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Matt Damon has been the punchline in a long-running gag on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” so it’s no surprise the host trolled his fake foe for his namesake bowl game.
The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl is taking place Saturday night at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. For Saturday night’s game between Oregon State and Utah State, the stadium’s urinals feature an image of Damon.
The urinals at SoFi Stadium for the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl have Matt Damon’s face on them 🤣🏟
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— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) December 19, 2021
Kimmel ends episodes of his talk show with, “Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time.” Earlier this year, Kimmel explained how the running gag and fake feud got started:
“I decided to say, for the amusement of one of our producers who was standing next to me, ‘I want to apologize to Matt Damon. We ran out of time,’” Kimmel said. “And he got a kick out of it ― the producer ― so I just started doing it every night to amuse him.”
“Matt Damon was just the first name that popped into my head,” the comedian said. “I was trying to think of an A-list star, and somebody we absolutely would not bump if he was on the show.”
“The legs on this bit are unbelievable to me. I mean, people laugh every time I say it,” he told NPR. “Repeating the same joke every single night, you’d think eventually people would get tired of it, but they don’t.”
As for the actual football game, Oregon State leads Utah State 7-0 in the first quarter. The game is airing on ABC.
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