Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon continue longstanding rivalry in bit after late night host says he’ll take the summer off from filming Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon are at it again.
The pair continued their long-running bit on Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! when Kimmel revealed that after this week, he was sidelining himself for the summer after nearly two decades on the air.
‘I’m taking the summer off to spend even more time with my family,’ Kimmel, 52, said on the program. ‘I’ve been doing this job for almost 18 years, I’ve done 3,130 shows and there’s nothing wrong, my family is healthy, I’m healthy.
The latest: Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon continued their long-running bit on Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! when Kimmel revealed that after this week, he was sidelining himself for the summer after nearly two decades on the air
‘There’s noting wrong, I just need a couple of months off.’
Kimmel said hosting duties would fall to ‘cavalcade of very kind and capable people’ when the show returns after two weeks off on Monday, July 6.
Damon at that point emerged in a bathrobe from the background of Kimmel’s home, where Jimmy’s filmed since the coronavirus forced Hollywood to suspend most productions, while talk show host have continued from their homes.
Damon and Kimmel played off of their ongoing comic routine that Damon had been bumped from the show due to a lack of time, as he told Kimmel he’d patiently been living in his guest room the past three months ‘because we had to leave the studio.’
In good hands: Kimmel said hosting duties would fall to ‘cavalcade of very kind and capable people’ when the show returns after two weeks off on Monday, July 6
LOLs: Damon and Kimmel played off of their ongoing comic routine that Damon had been bumped from the show due to a lack of time
When Kimmel asked Damon why he’d hunkered down there, the Contagion star replied, ‘Maybe you heard of something called the coronavirus.’
Kimmel’s wife Molly was seen scampering out of a guest room in the home in a robe.
‘That’s my wife, why is she in the room,’ he asked Damon, who replied, ‘Why do you think she’s in the room?’
Say what? When Kimmel asked Damon why he’d hunkered down there, the Contagion star replied, ‘Maybe you heard of something called the coronavirus’
Uh-oh! Kimmel’s wife Molly was seen scampering out of a guest room in the home in a robe
Upset: ‘Son of a b****, you did it again!’ Kimmel told The Departed star, who he’s carried on a good-natured rivalry with for nearly two decades
‘Son of a b****, you did it again!’ Kimmel told The Departed star, who he’s carried on a good-natured rivalry with for nearly two decades.
Kimmel, a devoted family man, took leaves from his position in 2017 as his baby son William dealt with health complications.
In that time, ABC had a number of different celebs host their flagship late night show, including Will Arnett, Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Dave Grohl, Lawrence, Shaquille O’Neal, David Spade and Channing Tatum.