Matt Damon and Luciana have welcomed their third daughter together! Lucy gave birth on Wednesday (!) and they just released the birth announcement on Saturday. Damn, Matt really keeps his life private, doesn’t he? There were no reports, to my knowledge, about the two of them even entering a hospital. Anyway, as previously reported (when Matt acknowledged it on the red carpet), it was another girl, their third together, although they have a fourth daughter who Matt is a step-father to, and who he treats as his own flesh-and-blood. Lucy and Matt named their baby girl Stella, and Stella joins big sisters Alexa, Isabella and Gia. Lots of “ends in -a” names, correct?
Matt Damon and his wife Luciana have their hands full.
The couple, already raising three children, welcomed a girl, Stella Zavala Damon, who was born on Wednesday in New York.
“Mom and baby are both healthy,” Damon’s rep tells PEOPLE. “The whole family is thrilled.”
Damon, who turned 40 earlier this month, and Luciana, 35, wed in 2005 and have two children together – Isabella, 4, and Gia, 2. Luciana also has a daughter, Alexa, from a previous marriage.
Damon currently stars in Hereafter, which opened wide on Friday.
[From People]
My name ends in “a” (my REAL name), so I have some love for that system. It does seem a little strange that they would use that system for every single girl though. What about an Elizabeth? A Harper? A Karen? Even mix it up with the middle names. But no, every little girl deserves a name straight out of a Harlequin romance. Stella especially is over-played in Hollywood circles, because of famed acting coach Stella Adler. And because Stella means “star” – which seems a little on the nose. Anyway, enough bitching. Congratulations to Matt and Lucy, and the whole gang of women. This is Matt’s last time around with a newborn!
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Congrats on the new baby.Glad to hear all went well.It looks like Barbie and everything pink will be in their house for quite some time.
Well since she’s from Argentina, she probably wanted a Spanish twist on the names, and don’t most Spanish female names end with an A?
And I actually wish more celebs would try to keep things like this hush-hush. I bet they got to enjoy a really special, intimate moment with their little one that many celebs don’t get.
What? Kaiser isn’t your real name ??? 😀
Rosanna?
Belinda?
Joanna?
Anna?
*thinking* …
Sad that a man this bright and accomplished ended up marrying a bar-tender. Little girls: you can study and work your butts off to become surgeons or composers or CEOs but at the end of the day, most successful, bright men still want to end up with women who make them feel superior. He went to Harvard and she went to… bed with him the first night they met and has been following him around like a puppy, pumping out babies ever since.
They sure have their hands full, a little Matt Damon would have been nice though. Anyway, congrats to the couple! They seem like a genuinely loving family.
You know what, Henriette? There’s nothing wrong with being a bartender, and there’s nothing wrong with being “just” a wife and mother. It doesn’t make you “less than” if that’s the path you’ve chosen for your life. Those girls are lucky to have a mom at home full-time and to have a dad whose career allows him to be home an awful lot, too.
And on the flip-side, contrary to popular belief (especially in D.C.), going to Harvard or Yale doesn’t automatically make you better than someone who’s “just” a bartender.
In essence, STFU. They’re clearly happy.
Unfortunately, Henriette is the worst kind of feminist…the kind who hates a woman’s choices that don’t jive with her own. How is belittling a woman’s choice in any way empowering women??
so Henriette, did you go to harvard, are you a surgeon? or CEO? Ooooh I know, did Matt Damon dump you for Luciana???? Is that it??? 😀
@Kaiser ,
Diana?
Lisa?
Alexandra?
😀
Seriously Henriette, i hope you are a troll because if these are your actual beliefs i feel sorry for your family, friends and any children you may have.
So I was reading a piece about college for woman who plan on being stay at home mothers”yikes the shame of it”And it said it is not a wise idea to invest in a 4 year degree”just to satisfy some rabid feminist theory of what makes a woman worthy “. A 2 year degree with a trade just in case would be a better idea. Now I have no use for woman who judge other woman for the personal choices they make. All the education in the world and still they refuse to understand how manipulated they were by said education. Free thinkers understand how important mothers are to children. And we will continue with pride to stay at home and raise them. In spite of all you think. We don’t give a figs fart.
Karen?? You’re showing your age…
Henrietta,
My daughter was a special needs teacher. Graduated from Rutgers University. She quit to become a bartender as she can work 3 days a week and make lots more money than working 5 days a week, taking home papers to grade, lessons to plan, staying after school for a variety of activities, parent meetings, etc, allowing her twice the time with her children. Less work – more pay. Easy choice.
