--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Got Tom Brady To Help HIm Torment Matt Damon description: The New England Patriots star helped Jimmy Kimmel troll Matt Damon canonical: https://time.com/5581977/tom-brady-on-kimmel-matt-damon/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-03T13:48:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:53.003Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Got Tom Brady To Help HIm Torment Matt Damon og:description: The late night host just upped the ante in his ongoing feud with Damon og:url: https://time.com/5581977/tom-brady-on-kimmel-matt-damon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8f4de27bbf333bf/6989496b4ee2624367314740/tombradyonjimmykimmelmattdamon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1508 og:image:height: 848 og:image:alt: TomBradyonJimmyKimmelMattDamon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Got Tom Brady To Help HIm Torment Matt Damon twitter:description: The late night host just upped the ante in his ongoing feud with Damon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8f4de27bbf333bf/6989496b4ee2624367314740/tombradyonjimmykimmelmattdamon.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's No End to Jimmy Kimmel's Torment of Matt Damon and He Just Upped the Ante > Sponsored content. 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Kimmel then casually asks Brady if he could throw the football he just happens to be holding through a window in the house. The six-time Super Bowl winner, looks at Kimmel like he’s nuts, because of course he can hit a window in a house. He proves it, by easily shattering a window. “Very well done, that was impressive,” Kimmel says. As he and his longtime sidekick Guillermo congratulate Brady on his marksmanship, a very angry Damon walks out and demands to know what’s going on. “Oh no, do you live here?” Kimmel replies, with Damon angrily answering, “You know I live here!” The fact that Kimmel got Brady involved in their [14-year long feud](http://time.com/4473441/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-feud-history-timeline/) is particularly devious, because as a Boston native, Damon is a huge New England Patriots fan. Damon even tried to “sneak” on to Kimmel’s show [dressed as Brady back in 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lgz3ftDI9I). 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