Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoBen Affleck Just Delivered The Latest Blow In Matt Damon And Jimmy Kimmel's 23-Year Faux Feud, And It's Nothing Short Of Iconic"Ben always being game to participate in this 'fight' is hilarious."by Stephanie SoteriouBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Ben Affleck dutifully delivered a new blow in his best friend Matt Damon's long-running faux feud with Jimmy Kimmel, and people genuinely can't get enough of it. Jerritt Clark / Getty Images If you've missed the last 23 years of pop culture history, then here's a quick recap: Jimmy and Matt's pretend beef first started way back in 2003, when Jimmy ended an episode of his late-night talk show by jokingly saying: "Apologies to Matt Damon, but we ran out of time." Jaimie Trueblood / Getty Images Matt was never actually billed to appear on the show, and Jimmy later told NPR: "We had a bad show.... The guests were bad, and I was feeling pretty bad about myself at the end of the program." Gregg Deguire / Getty Images He added that he made the joke for the amusement of one of his producers, explaining: "Matt Damon was just the first name that popped into my head. I was trying to think of an A-list star and somebody we absolutely would not bump if he was on the show." But the bit immediately became a running gag on Jimmy Kimmel Live, with the host ending his show with the same quip night after night. During an appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Matt said that this off-the-cuff moment from Jimmy "changed the rest of [their] lives" as he confirmed that he'd never even met the host prior to that moment. Kurt Vinion / Getty Images Three years later, in 2006, Matt was finally booked on Jimmy Kimmel Live for real, and both stars expertly leaned into the gag by having Jimmy end the show right after introducing Matt as his guest. At the time, Matt jokingly started cussing out Jimmy and stormed off stage as the end credits rolled. ABC / Via youtube.com The following year, Matt enlisted Jimmy's then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman to prank him, with Sarah recording a song called: "I'm Fucking Matt Damon," and the two shooting a music video together that joked about them having a secret sexual relationship behind Jimmy's back. For what it's worth, this song ended up winning a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. ABC Then, in 2009, Jimmy got his own back in truly iconic fashion, calling in Matt's longtime best friend for the song: "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck," and an accompanying music video. ABC These gags have continued in a similar vein throughout the years, and the two men regularly prank one another and publicly poke fun at their "rivalry." Randy Holmes / Getty Images So, it's perhaps unsurprising that after Jimmy's show won a Critics Choice award on Sunday night, Matt didn't let his big moment go unchecked. And this time, he enlisted Ben to do his bidding. Michael Tran / Getty Images For reference, Jimmy's win came after Jimmy Kimmel Live was sensationally pulled off the air indefinitely in September for a comment that Jimmy made about the death of Charlie Kirk. After huge outrage and public backlash, the show was reinstated one week later. Ben appeared on Jimmy's talk show on Tuesday night, and during the interview, he pulled a letter out of his suit jacket and said: "Speaking of Matt, he wanted me to pass on a note he wanted me to share with you, which I thought was very nice." ABC As Jimmy reached for the note, Ben swiped it away and said: "I'll read it." He then recited: "Dear Jimmy, congratulations on the Critics Choice award. You should have gotten cancelled a long time ago, maybe you would have got sympathy then, and so you could have won more than one minor movie award, like me." ABC Trailing off, Ben said: "Anyway, it was a very nice note," as he handed it to Jimmy, who replied: "No, it wasn't a nice note, and I'll take that note and I will save it forever." ABC As he ripped the letter into pieces, the host told Ben: "Thank you for bringing that, and I'm sorry you have to even know him." ABC Needless to say, people can't get enough of the ongoing bit, with one of the top comments on a Reddit forum lauding Ben for always being willing to get involved. It read: "Ben always being game to participate in this 'fight' is hilarious." Michael Buckner / Getty Images "I love their never ending feud LOL," somebody else wrote. "And I especially love Ben and Matt's forever friendship."While another user quipped: "I'm so hyped for all the bickering Matt and Jimmy will do during the Odyssey press tour." Amid the playful feud, Jimmy recently revealed that Matt genuinely almost died after he invited him to dinner at his house - and acknowledged how suspicious it would have looked if he accidentally killed Matt Damon. Jc Olivera / Getty Images "Matt Damon was over at my house one night for dinner. I made pork ribs. He came late, was very hungry, and started eating fast," Jimmy told Variety in August. "He started chokin