After Kimmel showed a photo of the two at the 1998 Academy Awards, the first time they won their Oscar for Good Will Hunting, Affleck made a joke at Damon’s expense. It all came to a head last night during Kimmel’s Oscar special where he had Ben Affleck on to talk about Batman v Superman.
Affleck, poking fun at his post muscle weight gain, walked out onto the stage with a ballooned figure, and an oversized suit.
But Damon wasn’t letting Kimmel’s bad attitude get him down.
Ben responded by saying, “Thanks, I didn’t think this was about body-shaming tonight”. Matt freakin’ Damon, of course.
But all was revealed as Kimmel began prodding at the bulk and none other than Matt Damon tumbled out. During another show Matt crashed Kimmel’s show and took over, hosting his own Jimmy Kimmel Live, with the help of a few of his famous friends, including Affleck. The bit has been a part of the show since 2003.
Fans of the pair know that Damon and Kimmel have a decade-long feud of exchanging faux-hate on live TV.
“I still feel like Dorothy!” an ecstatic Damon says, before Kimmel has the cameraman cut the Oscar-nominated actor out of frame and physically removes him offstage. “This is wonderful”, Damon said.
After showing a new clip from the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Affleck told Kimmel that he let himself go after working out so much for a superhero movie.