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Matt Damon swaps Oscars glamour for bargain shopping in Kmart
While many members of Hollywood’s elite were out strutting their stuff on the Oscars red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday, A-list actor Matt Damon decided to swap the glamour of the Academy Awards for some bargain shopping in Kmart in Ballina, NSW.
The 47-year-old posed for a sweet photo with a young fan named Daniel in the in Aussie department store.
The snap was shared on the Ballina NSW Instagram, which joked the actor has a “Kmart gift card he needs to use up”.
A post shared by BALNA translate: Ballina (@balna.nsw) on Feb 24, 2019 at 2:29pm PST
They might have been hinting at the fact this is the second time in less than a year Matt has been spotted in the Ballina Kmart.
Being the humble bloke he is, the actor happily posed for a photo with 10-year-old Tayah McIntosh last year in May.
Tayah’s mother Krystle McIntosh recalled the moment that made her daughter’s dream come true, speaking with the Daily Mail Australia in 2018.
“Taylah loves his film, We Brought A Zoo, so we wanted to get a picture with him,” Krystle told the publication.
#Balna Kmart is where you get the best Matt Damon's from. 📷 by @krystle_m_
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Matt and his wife Luciana Barroso are extremely close friends with Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky, and have been regular visitors in Byron Bay lately.
There were even rumours the couple were considering moving to the NSW beachside town, but their publicist denied the reports last year.
However, it seems Matt and Luciana are going to be taking an extended holiday in Byron Bay.
The couple have rented a five-bedroom house for $24,000 a month, according to the Daily Mail Australia.
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