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WATCH: Matt Damon ‘hijacks’ Jimmy Kimmel’s show

Matt Damon and Sarah Silverman reunited Thursday, five years after filming a viral video together.

Matt Damon and Sarah Silverman reunited Thursday, five years after filming a viral video together. (ABC via Getty Images)

Sorry Jimmy – Matt Damon is finally out of time.

The “Bourne Identity” actor has shared a mock feud with late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel for the better part of a decade. Kimmel fueled the rivalry by bumping Damon from every show – apologizing, night after night, year after year, that he’d run out of time for the A-list actor.

Viral barbs escalated the comedy. Damon filmed a video with Kimmel’s then-girlfriend, Sarah Silverman, explaining the places where they’ve shacked up. No, the mini-bar was not spared.

Kimmel responded by announcing his, ahem … bond with Damon’s buddy Ben Affleck.

Then there was the Handsome Men’s Club; and “Movie: The Movie,” where a grape-suited Damon got booted from the final cut, to hilarious results; and Kimmel’s assistant Guillermo filling in as the star of “Bourne Ultimatum.” Suffice to say, Damon “hijacking” Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was a long time coming.

The episode began with an alternate introduction – showing a highlight reel of Kimmel bumping Damon, followed by a hooded Damon in a basement bunker, laughing demonically, speaking into the camera. Across the room sat Kimmel, the host duct-taped to his chair, a necktie in his mouth.

“Is there a new host in town?” Damon asked. “And his initials are M.D. That’s right, the doctor is in.”

The doctor quickly disrupted the show’s cast. Guillermo was replaced by actor Andy Garcia. Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III was swapped for Sheryl Crow.

“It took Jimmy 10 years to accomplish what I just accomplished in 90 seconds,” Damon bragged, a muted Kimmel sitting upstage, still taped to his chair. As Damon continued, he started making concessions about Kimmel’s talent. He’s funny. Smart. An excellent lover …

“What is going on here?” Damon asked. “I didn’t write any of this.”

The camera panned to show Affleck on cue cards, trying to protect Kimmel, caught between bromances.

“Forget it man! I never wanted to do this to Jimmy,” Affleck said, sulking as he left the stage.

“I never wanted it to end up this way!”

Comedian Robin Williams emerged to finish the monologue, giving the host a lap dance in the process.

Damon later discussed the “reasons” for the feud – and dug up “archival” footage of Kimmel auditioning for such movies as “Good Will Hunting” and “Stuck on You,” showing Kimmel duct taped to actor Greg Kinnear.

“Jimmy always wanted to be an actor, and unfortunately for him, I beat him out for any role I ever truly wanted,” Damon said. “Jimmy has auditioned for every movie I’ve ever been in.”

A cavalcade of celebrities followed, all of them poking fun at Kimmel or stroking Damon’s ego. Nicole Kidman, who’s never done the show before because “he’s not classy.” Gary Oldman, who had to be reminded about his previous “Jimmy Kimmel Live” appearances. Amy Adams. Reese Witherspoon.

Demi Moore hopped off her bicycle and entered the studio to discuss the time she ate at Kimmel’s house. He was cooking pizzas, but when Moore went to throw something away, she saw DiGiorno’s pizza boxes in the garbage can, and that settled things.

Jennifer Lopez, Sally Field, Robert DeNiro, Oprah Winfrey and John Krasinski also appeared in pre-filmed video spots.

“What can i say? Your sunny face kisses the world,” Krasinski told Damon.

Damon’s final guest was the most significant – Silverman, Kimmel’s ex-girlfriend, the one from that “I’m F–king Matt Damon” video.

After Silverman waved to her ex, she talked with Damon about their relationship, comparing it to the second-guessing one endures after eating hot dogs from a street vendor.

Crow, rocking away as the night’s bandleader, debuted her new song “Easy.”

And then, after a decade’s worth of Kimmel’s brush-offs, it was Damon’s chance to say goodnight.