Amanda Knox is weighing in on Matt Damon’s recent podcast appearance, in which he talked about cancel culture.
Knox has taken issue with the actor in the past, as he starred in a movie about her arrest and imprisonment, so it’s no surprise that a recent “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast episode featuring Damon and co-star Ben Affleck would be on her radar.
The two discussed cancel culture and the effects it has on those who are targeted, with Damon pointing out that some people may prefer a prison stint to being publicly ostracized.
“I bet some of those people would have preferred to go to jail for 18 months or whatever and then come out and say, ‘No, but I paid my debt. Like, we’re done. Like, can we be done?’” He suggested. “Like, the thing about getting kind of excoriated publicly like that, it just never ends. And it’s the first thing that… you know, it just will follow you to the grave.”
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Ben Affleck & Matt Damon talk cancel culture on Joe Rogan
“I bet some of those ppl would have preferred to go 2 jail..then come out & say no I paid my debt..we’re done..it just never ends” -Damon
“We have dark instincts sometimes to isolate ppl” -Affleck pic.twitter.com/Aj9He5XTiJ
— yeet (@Awk20000) January 17, 2026
Knox served four years in prison after being convicted, and later acquitted, of the murder of her roommate alongside her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. She shared a graphic featuring Damon’s quote, saying it was “[a]nother thing Matt Damon could have run by me before putting out into the world.”
Another thing Matt Damon could have run by me before putting out into the world. https://t.co/e65uzjDpkg
— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox) January 17, 2026
X users discussed the topic in the comments:
“Yeah, well, literally going to jail…not so good. But frankly, given that some of these ‘cancelled’ people have taken their own lives, yeah, maybe they would have preferred to go to jail for 18 months and be done with it—instead, there’s no end to it. No coming back. No being ‘square,'” said one user.
People commit suicide in prison, too.
— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox) January 17, 2026
“People commit suicide in prison, too,” Knox argued.
You’re missing the point. You don’t get to go to prison in secret. It comes with its own stigma and lasting trauma. You don’t just get to “be done with it,” personally or socially.
— Amanda Knox (@amandaknox) January 18, 2026
Serious q – what’s been worse all-in, the wrongful imprisonment, or the public scapegoating that never fully ended?
— 🐦🔬🔭🌴🕺🏋️♂️🧘♂️🤸♂️🧍♂️👨👩👦 (@ben_r_hoffman) January 17, 2026
Genuinely interested. Which was worse for you, jail or the ‘hate’ that follows you even to this day? If you could have had one without the other, which would you choose?
— Russell Hogg (@hogster) January 17, 2026
If it makes you feel better almost nobody watched the Damon movie loosely based on your story.
— David Marcus (@THEDavidMarcus) January 17, 2026
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