--- description: Ricky Gervais called Matt Damon the "only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to." title: Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [awards](/tag/awards/) ## awards Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 11, 2016 2:00 AM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 11, 2016 2:00 AM CUT Host Ricky Gervais didn’t hold back when it came to [_The Martian_](http://time.com/4055413/martian-movie-review-science-accuracy-matt-damon/ "undefined"), its star Matt Damon or even Damon’s friends during the [Golden Globes](http://time.com/4171495/golden-globes-2016-winners/ "undefined"). After mocking space film _The Martian_ for being nominated for best comedy rather than best drama, Gervais called Damon the “only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to.” Damon took the stage immediately after the joke to introduce _The Martian_ but appeared to be reeling from the savage jab. The actor is a longtime friend of Affleck, who [separated](http://time.com/3942291/ben-affleck-jennifer-garner-divorce-why/ "undefined") from wife Jennifer Garner last year. > [](https://twitter.com/connortryan/status/686361656419553281) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4174568/golden-globes-2016-matt-damon-ben-affleck-ricky-gervais/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4174568/golden-globes-2016-matt-damon-ben-affleck-ricky-gervais/"},"headline":"Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn","datePublished":"2016-01-11T02:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:56:26.925Z","description":"Ricky Gervais called Matt Damon the \"only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to.\"","url":"https://time.com/4174568/golden-globes-2016-matt-damon-ben-affleck-ricky-gervais/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4174568/golden-globes-2016-matt-damon-ben-affleck-ricky-gervais/","name":"Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Golden Globes 2016: Ricky Gervais' Comments on Caitlyn Jenner","description":"Golden Globes 2016: Ricky Gervais' Comments on Caitlyn Jenner","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ASSoJjOT/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-11T01:18:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ASSoJjOT.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4174568/golden-globes-2016-matt-damon-ben-affleck-ricky-gervais/","duration":"PT32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4174568/golden-globes-2016-matt-damon-ben-affleck-ricky-gervais/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```