The frivolous and flighty details of celebrity lives rarely touch our cold, dark hearts, but this news has truly bummed us out: Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel have called it quits.

The comedic couple has parted ways after five years of dating, Kimmel's spokesperson Lewis Kay and Silverman's spokesperson Amy Zvi confirmed to People magazine in a joint statement, succinctly sniping: "Jimmy and Sarah have and will have no further comment."

Kimmel, 40, and Silverman, 37, met at a Comedy Central roast of Hugh Hefner in 2001. Vanity Fair first reported the split on its website. No further details of the breakup have been disclosed.

We guess this is just what happens when your girlfriend tells the world she's f*cking Matt Damon.

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