Jimmy Kimmel Explains How Bread Saved Matt Damon Due To Choking At His Dinner Party

Jimmy Kimmel shares details about a scary incident involving Matt Damon, and the story almost had a much more sinister effect, one that would have hit him where he lived literally. The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host shared the story with Variety. The host remembered a disastrous dinner party which turned the room full of people into a muddle.

For Kimmel, the evening started with good food, good friends, and easy banter. But everything took a serious turn when Matt Damon, arriving late and ravenous, came into play. "I made pork ribs. He came late, was very hungry, and started eating fast," Kimmel said. What happened next was a truly harrowing scene as Damon began to choke on a pork rib, which would obstruct his air passage for ninety minutes. Kimmel acknowledged the fear was genuine, quipping, "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.'"

Read More: Ashley St. Clair Reveals She's Facing Eviction Amid Custody Battle With Elon Musk

As the actor's life hung in the balance, Kimmel and his guests, including Damon's own brother, did everything they could to save him. Conventional approaches, such as the Heimlich maneuver, didn't work because the rib itself was too far down. In the end, it was the most unassuming of heroes, bread, that saved the day. With small bites, Damon was able to shove the rib safely down into his stomach. "We did a lot of YouTube-ing and finally concluded that eating little bits of bread was the way to get that rib to work its way down into his stomach," Kimmel remembered, underscoring how such a humble kitchen item turned into a life-saving utensil.

They can laugh when they tell the story now, but the memory of that dinner party is still fresh. Kimmel's telling is a reminder not just of the unpredictability of being a talk-show host with a roster of celebrity guests, but of how an ordinary answer to a terrifying problem can be bread. At the end of the day, Damon came out alive, the rebel rib was thwarted, and Kimmel got to keep his freedom. The story is both cautionary and amusing, recounting how, despite the informality of the dinner, an emergency can be just around the corner, and in the end, life sometimes rests on the simplest of solutions. For fans of the two stars, it serves as a reminder of the private drama and comedy that unfolds offscreen and out of the Hollywood glare.