'I hope he never gets nominated again,' joked Kimmel, who will be hosting the Academy Awards for the third time later this month (via toofab)
"I'm thrilled that he won't show," Kimmel said Damon, who has been nominated for five Oscars throughout his career, winning the award for Best Original Screenplay for"Good Will Hunting" in 1997.The 2023 Oscars -- which will air live on ABC on March 12 -- marks Kimmel's third time hosting Hollywood's biggest night. The 55-year-old previously hosted the 2017 and 2018 ceremony, with Kimmel famously presiding over"envelope-gate" during his first time.
If you recall, back in 2017, the award announcers for Best Picture, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, mistakenly announced"La La Land" as the category's winner instead of"Moonlight." The momentLooking back, Kimmel joked that he blames Damon for the mishap. "I believe that his presence in some way caused the envelope mixup," he told People, before adding that Damon was right next to him when it all went down.
"Jokes aside, I was sitting next to Matt when that literally unfolded," Kimmel recalled,"and he figured out what was going on a couple of seconds before I did. His version of the story is that I figured it out before he did.… So whatever the case, neither one of us knew what the hell was going on."
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