Matt Damon gets revenge on Kimmel
The oft-bumped movie star strikes back at his nemesis
Matt Damon gets revenge on Kimmel
David Hiltbrand, Inquirer Columnist
It’s one of the longest running gags on television. For a decade, Jimmy Kimmel has been announcing Matt Damon as a guest, and then declaring at the end of the show that they ran out of time and will have Damon on soon.
This went on for years, with Damon acting as if he was furious at the discourtesy of the continuous snub. Well, last night, Kimmel, ensconced in his new time slot, declared that Thursday would be the historic night when Damon actually would get some couch time. Here’s a teaser of what tonight will bring. Isn’t that an evil laugh Damon has?
Kimmel and Damon have some history when it comes to exactin revenge. Several years ago, Kimmel’s then girlfriend Sarah Silverman released a music video bragging that she was having wild sex with Damon. A humiliated Kimmel responded with a memorable video of his own. And it went like this:
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Alert the Pulitzer committee, this report has to be the front runner for the 2013 prize for investigative journalism.— lostInPhilly- WTFC— maldorer
- For crying out loud, the guy's face takes up half the main web page. Are chicks or gay dudes in charge?— mephisto
- Longest running unfunny gags— skintime
- After Promised Land cratered at the box office, Damon has to do something to get attention. He touted the movie as Oscar worth...it's rather preachy, poorly acted, and has a stupid ending caused by the fact that the EPA found no ground water contamination in Dimock, PA. Thanks Matt for making small town Pennsylvanians look like morons in need of you as our hero.— PFCzar
- "Kimmel and Damon have some history when it comes to exactin revenge."
"exactin" ?
— ekw555
