Matt Damon reveals his 'heroic' wife Luciana Barroso suffered a brain aneurysm and attended the Oscars just a week after having surgery

Matt Damon's wife Luciana Barroso suffered a brain aneurysm two years ago, the actor has revealed.Luciana, 50, fell ill in 2024, but just a week after having surgery she attended the Oscars afterparties with her husband, to celebrate his winning movie Oppenheimer.Matt, 55, recalled how he was ready to skip the Academy Awards to stay home with his film producer wife before she 'surprised' him by telling him she was ready to go out.Speaking to GQ, Matt recalled how he has not missed many Oscar ceremonies during his career but he regretted skipping the 2007 event when The Departed won a string of gongs 'and then the next time that that happened was on Oppenheimer, and we had this whole scary thing happen where my wife had a brain aneurysm.''She’s totally fine, thank God, but [she] had this brain surgery the week before the Oscars. But it was the first night she felt good enough to get up and had her energy back.' He added that his 'heroic' wife pointed out that Matt had skipped The Departed celebrations and she didn't want him to miss the party for Oppenheimer. Matt Damon's wife Luciana Barroso suffered a brain aneurysm in 2024, the actor has revealed, and attended an Oscars afterparty just a week after she had surgery (pictured at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party) Speaking to GQ UK, Matt recalled how he has not skipped many Oscars during his career but 'on Oppenheimer we had this whole scary thing happen where my wife had a brain aneurysm''She surprised me and got a dress and we went out to the after-party, because she remembered that the last time it happened, I didn’t do it. And she was like, “This time we’re going out.”' 'And it was pretty f**king heroic of her to do that and really meaningful.' Matt and Luciana have been married for nearly 21 years and share four daughters Alexia, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 18 and Stella, 15.The couple are gearing up for another major awards season for Matt as his summer blockbuster The Odyssey is predicted to pick up a string of major nominations.Matt told GQ how for the first time he broke his and his wife's two week rule to film Christopher Nolan's epic. 'This was the biggest one that we’ve ever done, and we’ve always had a two-week rule. I think the first stretch [on The Odyssey], I was away for three and a half weeks,' he explained. 'But that first stretch—luckily they’re huge Chris Nolan fans and they knew that it was this incredible role, so they were really supportive, and it was a sacrifice for them, and they were awesome about it.'Matt gushed that he admired his best friend Ben Affleck's approach to work and family, admitting that his pal has 'turned down a lot of work.' 'She’s totally fine, thank God, but [she] had this brain surgery the week before the Oscars. But it was the first night she felt good enough to get up and had her energy back,' he said 'She surprised me and got a dress and we went out to the after-party' Matt revealed, adding that 'it was pretty f**king heroic of her to do that and really meaningful' Matt and Luciana have been married for nearly 21 years and share four daughters Alexia, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 18 and Stella, 15 The couple are gearing up for another major awards season for Matt as his summer blockbuster The Odyssey is predicted to pick up a string of major nominations Matt told GQ how for the first time he broke his and his wife's two week rule to film Christopher Nolan's epic Read the full cover interview “Matt Damon on the Oscars, Tarantino, and the Roles that Got Away” by Frazier Tharpe in GQ’s Men of the Year issue and on GQ.com'And in fact, he really wanted to take on the CEO role at [Damon and Affleck’s production company] Artists Equity because it would keep him home,' Matt said.'He said to me when we started the company—he’s got joint custody, which means he gets to be with the kids half the time.''And he said, "If I go to Estonia and do a movie, it’s not like I get that time back." So that for him means he’s got to stay in LA.'After such a big year which has also seen him start shooting Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's new movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, Matt is looking forward to taking 'a long time off.'He explained how he was ready for a long break after the gruelling shoot for The Odyssey but he 'couldn't pass up' working with the Daniels.After shooting finishes he plans to take that break but is focused on future projects with Ben. 'I just want to make good stuff and definitely keep working with Ben, because we’re at that point in our life where we’re like, "F**k it, why not?" This was our dream as kids, as boys. We got to honor those boys and keep working together if we can.' Read the full cover interview 'Matt Damon on the Oscars, Tarantino, and the Roles that Got Away' by Frazier Tharpe in GQ’s Men of the Year issue and on GQ.com