SNL's current Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che NBCSaturday Night Live comic Colin Jost has admitted he got himself in a spot of trouble with a rather graphic joke at his wife Scarlett Johansson’s expense last month. For SNL’s annual Christmas episode, Colin and his Weekend Update co-host Michael Che prepared near-the-knuckle jokes for one another to read out live on air, which they were not allowed to see ahead of time. AdvertisementDuring Colin’s section, he was given jokes about his Oscar nominee wife to read out – all while she watched on stunned from backstage. “I want to dedicate this next joke to my boo Scarlett Johnasson,” he read from the prompter, while a “genuinely worried” Scarlett was seen watching on the monitor. Scarlett Johansson backstage at SNL NBCDuring an interview on Monday’s edition of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon asked Colin if the quip had landed him “in trouble with Scarlett”, to which he responded: “I’m in trouble, I think, with a lot of people.”Advertisement“Scarlett was genuinely so shocked,” he revealed.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2025 13:09 UTC