Jimmy Kimmel Vs. Matt Damon: Anatomy Of An Epic Hollywood Feud

By Brent Furdyk. 7 Oct 2020 10:00 AM

Jimmy Kimmel’s feud with Matt Damon is one of Hollywood’s longest-running, nastiest and most hilarious celebrity battles — despite (or maybe because of) the fact that it’s completely fake. With the feud showing no sign of abating, let’s take a look back at the origin and evolution of this epic Hollywood battle — beginning with why Kimmel ends every single show with “Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time.”

Matt Damon And Jimmy Kimmel At World Series Game

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Kimmel Buries The Hatchet At The Oscars (But Not Really)

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Matt Damon And Jimmy Kimmel At World Series Game
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The feud continued at the final game of the World Series in Los Angeles where Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon both wore “I’m With Stupid” T-shirts. Kimmel addressed the shirts on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, saying, “There’s nothing worse than paying a lot of money for tickets and having to sit next to an obnoxious jerk the whole game.”
Kimmel Buries The Hatchet At The Oscars (But Not Really)

In his opening monologue at the Oscars, Kimmel said he wanted to bury the hatchet with his nemesis — although that hatchet ended up buried right between Damon's shoulder blades. "When I first met Matt, I was the fat one," joked Kimmel. "He’s a selfish person, but Matt did something very unselfish," he added, noting how, as producer of "Machester By the Sea", he could have taken the lead part for himself, but instead cast Casey Affleck in the role. "He turned over an Oscar-calibre role to his childhood friend," quipped Kimmel, "and made a Chinese ponytail movie instead. And that movie, 'The Great Wall', went on to lose 80 million dollars. Smooth move, dumbass."

Jimmy Kimmel Vs. Matt Damon: Anatomy Of An Epic Hollywood Feud

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