Matt Damon's Feud With Jimmy Kimmel, Explained | The Bill Simmons Podcast | The Ringer

[@joemckim1183]

When Matt Damon ties up Kimmel and takes over his show is one of the best late night talk show things that I've ever seen.

[@joedy3957]

Andy Garcia was just brilliant

[@MrFrmartin]

100%

[@ameliapond1916]

Robin did the opening monologue. Only 10 years ago.

[@MrFrmartin]

@@ameliapond1916 RIP

[@thetruth1816]

Kudos to Matt for playing along with the joke and letting fester into something funny as heck...

[@Antonio88870]

Agreed, plus that they actually became friends even though Matt never has a regular appearance on his show but skits for the running joke that always make it fresh and funny

[@UncleChopChop22]

Well damn. I always thought they must of been good friends that planned it. Damon is a real good sport to pick up and run with the gag. Been one of the funniest ongoing gags on tv that I can remember.

[@gedrictudio]

This and Paul Rudd's Mac and Me bit on Conan are the two best running gags on late night.

[@None0fYourBusiness]

It's cool that he played along instead of telling his publicist to make Jimmy stop

[@djtridium]

I love “the feud”. It’s the gift that keeps on giving, especially as they’re both in on it and sell it so perfectly you can’t help but laugh. I’d argue it gave birth to the “celebrity feud” fad that several actors and comedians have “taken on” over the years, for example Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds or The Rock and Kevin Hart. All funny, all in good humour and I’m here for it

[@corpusfusion1574]

Okay, okay! This so-call Kimmel & Damon feud is really old now and on over-kill. It's what? A 15 yr joke going on. It's not funny anymore how these $100 million stars are performing this FAKE-Feud with one another. How long they think we're going to laugh at the same joke over and over again? OMG!! This fake joke is so-staged.

[@dragonrabbit7410]

the "i'm f'ing matt damon" sketch was hysterical.

[@joemckim1183]

Kimmel was able to turn a negative into a positive about not being able to get guests. While Leno relied on lame played out humor.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

It’s also shitty of Leno. If I remember right, I think some celebrity just said to Leno, “You’re not gonna tell me what to do. Fuck you. I’ll go on Jimmy’s show.” Which started making it easy for everybody else to follow suit.

[@ap3shhh]

Leno wrecked him in ratings by double every night lol

[@TheGeorgeD13]

@@ap3shhh Eh, only for a short while, though. There's a reason Jimmy still has a show and Leno was eventually pushed out.

[@ap3shhh]

@@TheGeorgeD13 yeah, it's called being number 1 for 22 seasons lol. He retired and came back because Conan wasn't doing so hot. I'm a huge Conan fan but no one could compete with Leno.

[@TheGeorgeD13]

@@ap3shhh Nah, that was because Leno pushed Conan out. Had very little to do with ratings.

[@dev7326]

Matt Damon you are a genuine guy

[@peter0702]

I am surprised that Matt did not know beforehand, what a nice guy

[@stephenconway2468]

The great thing is Kimmel needed to make this gag, and Damon took it on and ran with it. What a piece of luck for Kimmel. Crowe did that excellent with John Oliver ending up with the now famous "John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward". Perfect!

[@Ryan-gw1ob]

This is awesome .. Love when Brady shows up to Matts house and breaks his window!!

[@TRACEWORLD2]

After all these years this is all this is?? HI-LARIOUS!!!🤣🤣🤣Love Jimmy!!

[@RNGomez]

Leno reminds of the Wayne Brady sketch on the Chappelle Show, where he seems like such a loveable, mild mannered guy, but is a throat slashing thug in real life.

[@aliwolfblood7963]

@@Qurisx my favorite line from that sketch

[@Rookiebatman]

That might just be the Tonight Show producers. I remember hearing that the same thing was happening with Fallon, at the beginning when he was way ahead in the ratings. (Not saying Leno is a good guy, but he might not be the mastermind behind that particular move.)

[@yisusoflare6225]

Amongst late night shows Leno is the one guy pretty much everyone hates...

[@RNGomez]

@@Rookiebatman I would give him the benefit of the doubt, but for the fact Letterman, Conan and Kimmel can't stand him. Fallon wants EVERYONE to like him, so he won't speak his mind on anything controversial.

[@OreoTheCookie]

So that's how it started.

[@man_on_wheelz]

It’s such a wholesome story actually lol Matt Damon was probably the most famous person Kimmel wished he had on the show at the time so he tried to pretend he was scheduled to try and boost popularity in some way… well… it worked! Now they’re good friends, what the heck?!?!

[@enterthehyuver4747]

So Matt confront Jimmy when they met? according to Jimmy interview with Ellen after his first Emmy or oscar gigs right after he first use the Matt Damon joke, Matt representative contact him and he already want to apologize about the joke, the rep said they want Jimmy to continue with the joke because it's funny.

[@frankesposito2182]

What....joke?....they can't stand each other ....Bad Bromance.