Henrietta, What college did you say you graduated from and what is your degree?
Of course they’re happy! He gets to be The Big Man in the relationship: all the money, all the education, all the fans. No threat to Matt’s fragile ego.
Wow, Henriette, you have issues, honey.
I thought she already had her baby 3 months ago?!
@ Henrietta- Just cause you go to a big college doesn’t mean you are interesting to be around or even to talk to.
Henriette:
I do agree she was a major slut and everyone one in that area knows it, but Damon is not that smart. He may of went to Harvard; however, it’s called allowing certain people from certain social classes to enter an Ivy League school even if they are not qualified. Thats where Damon falls in to.
P.S. There are many bar workers that are very smart.
Congratulations on another daughter.
Matt is blessed to have a house full of Daddy’s girls.
Kaiser you have a beautful name 😉
Mine ends in an A as well…
“Of course they’re happy! He gets to be The Big Man in the relationship: all the money, all the education, all the fans. No threat to Matt’s fragile ego.”
Bitter much?
Not everyone needs fans, Harvard education, etc to fill fullfilled. Raising the next generation is a pretty important job.
Please for one Stella is an Italian name not a spanish name it means star and there are plenty of other names that end in A that they could’ve chosen Amanda Amelia Alicia Anthea Brianna Dyonara Cesira Clara Carla Eva Melissa Olivia & Sophia all come to mind. though there’s been three Olivia’s born in hollywood in the last 6 months Olivia Rose Allen somebody Else had an Olivia in the summber and then James Van Der Beek & his wife had their Olivia in September
Have three kids one after the other and get the child support security out of the way, just in case.
Elena, Miranda, Marlayna, Cassandra? I know there is more.
Ok, when Henriette posted that comment I didn’t instantly hear an insult to stay at home moms. The way I took it was not as an insult to Matt Damon’s wife but more of a question about powerful and successful men. Did it sound a little bitter, sure. But maybe the person who posted it was bitter because all of the successful men she knows want women who will never accomplish even close to what they have.
Anyhow, I do congratulate Matt and Luciana and hope everyone’s happy and healthy.
Well I agree with Henriette, I don’t understand all the backlash for her comment. The thing is that their story is like a Hollywood movie. Kind of “Pretty Woman”type of romance successful man falls for call girl. We are conditioned to feel all fuzzy inside because that is what the Hollywood machine feeds us. In the hispanic community you are taught that you have to marry a well off man in order to be taken care of, education is not reinforced that much. Now in this day in age everyone has realized the importance of education, so that is why so many adults are going back to school. In any event it is not that she was a bartender, it’s were she was working at. A seedy strip club. But people forget and put these actors on pedestals. Matt and Ben loved going to strip clubs together. And yes raising the next generation is very important, just let’s make sure to reinforce education to our young girls.
The most offensive post on this thread came from ‘Bella Mosley’.
Which I’ve always read as a Twighlight/I AM THE MOTHER in ‘How I met your mother’ concoction to begin with.
I do not quite understand the outrage over Henriette’s post. Read the Donnie Wahlberg thread or any Oksana vs. Gibson thread and everybody agrees on far worse. Why crucify Henriette when she packaged her comment really as sad and nice advice?
Well, congrats to them I guess. Having 3 kids under 4 is no easy task, and she’ll be doing it all since he is going to England in January to make another movie. If Natalie Portman married a bartender with no college education or career everyone would be saying the same things Henriette is but it would be more socially acceptable to point it out.
I’m sure it’s easier on Matt’s ego to be married to someone like lucy than an actress like angelina jolie or cameron diaz, that’s probably why their marriage works. Good for her though, she went from being a bartender/stripper to being married to a rich actor.
“In any event it is not that she was a bartender, it’s were she was working at. A seedy strip club. But people forget and put these actors on pedestals.”
So after 5 years of marraige with Matt and three kids, we’re not supposed to forget her past. Or that maybe they’re good together and love each other. No, we should trash her for once working in a strip club and him for loving her.
in Poland we have a law which says that you are allowed to name a girl only with a name ending with -a (unless you are of some foreign origin), I have no idea why but I guess that names ending with -a are somehow more feminine?
Kaisa? {=0)
The inherent insult in what Henriette said was that “big”, successful men pick “less than” women, which is saying that women who have not had the opportunities in life, or have made other choices, are “less than” other women. Sexist and classist, and pretty much downright bitchy.
