Matt Damon RIPPED For Crypto.com Commercial

Matt Damon is being served up a heaping pile of backlash to start the New Year.

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Damon stars in a Crypto.com commercial which originally aired in October, but it’s NOW going viral.

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He became the face of the cryptocurrency exchange app last year.

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Crypto.com allows users to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies.

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In the commercial, Damon likens cryptocurrency to monumental moments in history.

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He signs off by telling viewers, “Fortune Favors The Brave.”

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“There isn’t enough yuck in the world to describe Matt Damon advertising a Ponzi scheme. Correction: there isn’t enough yuck in the world to describe Matt Damon advertising a Ponzi scheme *and comparing it to the moon landings,” one tweeted.

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“The Matt Damon crypto ad makes me earnestly wonder if he has some sort of Nicolas Cage-style debt from buying saint skeletons or something.”

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One person called the actor ‘shameless.’

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