How do you like them apples?
Host of Jimmy Kimmel Live and life saver? Jimmy Kimmel in a recent interview with Variety shared a story in which he saved an A-list celebrity from choking to death one night. The celebrity in question was none other than mortal enemy Matt Damon.
The pair have shared an onscreen rivalry for many years, as when Kimmel was first getting started in late night talk show hosting would often end his shows with “sorry we ran out of time for Matt Damon” as a playful joke. The joke ended up growing larger and larger that the pair now have appeared many times both on camera and on stage to riff on each other. Damon even appears on stage when Kimmel hosted the Emmy’s to laugh at him when he lost in his category to John Oliver.
But behind the scenes it appears the two are very good friends putting on a funny, albeit very long bit on screen. Kimmel recalled inviting Damon over one evening for dinner at home. The star apparently was famished from a long day on a shoot and started eating a bit too fast causing him to joke on a pork rib, the rib was stuck in his throat for 90 minutes Kimmel claims.
“I said, ‘We have got to get him to the hospital,’ because if he dies in my house, I’m going to prison for the rest of my life,… I will never be able to explain this as anything other than a murder.” – Jimmy Kimmel
After many failed attempts at a Heimlich, Kimmel discovered a tactic in which Damon ingested tiny pieces of bread to slowly push it each time it went a piece went by. This indeed was the tactic that eventually dislodged the pork rib.
