Matt Damon explains how he relied on pal Ben Affleck after becoming famous

Matt Damon has opened up about how he relied on his friend Benn Affleck 25 years after his rise to fame.

in the new issue of people, Damon stars with his longtime pal in the new film “Airborne,” revealing their dependence on Affleck after they rose to fame more than 20 years ago after the TV hit in 1997 Good Will Hunting.

Damon, 52, called their friendship “everything to me,” telling the outlet his life would be “unbelievably hard” without Affleck, 50, who is also in the movie co-author.

“Checking in with Ben has been really helpful throughout the surreal past 25 years. I think the shock of being famous is so… I mean, it screwed me up for a few years,” Damon said.

He continued, “Because the whole world starts treating you differently. So your subjective experience changes. It’s like someone rewrote your code in the Matrix, but only your code.”

“It’s like, ‘Oh, my whole experience has changed in this very overwhelming way.’ So for someone I’ve known all my life, I can be like, ‘Hey man, this happened on you? Who are you……? “Checking in with him, it’s been really, really helpful. Stable,” he added.

Affleck, husband of pop star Jennifer Lopez, also agrees they have a special bond,

“Having Matt means the whole world,” says hypnotist Affleck, “and not just Matt. I adore and love Matt’s father so much.”

“He passed away recently. And his mum and stepdad, his brother. His kids, they just came to the premiere and made me want to shed a tear because they’re so beautiful, grown up, amazing …you get to be a part of one’s whole life. It’s a huge gift,” he added.