Matt Damon was ready to bury the hatchet over his long-standing fake feud with Jimmy Kimmel to support the comedian’s late night talk show staff salaries.
According to Kimmel, Damon and Ben Affleck offered to pay the salaries of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” staff writers amid the ongoing WGA strike.
“Ben Affleck and the despicable Matt Damon contacted me and offered to pay our staff for two weeks,” Kimmel said during the recent episode of his “Strike Force Five” podcast with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver. “A week each, they wanted to pay out of their own pockets our staff.”
Fallon responded that Damon and Affleck are “good people” for offering. Kimmel, however, turned it down, saying that it wasn’t the actors’ responsibility to do so.
The “Strike Force Five” podcast recently launched with proceeds from the Spotify show going to the employees of late...
According to Kimmel, Damon and Ben Affleck offered to pay the salaries of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” staff writers amid the ongoing WGA strike.
“Ben Affleck and the despicable Matt Damon contacted me and offered to pay our staff for two weeks,” Kimmel said during the recent episode of his “Strike Force Five” podcast with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver. “A week each, they wanted to pay out of their own pockets our staff.”
Fallon responded that Damon and Affleck are “good people” for offering. Kimmel, however, turned it down, saying that it wasn’t the actors’ responsibility to do so.
The “Strike Force Five” podcast recently launched with proceeds from the Spotify show going to the employees of late...
- 9/4/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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