Scarlett Johansson is not feeling too dangerous for husband Colin Jost over his upcoming work mission.
Whereas the comic is on break from his traditional put up as Weekend Replace co-host on Saturday Evening Dwell, it isn’t precisely summer time break for him as he prepares to develop into a unique sort of host for NBC for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Nonetheless, the Fly Me to the Moon actress is not satisfied the gig is not a trip disguised as a job.
To cowl the browsing portion of the Olympics, the second time the class has been included in the summertime video games, Colin will jet off to Teahupo’o, Tahiti, the place the competitions will happen beginning on July 27.
Scarlett, talking on the Immediately Present Monday, July 8 with anchor Savannah Guthrie, jokingly puzzled about her husband’s new position: “Even I am like, ‘How did you get this gig?’ I simply need to know.”
She additional shared: “Once they introduced the Paris Olympics he instantly came upon that the surf competitors [is] in Tahiti which is so cool,” and famous: “He likes to surf, we now have a spot in Montauk, he is at all times on the market browsing.”
“By some means the dream turned a actuality, and now he’ll be in Tahiti for 2 weeks,” she continued, earlier than joking: “I am like, ‘Poor you.'”
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She went on: “He is like, ‘Poor me I’ll be far and wide,'” including: “I am like, are you? I believe when you can have a piña colada on air when you’re working it isn’t technically work.”
In a press launch from NBC sharing the information final month, Colin mentioned: “I am honored to get to observe the very best surfers on the earth compete on one of many heaviest waves possible, and to assist showcase the wealthy historical past of browsing in Tahiti.”
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He additionally joked: “My Writers’ Guild Well being Insurance coverage is happy to see what the coral reef does to my again.”
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Molly Solomon, Govt Producer and President of NBC Olympic Productions, additionally shared: “Though the setting is somewhat completely different than the Weekend Replace desk in Studio 8H, Colin, an avid surfer, goes to carry his distinctive aptitude to reporting on the competitors, athletes, and exquisite environment in one of the vital breathtaking Olympic venues ever.”
Scarlett and Colin first sparked romance rumors in 2017 after SNL’s season 42 finale get together in Might, two months after she hosted the present for the fifth time. The couple quietly wed in 2020, and in August of 2021, they shocked followers with information that that they had welcomed their first child collectively, Cosmo. She can be a mother to daughter Rose, who’ll be ten in August, and whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.