Henrietta…get over yourself.
They make such a nice couple and family. Best wishes.
LMAO @ people trying to guess me name! It’s not some huge secret!
Yes, and some women who ‘go to harvard, are a ceo, etc.’ may marry woodcarvers. In fact,I know firsthand that this happens…..People do not enter arranged marriages by class and p rofessional status in the US-it’s 2010 for god sake!
anyway, his wife is Argentinian, so maybe stella is common there? I know they speak spanish, but there’s a huge italian influence in Argentina. That is my guess. Or they just plain liked the name, or they read that book about stella the bat, and their little girls wanted to name their sister stella. It happens! lol
@Felicity
Your post made me laugh..
My real name is Karen and my mother says that if she was naming me now, the updated name would be “Eden”.
I guess Karen is a dated name.. and it doesn’t seem to be making a comeback does it? Not sure Eden is much better.
Thanks for the unintended shout out Kaiser.
Who cares what Luciana was doing or what her reputation was when he met her. He saw something special that attracted him and made him choose her and it seems he still see’s it.
@Diva
“Kaisa”
Hilarious!!
Rosanna?
angela?
maria?
helena?
paula?
jessica?
hot or cold, Kaiser? 😀
Whoa whoa back off Henrietta please! And why is it every time someone trys to
point out that men have double standards, that women gets called a “feminist”? No one even uses that term anymore and goodness for that as it;s true meaning got lost somet time ago. Men are feminists too you know.
it’s about equality. all Henrietta was pointing out is that alot of men don’t want an “equal” in a mate. They want someone who has no or little interest in being enterprising so they will stay home at watch babies while they are out and about in the world doing whatever they want to do freely. BTW, just because a mother stays at home does not make that person any better of a mother
that someone who works.Men are passing up on beautiful educated women all the time to marry women with no education. WHY?. Because like Henrietta said. men want to be in control, be superior and marry someone who won’t be able to figure out or question the more than half their “business” dinners are really dates with other women (who are in business of course). This makes it a business dinner.
Raven – Nope, not even close. Think of Indian names.
Ummm…I have a Masters and married a man with a high school diploma only. I went to a great college and graduate school…put myself through it BTW, and he didn’t. So what is THAT all about?
CB accidentally had a typo tongue slip and revealed “Kaisa’s” real name a few months ago.
Enjoy the name hunting, fellow celebitches!
Lynda,
Congratulations to you and your commendable endeavor putting yourself through college!
Are you using your education?
Do you have children?
I am sure you have a wonderful marriage and your husband respects and loves you deeply!
The point trying to be made is that
“generally” speaking. Alot of men determine early on who will stay home
and who will be free to go to work, travel, business dinners, have the status, etc., and don’t care to share that part.
First of all to whomever said that ” Hispanic culture” doesn’t push for women to go to university…. What the hell are you taking about? I am from chile and in no way shape or form ist it pushed for women to just marry men with money
Second, who the fuck cares if she worked at a strip club? What is wrong with that? She seams like a very nice girl
I think there is. Nothing wrong with a woman either working or staying home to raise her children, one is no less than the other and a person is not superior for having a degree
Why so bitter? Jealous of Lucy much? I an so happy for her to be so lucky to marry a good man who loves her, I wish every woman could find the same happiness
So who here has actual, cold, hard facts about Matt and Luciana’s relationship when they are behind closed doors? Why they got together in the first place? Who got what degree from where? What keeps their marriage strong? We can all sit here and gossip about them and throw in our opinions until the cows come home. Whatever happened to wishing the new parents “Congratulations” and leave it at that?
jaya?
ela?
indira?
daya?
naveena?
anita?
Raven – Nope! Good guesses though.
“The point trying to be made is that
“generally” speaking. Alot of men determine early on who will stay home
and who will be free to go to work, travel, business dinners, have the status, etc., and don’t care to share that part.”
Wow, did our country change while I wasn’t looking? I thought we lived in a free society where people were free to choose their path. I didn’t realize husband’s now get to decide these things.
Good to know only those without college educations are dumb enough to get cheated on.
I’m not sure what all this has to do with Matt Damon’s marriage. It is listed that his wife is an interior designer. Does anyone know that she doesn’t work? Also I’m sure she has lots of help since they can afford a nanny (or 10).
“Are you using your education?
Do you have children?”
Man I hate those questions. I was pregnant my final semester of college and when people found out I was planning on staying home I got so many comments about how I’d be “wasting” my education. I think my education helped me with my kids, plus the laugh is on all of them b/c I’ve managed to build a career WHILE being at home with my kids.
