The epic story of Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon is well known by now. What started as a running gag that saw Damon repeatedly “bumped” from Jimmy Kimmel Live turned into a sort of faux feud, sort of on par with the ongoing battle between Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.

Kimmel and Damon became friends after Kimmel pretended to have a feud with the actor as a joke for Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2005. The fake feud started when Kimmel jokingly said, “Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time,” during a season 3 episode of the show, despite the fact that the actor was not slated as a guest.

We have got to get him to the hospital,’ because if he dies in my house, I’m going to prison for the rest of my life.”