‘Saturday evening live’ star Colin Jost was forced to mock his wife, Scarlett Johanssonduring his famous “Weekend Update” segment.
Last night, Jost and his co-host of ‘Weekend Update’, Michael Cheperformed their final show of 2023 – meaning they had to write jokes for each other to deliver live on stage before either party had a chance to read them – meaning the delivery of the punchlines are all authentic.
When talking about New York’s new law allowing movie theaters to serve alcohol, Jost said it would be the only way to get through ScarJo’s “little art films” as a photo of Johansson as Black Widow in the corner of the screen appeared.
Jost could barely keep a straight face as he delivered the sentence Che wrote for him.
Colin Jost’s low bow joke to his wife Scarlett Johansson goes viral
“I’m kidding, honey. I love all your movies,” Jost said as he continued reading from the teleprompter, clearly not knowing what would happen next.
“And if you ask me, you’re an even better black widow than Coretta Scott King,” he said, once again barely keeping a straight face.
Michael Che also had a (fake) civil rights activist sit next to him while he made all the racist jokes Che wrote for Jost. Of course, it’s all in fun, and we can’t wait to see what Johansson has to say about it!
Watch the “Weekend Update” segment below.
Fans immediately flooded social media with and sharing the clip of Jost roasting his wife things like “Bro slept on the couch that night” and “Unbelievable.”
One fan pointed out“Having a civil rights activist on the weekend and then Collin and Che exchanging jokes was HILARIOUS!!”
Scarlett Johansson secretly marries Colin Jost
When the “Black Widow” star appeared on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” in 2021, she admitted that planning her wedding “was a little stressful.”
“Colin, as you know, is very fortunate that he still has his grandparents with him and that there are several people in their nineties in his family. The Josts live forever! They live so long! And it’s crazy,” the actress said, adding, “and they’re vibrant and alive, and they were at our wedding and so obviously we wanted to take every precaution possible, so we had the masks made. [that said] ‘Joost 2020.’ And everyone had to get tested 100,000 times,” she explained of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
The Marvel star also spoke PEOPLE at the time, explaining why they opted for a small, intimate wedding.
“I think just keeping it intimate and small made it seem intentional,” she told the magazine at the time. “We wanted it to feel like it had an intentional intimacy, rather than feeling like we were limited by all these things.”
She highlighted the importance of ensuring the wedding ceremony was safe and in line with COVID-19 pandemic protocols, saying: “We were so happy to be able to celebrate with our family. Some people we had not been able to see as much in the past year. So that was really special… We felt really lucky to be able to do this.”