--- title: Matt Damon: on Idina Menzel Feud on Jimmy Kimmel Live description: The 'Frozen' and 'Wicked' actress received an unexpected admission of affection from her celebrity crush, who was camped out backstage. canonical: https://time.com/4521142/matt-damon-on-idina-menzel-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-06T15:05:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:23.164Z og:title: Matt Damon Went on Jimmy Kimmel to Address a Different ‘Feud’ og:description: Matt Damon went on Jimmy Kimmel to discuss his love of Wicked og:url: https://time.com/4521142/matt-damon-on-idina-menzel-jimmy-kimmel/ 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: Matt Damon Went on Jimmy Kimmel to Address a Different ‘Feud’ twitter:description: Matt Damon went on Jimmy Kimmel to discuss his love of Wicked twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Matt Damon and Idina Menzel Address Their ‘Feud’ on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ > Sponsored content. 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As she recalled meeting other celebrities backstage after her performances as _Wicked_‘s green-tinged witch Elphaba, she said that Damon had indeed come by her show once—but the experience of meeting him wasn’t all that great. “Finally he came, he came backstage, I got the green makeup off, he was there with his wife,” she said. “And he looked like he hated it. He seemed so bored by it. She was so sweet, and the daughter… but he looked like he hated it!” “Well, you know he’s backstage right now waiting to get on the show, can we ask him?” asked Kimmel. Luckily for Menzel, [Kimmel and Damon’s longstanding rivalry](http://time.com/4423798/matt-damon-and-jimmy-kimmel-make-some-real-progress-in-couples-therapy-again/?iid=sr-link4) means that Damon regularly hangs out at his shows, waiting for his chance to go on. So the cameras flashed to a messy backstage room featuring a dart board with Kimmel’s face, and Menzel cringed. “I’m kind of hurt by this,” Damon told Menzel from his backstage hideout. “I loved _Wicked_. I loved it. And I loved Idina in it… I was so moved.” Of course, Damon wanted to continue his explanation, but Kimmel quickly cut him off. 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