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By all accounts,Jimmy Kimmelis known as a charitable guy who wishes all the best for his buddies. ExceptMatt Damon, that is.
So Kimmel, who will return to host theOscarsfor a third time on March 12, is giddy Damon may not be in the audience at this year’s awards telecast.
“I’m thrilled that he won’t show,” Kimmel, 55, playfully tells PEOPLE. “I hope he never gets nominated again.”
In fact, Kimmel maintains that Damon, a five-time nominee who took home the Best Original Screenplay Oscar forGood Will Huntingin 1997, somehow holdsblame for the backstage envelope snafuin 2017 which led to the announcement of the wrong Best Picture winner.
“I believe that his presence in some way caused the envelope mixup,” deadpans Kimmel.
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“Jokes aside, I was sitting next to Matt when that literally unfolded, and he figured out what was going on a couple of seconds before I did,” recalls Kimmel of the shocking moment that went down during the star’s first host outing. “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.”
The Oscarsair live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, at 8 p.m. ET.
For more from Jimmy Kimmel, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now.
source: people.com
