--- description: Jimmy Kimmel managed to work his feud with Matt Damon into a United Airlines parody ad. title: Matt Damon Just Helped Jimmy Kimmel Spoof United Airlines image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel Worked Their Endless Feud Into This United Airlines Spoof by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:13 AM CUTPublished: Apr 19, 2017 12:33 PM CUT by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:13 AM CUTPublished: Apr 19, 2017 12:33 PM CUT [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4683230/oscars-2017-jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-feud/ "undefined") is not above spoofing the [United Airlines](http://time.com/4738429/david-dao-united-airlines/ "undefined") debacle with his tried and true [Matt Damon joke](http://time.com/4473441/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-feud-history-timeline/ "undefined"). Following the videos that showed officers [forcibly dragging a passenger](http://time.com/4742259/united-airlines-couple-flight/ "undefined") off an overbooked flight, the _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ host told the audience the airline tapped a major celebrity spokesperson for a new ad. Naturally, it was his arch enemy Damon, always happy to play the target of the never-ending gag about Kimmel bumping him from his show. “We’re United Airlines,” he began his voiceover before taking an emotional detour. “You know what? No, no, I can’t do this anymore because I know what it’s like to get bumped. Trust me, I’ve been getting bumped from Jimmy’s show for the past eight years and it takes a toll….We deserve to be treated with dignity, not told night after night, ‘Oh, there’s somebody more important so take a hike.’” As is Kimmel-Damon tradition, the _Great Wall_ actor didn’t last long. Kimmel “hauls” him out of the spoof via voiceover. “In some cases, some people deserved to get bumped,” Kimmel said. Watch the parody commercial in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4746065/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-united-airlines-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4746065/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-united-airlines-ad/"},"headline":"Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel Worked Their Endless Feud Into This United Airlines Spoof","datePublished":"2017-04-19T12:33:37.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T09:13:42.000Z","description":"Jimmy Kimmel managed to work his feud with Matt Damon into a United Airlines parody ad.","url":"https://time.com/4746065/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-united-airlines-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Matt Damon","Jimmy Kimmel","Late Night Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"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/4746065/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-united-airlines-ad/","name":"Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel Worked Their Endless Feud Into This United Airlines Spoof"}}]}] ```