Jimmy Kimmel jokingly made Samuel L. Jackson say why he wasn't invited to Jackson's annual yacht trip with actor friend Magic Johnson.

Samuel L. Jackson and Magic Johnson might have special guests on their next cruise vacation if Jimmy Kimmel comes along.

On an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday, Jackson, 73, chats with the host about his annual luxury boat trip with Johnson - Kimmel jokes about the 2022 trip: "Looks like my invitees are lost at sea, because Magic He said it might be a year!"

"He told me that some surprising new people were coming – oh shit," the sci-fi actor joked, jokingly covering his mouth with his hand.

"Yes, the man who was surprised was not me. There may be surprises, but I am not one of them," said Kimmel, 54.

Jackson's upcoming trip with Johnson, 62, comes after he and his wife Latania Richardson Jackson join basketball legends, his wife Cookie, LL Cool J, Simone Smith, and others in 2021. They sail from Greece to Italy aboard the ship. cruises that visit several locations in the country, including Capri, Sorrento, and Sardinia. "If it were up to me..." Jackson told Kimmel about this year's trip before the host replied, "Are you telling me that Magic is the right person for this? to be? to convince?"

And while there were "years when "Jackson" was on the ship between four and six weeks," he usually only sailed for about two weeks.

"I'm renting another boat now so my daughter and her friends can start over the summer," Jackson told Kimmel. "So I'm not always around [on the Johnson cruise], so there's room for you." LL Cool J, 54, previously posted a video to Instagram showing the exterior of the large yacht the couple last stayed on in the sailing year.