Matt Damon Skips the Inauguration

Matt Damon could have been at the inaugauration of President Barack Obama…but he decided to save the fifty grand the tickets would have set him back.

Damon admits he tried to finagle some seats for him and his wife Luciana, but “when I called my contacts from the campaign, they just started laughing. ‘We worked on the campaign for two and a half years, and we’re not going. Forget it.’ Then, they called me back the next day and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got two tickets for you, in the bleachers, and you’ll actually be able to see Obama take the oath…Just $25,000 apiece.’”

So Matt and his wifey decided to save the money and watch the inauguration from their home in Florida.

In this financial climate we can’t believe people were shelling out that kind of dough.

Add to that the fancy hats people like Aretha Franklin had to buy. Not chump change.

—Sasha Perl-Raver