Colin Jost has needed to chuckle off a number of jokes about his spouse, Scarlett Johansson, throughout season 49 of Saturday Night time Reside.
Johansson, who married the “Weekend Replace” co-anchor in October 2020 after assembly her on the set of SNL, beforehand admitted that she’s been nervous to look at the NBC selection present.
“I now hardly ever watch [SNL] with out having a way of … not overwhelming panic, similar to a slight underwhelming panic as a result of I simply really feel like at any second one thing’s going to crumble,” Johansson mentioned throughout a July 2021 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Present. “And that’s the thrill of SNL and for all audiences, proper? As a result of it’s completely reside.”
Johansson, who welcomed son Cosmo with Jost in August 2021, added that watching the present hits a bit totally different for her. “However whenever you’re emotionally invested in it, and never simply entertained by it, it takes on a bit little bit of a unique life,” she mentioned on the time.
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Johansson’s Physique
Throughout a “Weekend Replace” joke swap (throughout which the anchors learn one another’s jokes with out previewing them), Michael Che penned a reference to Johansson.
“Oh, God,” Jost quipped within the Could finale, when he learn his spouse’s identify on the teleprompter. “ChatGPT has launched a brand new voice assistant characteristic impressed by Scarlett Johansson’s AI character in Her. I’ve by no means bothered to look at as a result of with out that physique, what’s the purpose of listening?”
Jost rapidly positioned his face into his fingers, earlier than persevering with on. “So Rabbi Jill,” Jost mentioned, referring to the spiritual determine whom Che tapped to hitch the section. “Should you’re right here, who’s controlling the climate?”
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Ferry Prices
Jost made his personal crack at his spouse — who’s starred as Black Widow within the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2010.
“This 12 months marks the primary time since 2009 {that a} Marvel film has not kicked off the summer season film season,” Jost mentioned throughout a Could episode of SNL. “[It] higher be a one-time factor as a result of lots of people depend on Marvel motion pictures to pay for the ferries they purchased.”
Johansson’s Motion pictures
Johansson was once more caught within the crossfire of Jost and Che’s joke swap.
“New York state now permits film theaters to serve alcohol, which is how I’m lastly capable of take pleasure in my spouse’s little artwork motion pictures,” Jost mentioned throughout a December episode of SNL as an image of Johansson as Black Widow got here on to the display screen.
Jost proceeded to briefly shut his eyes as he shook his head and continued with the joke. “I’m kidding, honey,” he mentioned. “I really like your whole motion pictures. And Should you requested me, you’re a fair higher Black Widow than Coretta Scott King.”
Jost rested his head in his fingers as he sat subsequent to a particular visitor, who was taking part in a personality named Hattie Davis, a fictional civil rights activist, whom Che enlisted for a part of the section.
