{"id":428459,"date":"2026-05-02T09:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/428459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:25:13","slug":"desi-lydic-tells-jimmy-kimmel-she-was-in-film-with-his-nemesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/428459\/","title":{"rendered":"Desi Lydic Tells Jimmy Kimmel She Was In Film With His Nemesis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDaily Show<\/a>\u201d comedian Desi Lydic<\/a> appeared to make a surprising revelation Thursday on \u201cJimmy Kimmel<\/a> Live!\u201d (Watch the video below.)<\/p>\n

Asked by host Jimmy Kimmel if she had been in any big movies when she was an aspiring actor, Lydic replied, \u201cWell, I hate to break it to you, Jimmy, I was in a movie with your nemesis.\u201d<\/p>\n

She waited a beat. At the same time Kimmel blurted out \u201cTrump?\u201d Lydic said, \u201cI was in \u2018We Bought A Zoo.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That 2011 film starred Kimmel\u2019s faux enemy<\/a> Matt Damon. The talk show host and the Oscar winner have exchanged insults and pranks for years. But Damon never tried to get him pulled off the air as the president has done before and is doing again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kimmel, who remarked to political satirist Lydic that Trump is \u201cour nemesis,\u201d easily slipped back into his comic feud with Damon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs that why you decided to stop acting?\u201d he asked Lydic of her experience with the \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d actor. \u201c… I\u2019m so sorry he did that to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to 2:13 for that segment:<\/p>\n

All jokes aside, Trump and first lady Melania Trump<\/a> called for Kimmel to be fired for jokingly referring to the first lady as an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d days before Saturday\u2019s alleged assassination attempt on the president.<\/p>\n

Kimmel said it was a light jab roasting the first couple\u2019s age difference. That didn\u2019t stop the right-wing outrage in another brewing battle over free speech.<\/p>\n

While flying a bit more under the radar than Kimmel, Lydic has launched her share<\/a> of zingers<\/a> at the president.<\/p>\n

For the curious here\u2019s a scene<\/a> between Damon\u2019s widower and Lydic\u2019s lasagna-bearing single mom in \u201cWe Bought A Zoo.\u201d<\/p>\n