Matt Damon cuts an attack ad against Jimmy Kimmel, vice presidential candidate

If Hillary Clinton wins, Jimmy Kimmel has been promised the prestigious (if fake) job of vice vice president — though there's still time for Donald Trump to make a better offer. But Kimmel has a problem, he said on Monday's Kimmel Live: Somebody is trying to derail his solo bid to be vice president. "I'm out there every day on the streets, talking to voters and collecting Pokémon — you can do both — but unfortunately a special interest group, a not-so-super PAC, has been trying to stop me by running attack ads," he said. That someone, as hinted at earlier in the monologue, is of course Matt Damon. So those couples therapy sessions aren't working? Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.