"Dodger fans are especially blue today," Jimmy Kimmel said on Monday's Kimmel Live. "According to the fake news media, the Red Sox beat the Dodgers last night to win the World Series — but we know the real story is that the Dodgers swept the World Series in four games, and the lamestream media won't report that." A lot of Red Sox fans were at Dodger Stadium for the final game, "including a couple whose names you may know," he added, showing some celebrities in the crowd — notably including Kimmel and his two friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Well, the Damon friendship is ... complicated.
"There's nothing worse than paying a lot of money for tickets and having to sit next to an obnoxious jerk the whole game," Kimmel said, "and that is the last time I use Groupon again." He cast more aspersions on Damon. Still, "the Dodgers won one for the record books on Friday night," he added, beating Boston in 18 innings that stretched out more than seven hours. That wasn't the reason the Dodgers lost the championship, though, nor was the mysterious absence of the wave, Kimmel said. It was the condiments, and you can learn more about that — and watch Kimmel palling around with frenemies — below. Peter Weber
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