00:00Jimmy Kimmel is saying his longtime friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon made a very generous offer at the start of the writer's strike.
00:07On the newly launched Strikeforce 5 podcast featuring Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver all hosting a limited run podcast in the wake of the WGA and SAG Afterstrikes,
00:20Kimmel revealed the duo offered to pay his staff salaries for two weeks after his ABC late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live shut down in May.
00:28Kimmel, however, said he rejected the offer. I felt that that was not their responsibility.
00:33Kimmel also noted that Ryan Reynolds offered to give the live staff free Mint Mobile services for a year.
00:38Reynolds is an owner of Mint Mobile, which ended up being a sponsor of the podcast.
00:43Kimmel also revealed in the episode that he was considering retiring when the strike began.
00:47I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started.
00:51And now I realize, oh yeah, it's kind of nice to work. You know, when you're working, you think about not working.
00:56For more on the Strikeforce 5 podcast, head to THR.com.
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