Jimmy Kimmel had one final shock visitor as his “Brooklyn Week” got here to an in depth, as Matt Damon made surprising cameo through the comic’s monologue.
The Oscar winner made his manner onto the “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” stage throughout Friday’s episode, the place he wearing a neon furry mascot costume — paying homage to Frankie Focus, the brand new mascot launched by Governor Kathy Hochul to assist children focus at school.
At first, it wasn’t clear that Damon was beneath the furry headpiece. Nevertheless, when the mascot started insulting Kimmel, viewers have been clued in that the comic’s longtime nemesis (as a part of a long-running “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” gag) was contained in the costume.
“Cease cheering for him. That is breaking and getting into,” Kimmel advised the viewers. “Once more! You’ve executed this earlier than.”
Damon proceeded to clarify the explanation for his impromptu go to: “I wore this costume as a result of it’s the final likelihood to get on the present. I do know we’ve had our variations through the years. However, I needed to be right here tonight in your final present ever.”
Right here’s the place Kimmel needed to break the information to his well-known frenemy. “This isn’t my final present ever,” Kimmel stated. “Now we have a present Monday.”
Damon responded, “No, however the president cancelled you — which I used to be an enormous fan of, by the best way. I imply, when he stated you had zero scores and no expertise, I used to be like, ‘I’ve been saying that for years.’”
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The Damon-Kimmel feud dates again to 2005, when throughout a Season 3 episode the late night time host jokingly apologized to the actor for bumping him as they “ran out of time.”
Damon was by no means really scheduled to be on the present, nevertheless it grew to become a working joke that Kimmel by no means allowed Damon to seem as a visitor on his present. Through the years, Damon has needed to “sneak” onto “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” with the assistance of his celeb friends, together with Ben Affleck and Sarah Silverman.
“Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.