Just b/c a woman (or man) SAH with kids doesn’t mean they are less. Not everyone wants to be ‘famous’ or need ‘status’.
Congrats to them!
Maybe…just maybe…they met and truly fell in love? I mean, it is still possible, isn’t it?
A lot of girl’s names end in “a” or “y/ie”, so I don’t see anything weird about this.
@Kaiser: Sita? Shiva?
Congratulations to them, I’m sure she’s beautiful and they’re thrilled. He seems like he would be a pretty good father, too.
The name is better than a lot of celeb baby names, but I have a cat named Stella, and Zavala just makes me think of Kojak.
I worked with a waitress who was going to Harvard and no one knew and still treated her like a moron. People aren’t all that bright.
Hi, everyone!
isn’t Luciana brazilian?
I’m pretty sure she is… and if thats the case… In Portuguese most of the girls names ends with “a”, it determines genre, for instance “Luciano” and “Luciana”…
In Brazil and through most south america going to college is pretty much the only way to have a stable life financially, both for men and women…
Haven’t you guys learn not to judge? They do seem like a happy family.
Gee, it’s great to know that even though I worked hard, went to Harvard, am applying to law school, speak three languages and give back to the community, I will still only be defined by what man decides to marry me and why.
Girls, who cares. If we live our own lives according to our own values, the little girls who look up to US will see that what matters is what I believe about myself, and that I am proud of my choices and my accomplishments.
@leuce7 – Don’t go to law school. There are NO jobs. Absolutely no point to going at least 100K (more) into debt when you’ll have no way to get out of it. Trust me, I speak from hard-learned experience.
http://jdscam.blogspot.com/
ETA: That isn’t my blog, but it’s a good one. I recommend it to anyone I meet that’s considering law school.
@Kaiser: Chandra,Ananda,Indra, Deva, Gita, Kailash, Kashi, Parvati?
Maja? Fatima?
Spot on Henriette.
To all her detractors, please note that she said “most” not “all”. I’m sure that someone out there knows someone whose cousin’s ex-boyfriend’s brother disproves the rule, but in my experience her analysis is accurate (also clever and funny).
I love how you say “my real name” because down here your handle ends in a also, it would so be pronounced “Kiasa” there is no er in my little bayou!
katyalia
My real name is Isabella Mosley. My grandmother was born in Italy so I was given a very old Italian name. I came into this world long before the author of the Twilight series was even born. LOL! Bella, of course, is a very common nickname for Isabella. It also is a term of endearment (means beautiful) many Italian men use when speaking to their wives, girlfriends, daughters, etc.
In my family we have women named: Gabriella, Sofia, Francesca, Antonella, Giovanna, Marcella, Valentina and Paloma. All names ending in A
I live in the DC area and Ivy league degrees are the norm around here and I have worked for attorneys for over 10 years and I would say the majority of them have wives who are or were practicing attorneys at one point before they quit to raise the kids so no bartenders for them. Not that I am judging bartenders because in my book you do what you can to put food on the table and as long as you aren’t hurting anyone there is no shame in any profession.
I know there are good women out there who really do have trouble finding a good man who isn’t intimidated by their intelligence/accomplishments, but I know many more women who are just looking in the wrong places and have the wrong list of requirements.
Bless you for suggesting Karen. It’s my name and sadly is no longer popular. I must say that I have always been envious of those whose name ends with an “a”. Those names just roll off the tongue. Mine kinda ends very flat.
On topic: Congratulations to Matt & Luciana!
@Jen,
A particular kind of law, or in general? I know the job market is tough because everyone who has ever considered law school and has now been let go from whatever other job they had figures it’s a good time to try law school out. But I’m mostly looking into public interest stuff, which means I may get some of that debt forgiven after I make no money for 20 years. 🙂
I always appreciate hearing alternate points-of-view and advice, though.
did we finish guessing Kaiser name
Aruna, Devika, Kyra, Ahsa, Usha
I love Sanskrit names so this is fun
Rogue Siren guessed it!
Man. . . I clicked on this link to learn Kaiser’s secret name, and I now I feel all angry and defensive.
It’s pretty pitiful to judge a person by their profession. I’m currently a barista and nanny, but I graduated with honors at a top University (Fuck ’em, Bucky!) with a double major in PreLaw and Cognitive Psychology. I make enough money to support my love’s dream of becoming an inner-city teacher, while I figure out what the hell I want to be when I grow up. I work the hours I want so I have the freedom to run and play outside.
