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Colin Jost says Scarlett Johansson was ‘shocked’ by ‘SNL’ vagina joke
Colin Jost is explaining how his wife, Scarlett Johansson, really felt when he joked about her on a recent episode of Saturday Night Live.
It happened when Jost and cohost Michael Che were anchoring the “Weekend Update” segment in the last episode of the year, in which the two tell jokes that were written for them for by the other and that they haven’t seen. As viewers saw on the Dec. 21 episode, this time it referred to Marvel actress Johansson, who Jost married in 2020.
“Scarlett was genuinely so shocked,” Jost told the host on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “Because I was obviously surprised about everything, but they gave her a heads up. They were like, ‘Hey, would you be okay if Michael made a little, like, kind of vagina joke at some point?’ And she was like, ‘Sure! You know, whatever. I’m open to it.’”
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Jost couldn’t help but laugh as he read the words on the air last month. He said that he didn’t mind that roast beef sandwiches had been removed from Costco’s menu, because he’d “been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid.”
In the moment, Jost laughed so hard he put his head in his hands. Johansson, who was watching backstage but was shown to the audience, dropped her mouth open.
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“So then, when it was like the opposite,” Jost said, “I didn’t know where it was going. And then the graphic came up.”
He continued, “So Scarlett is backstage like, ‘Oh, my God! That’s what it is.”
Jost and Johansson married in 2020 and welcomed a son, Cosmo, in August 2021. (She’s also mom to 10-year-old daughter Rose, whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.)
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The couple met on one of the occasions when the star of movies including Jojo Rabbit, Lost in Translation, and Ghost World appeared on SNL. She’s hosted an impressive six times, so surely she can take a joke.
Jost, a “Weekend Update” anchor since 2014, agreed with Fallon that his delivery of the funny lines was “a legitimate, live moment” and that he wasn’t acting.
“I can’t act that well,” he deadpanned.
The Jan. 25 episode of SNL will be hosted by Timothée Chalamet, who plays Bob Dylan in the new biopic A Complete Unknown. He will also be the musical guest.
Saturday Night Live airs at Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT on NBC.
In a recent interview with Howard Stern, “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost revealed that his wife, Scarlett Johansson, was “shocked” by a vagina joke he made during a Weekend Update segment.
During the interview, Jost explained that he had made a joke about a study that found women are more likely to orgasm if their feet are warm. He then joked that the study was actually funded by Ugg boots.
Johansson, who was in the audience at the time, was reportedly surprised by the joke and asked Jost about it later. Jost said he assured her that it was just a joke and not meant to be taken seriously.
Despite the initial shock, Jost said that Johansson has a great sense of humor and is supportive of his work on “SNL.”
It’s always interesting to get a behind-the-scenes look at the dynamics between Jost and Johansson, and it’s clear that they have a fun and playful relationship.
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