Jimmy Kimmel might be committed to his family, but he gave up on his long-running joke with Matt Damon.
In clip from Thursday’s episode from “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” where the late-night presenter detailed his vacancy next summer, a robed and masked Damon slipped out of the bedroom inside Kimmel’s house to mock him for vacationing.
“What does that mean, ‘depart?'” Jeered Damon, with Kimmel responding he only took a few moments.
“What will I do?” said Damon, 49, adding he had been waiting to appear on the show after hiding in a room for three months. The duo is known to have been involved in idly “feuds” for years.
Kimmel, 52, said he would rest from July 6 to spend it with his family.
“Nothing is wrong, I am healthy, my family is healthy, I only need to take a few months off,” Kimmel said. The statement seems to be aimed at Kimmel’s break in 2017 – when he moved away from the show after his son, Billy, was born with a heart condition, which needed a lot of surgery.
Kimmel’s hiatus will end in September, when he returns to the air to host The Emmy, although it is unknown whether they will occur virtually or directly in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic.
This spoof clip shows Damon and Kimmel joking with each other, when the actor tore off the host for keeping Tori Spelling’s book in his room – the Damon touting that he read three times while hiding. Shortly thereafter, Kimmel’s wife, Molly, was seen slipping out of the room – also wearing a robe.
“Why is my wife in the room?” Kimmel asked. “I mean, why do you think he’s in the room?” Damon responds.
Damon then walked off the screen, wishing Kimmel a great summer wherever he went.
“You have a great summer wherever you go,” Kimmel applauded again.
“I’ll!” said Damon. “I will be your wife!”