I get a lot of snotty customers (mostly women) who think that because I have tits and work for tips I’m an inferior intellect. Believe me, I pick up on all the little passive aggressive comments, and I’m not above throwing out my Alma Mater to shut down the snark. I mean, I know my job isn’t rocket science (or my private passion, neuroscience), but it does take an attention to detail and an ability to read people to effectively communicate. You’d be surprised how many social turds I have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
I feel compelled to mention that most of these bitchy women are repeat offenders – so I glean from their lifestyle that they’re all frustrated mommies, jealous of a younger, more charismatic woman. Talk about insecurities. . .
I do agree to a point with henriette. It can seem at times like a man wants a ditsy woman who will make him feel like a God. And I have had guys turn me down because my credentials were better. And looking fromt he outside in, it seems like Americans are crazy about college degrees like it mandatory. A lot of people get turned away. And I do think he could’ve done better but he is in love and good for her I guess, she got a rich husband. Hope it lasts.
What does Zavala mean in Spanish?
“Rogue Siren guessed it!”
*
I saw that, wonder why Diva is playing dumb…..
My name ends in an “a” and it’s Greek. Lots of girlGreek names end in “a.”
I have a Masters from Tisch (NYU) in film and my husband barely graduated high school. My family has money (dad’s quite successful, but I didn’t live with him until I was 12), but I’ve ALWAYS worked, it was the rule in my family. I tended bar, even worked in a strip club or two as a bartender. My husband’s family scraped by and he did whatever he could, including being a “drum tech” (AKA roadie). No one in my family or circle of friends thinks I married beneath me. We both travel for work and when we have kids, we’ll figure it out together. You love who you love and I’d rather be defined by the person I love and how I love that person than by where I went to school, what “kind” of family I have, and how successful I am. Best of luck to Matt, Luciana, their girls.
@leuce7 – Any kind of law, really, but public interest (i.e. prosecuting & public defending) is REALLY rough right now, particularly in areas of the country that have been especially hard hit by the hurting economy. Property values have plummeted, foreclosures are at an all-time high, and that translates to very little property tax coming in (not to mention income and sales taxes) to fund public departments. Our (now former) county cut 2 assistant prosecutor positions, 20 sheriff’s deputies, and cut the hours (and pay and benefits) of all public employees to 32 hours a week. In another county, half of the assistant prosecutors’ salaries were cut to intern pay. Rather than outright fire their employees, one of the larger firms in the state capital cut many of their associates’ salaries in half and sent them to work at Legal Aid, with plans to bring them back to the firm at full pay when (IF) the economy rebounds.
If law is something you really want to do, I would recommend going to a state with only one law school, or take the Bar in a state with zero law schools and very few lawyers (Wyoming comes to mind). Stay out of Ohio…there are 9 law schools churning out thousands of new attorneys, further flooding a non-existent job market in one of the most economically depressed states in the Union.
It’s bad news out there. I really, really encourage you to do your research on the reality of the job market, and not the BS that law schools tell you about their graduate job placement rates.
I’ve read through all the comments and so far it is all about Luciana. Is no one else offended at the comment about his step-daughter “and he treats her as his own flesh and blood”? My opinion is if you marry someone that already has a child, you’d better treat them as your own flesh and blood!If you can’t,find someone without a child. I seriously can’t stand these types of comments
LMAO… dunno if you’ll see this Daisy, I hadn’t looked back at this thread until now…
I try to tread lightly here, and thus, the playing dumb, lol. Plus, I didn’t wanna spoil the game. {=0)
I was also trying to be funny with “Kaisa”… Eden liked it! LOL
@Henriette she met him while she was at a “work and travel” experience, so first… in order to do that experience, being a student at a recognized university (in ur country, of course) is required, i know that because im applying for a work and travel experience next year in the us, just like her, so she did study. Second, the jobs we can get while doing this ‘experience’ are always in restaurants, hotels or places full with tourists.
It’s not like she was doing nothing.
a big congrat to matt and lucy!
some say staying home mum is blah,blah and matt’s ego blah,blah,,,
as long as they are happy and it work best for them. who cares?
my hubby and i work and find very difficult to keep home and work fine.
Henriette
Please do not be jealous of Luciana. If you knew how is Matt Damon Breath (it smells like a dead mouse)you would thank God for not marrying him.
Gosh yea I mean if u really buy into this then that looks like a miscarriage.