Bei/Shutterstock
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Added Driver, “It’s funny now, when I think about walking down the magazine aisle in my local supermarket at midnight with my best friend, we were like, ‘Are you seeing this? This is super weird.’ My friend, Alexandra was like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe this is happening, like, I feel like we’re in a movie. I would totally watch this movie, even though I know you’re super heartbroken, but this is really weird.’ "
Drivermarked her anniversarywith her partner, filmmakerAddison O’Dea, last month.
source: people.com
