An internet rumor that spread rapidly last Thursday that Matt Damon had died from a fall from a ridge in Palos Verdes was put to rest by Matt Damon’s appearance on the David Letterman show. “I didn’t know (I was dead), but I feel pretty good! I just heard this. It said that I was in the Palos Verdes mountains, I don’t know where this is. The cause (of death) was unknown,” he said.

Matt Damon (R) and Scott Bakula

The star was stunned when reputable news groups called his publicist for a comment without realising the internet story was a prank.He said: ‘My publicist got all of these phone calls from very reputable sources. I got forwarded the story, which, if you read it, it just gets sillier and sillier, and, by the end, the guy who’s said to be my agent is quoting the lyrics to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

‘And yet CNN called and The Boston Globe called, all of these reputable news sources are checking if it’s true.

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