Jimmy Kimmel recalls saving Matt Damon from choking on pork ribs and fearing prison if the actor had died at his home.

Jimmy Kimmel saved Matt Damon from almost dying at the late-night host’s house. Kimmel revealed that Damon was once having dinner at his home, when he choked on a pork rib that Kimmel cooked. Kimmel said the piece of meat was stuck in Damon’s throat for an hour and a half.

During a new interview with Variety published Monday, Aug. 18, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel revealed how he once saved Matt Damon’s life after the “Good Will Hunting” star, 54, began choking on a rack of pork ribs.