[@rolandofgilead43]

ya know i can see that because you can tell by the way he talks they are really friends, and though it's just a joke we all know it, they can really go pretty far with a joke that's been going on this long. and i think they both still enjoy doing it.

[@strain121]

@@rolandofgilead43 We all know they hate each other. Because you always take your Fri-enemy to GOLF or BASEBALL game with front row seats.

[@rolandofgilead43]

@@strain121 no they dont hate each other there are a lot of people I really hate and want nothing to do with I would not invite them over, course if you are married and hate your in laws that's different, but matt showed up at his house right before he took a vacation if it were me he wouldn't be in my house. It's just a joke

[@TheShrouded]

The best ever was when Kimmel and Sarah Silverman broke up. Then she made a hilarious video "I f@$k&d Matt Damon" with Matt Damon. He responded with an even funnier video with Ben Affleck saying "I f*"k&d Ben Affleck" Couldn't stop rolling with laughter

[@dylanlajeunesse7864]

To Brady braking Matt Damon window so funny

[@marlenawhitfield9539]

Uuhhhhhhhhh.

[@Angkor-e4c]

Matt Damon is the coolest guy ever!

[@eorob41]

We need the full pod

[@anugrahp]

Sweetest couple of Hollywood😂😂😂

[@mshalls7614]

Damon, great Ringer guest. Get him and Affleck on to do Boston accents.

[@leobrent7926]

Sooo.... this is how you befriend Matt Damon? I gotta start ending my tweets and my online comments by apologizing to Matt Damon for not replying to him. I’m sure it will eventually trickle down to him :p

[@GregDBasham]

It keeps getting a laugh as people know it's coming and as I think back I'd have changed channels on an ending show if not for that joke. It's crazy that he just pulled it out of mid-air and not had it planned or written in as I can't think of a better choice than Matt Damon for making it go on for years.

[@peacelife]

Love it the award part was funny

[@CraigKostelecky]

The best thing about this feud is no matter how many times he’s been bumped, Matt Damon wants nothing more than to be a guest on Jimmy’s show. And Jimmy will do everything he can to deny him that.

[@allishere9863]

Now i can live in peace...finally a video to show this is a gag..😁😁

[@penny40139]

Wow!! Thats how it all start...

[@jamirimaj6880]

Kimmel couldn't think of a better A+ celebrity who can be a part of this decades-long skit lol

[@dev7326]

I wasn't even born when this happened but I hate jay lenno or whatever his name is also what he did to Conan the most

[@kumar01234]

Leno also forced Johnny Carson into retirement earlier than he wanted to. Dude is a huge piece of shit

[@iamhughmun]

@@kumar01234 and Johnny wanted David Letterman to take over not Leno

[@andohish27]

Matt Damon is almost 50. Damn

[@liljon380]

Who was on the plane, there.

[@reneaguilar3471]

I like Matt Damon for 2 reasons he is married into our Hispanic culture literally and for the joke with jimmy Kimmel

[@jackcarrol9483]

Yes. YEEEEESSSS, HAHAHAHA.

[@corpusfusion1574]

OMG!! This so-call Kimmel & Damon feud is really on over-kill. It's what, the same joke they been carrying on for 15yrs long? Is it really THAT funny, Ya'll? It's more of an in-side joke for them, then for us.

[@thomasjones9662]

Oh man I luv it ! And Leno...it figures, what a dick. Always thought he was odd...with weird forced delivery of his jokes.

[@simogalile5640]

So now he ruined the whole joke. Damn you Matt Damon. I wanted to get into details as to why you shouldn't have done this now but I ran out of time.

[@youginchung1876]

so one goes for awards and the other gets turned out. to survive or to put Maintain decency. the survival in entertainment business Mr. Kimmel, why never Leo? Awards him enough at least? Maybe..... Robin WIlliams, Sire would have shined your shoes

[@TeamOT]

Huh, interesting. I thought that Leno beef was exclusively a Conan thing. I guess not...

[@perrap79]

The more I hear about Leno, the more I cant stand him.

[@philosoraptor2285]

It's a fake feud. The two of them are friends.

[@TheVgaTV]

And yet another example of how horrible Leno was

[@lil_truth]

Nah Kimmel deserved it

[@Biilll1496]

Kimmel wasn't he on the man show a super sexist show but some how he is a hero now cuz he hates Trump. Hypocrisy at its finest

[@chadwickgaines3600]

I agree. Fuq Jimmy Kimmel

[@youginchung1876]

was it the joke? the entire movie show took your chair?

[@Jamesterritt]

Eat more meat it’s lovely and I’d love to eat tash she’s lovely

[@hrishid291]

I know its not real but it still ruins it a little bit😊

[@deanwalker7216]

Nobody cares.

[@JamesPerrone-qq1ph]

Tell Jimmy to fake cry some more, that's always good TV.

[@andrew2155]

JumpSpeed okay boomer

[@JamesPerrone-qq1ph]

@Salvador Vidrio Your mother, think about what a failure her son is. You make you mother cry. Homerun Chipperson.

[@baatile]

Jay Leno 🚮🚮🚮