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He and Matt Damon saw the whole thing go down together
Jimmy Kimmel shared his own personal play-by-play of the Oscars' Best Picture flub on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night.
The first-time host called the awards show "the weirdest TV finale since Lost."
"Except for the end, it was a lot of fun," Kimmel told his audience. "It went very well, we were chugging along, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere it turned into one of those Maury Povichpaternity test shows."
The Oscars has a final (we hope) explanation for that flub
He's, of course, is referring to the now infamous moment when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway presented the final award of the night toLa La Landrather than the actual winner, Moonlight.
Kimmel saw the whole thing go down from the audience, where he was in position for a pre-planned bit to close out the show, sitting next to -- who else? -- Matt Damon.
"So we're sitting there and you just kind of figure, well, the host'll go on stage and clear this up," Kimmel said. "And then I remember, oh, I'm the host."
"I want to make no mistake about it," Kimmel noted. "Whatever confusion there was about who won, Matt Damon lost [for producing Best Picture nominee Manchester by the Sea]. He was a loser. He is a loser."