--- title: Ben Affleck Smuggles Matt Damon onto Jimmy Kimmel Live! description: When Ben Affleck showed up during Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscars special on Sunday night, he was looking a little heftier than usual. canonical: https://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T15:55:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:33.550Z og:title: Watch Ben Affleck Smuggle Matt Damon onto Jimmy Kimmel Live! og:description: By wearing an oversize suit jacket og:url: https://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ben Affleck Smuggle Matt Damon onto Jimmy Kimmel Live! twitter:description: By wearing an oversize suit jacket twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ben Affleck Sneakily Smuggle Matt Damon onto _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 29, 2016 3:55 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 29, 2016 3:55 PM UTC When [Ben Affleck](http://time.com/3689392/super-bowl-celebrities-tom-brady-deflategate/) showed up to promote _Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice_ during Jimmy Kimmel’s [post-Oscars special](http://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/?xid=homepage) on Sunday night, he was looking a little bigger than usual. In fact, he was carrying so much extra weight that Kimmel quickly grew suspicious of the 43-year-old actor. As he began to prod at Affleck’s oversize jacket, the big twist of the night was revealed: the excess mass was actually just [Matt Damon](http://time.com/4162254/cost-of-rescuing-matt-damon/). **Read More:** [Watch Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel Work Through Their Issues in Therapy](http://time.com/4053605/watch-matt-damon-and-jimmy-kimmel-work-through-their-issues-in-therapy/) Affleck had snuck his longtime friend onto the show in an attempt to end the infamous feud between Damon and Kimmel. However, the host didn’t take too kindly to the appearance of his arch enemy. “I want everyone to sit down,” he said as the audience erupted in cheers. “No clapping.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/"},"headline":"Watch Ben Affleck Sneakily Smuggle Matt Damon onto Jimmy Kimmel Live!","datePublished":"2016-02-29T15:55:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:33.550Z","description":"By wearing an oversize suit jacket","url":"https://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Actors","Matt Damon","Jimmy Kimmel","Ben Affleck","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4241109/ben-affleck-smuggles-matt-damon-jimmy-kimmel-live/","name":"Watch Ben Affleck Sneakily Smuggle Matt Damon onto Jimmy Kimmel Live!"}}]}] ```