Saturday Night Live tried to make things awkward for the Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost household this holiday season by making the latter tell some dirty jokes about his wife.
The segment aired on Saturdayâs (December 21) winter finale and saw Jost and his Weekend Update co-host Michael Che forced to read jokes they had never seen before, which has become a finale tradition. Making this particular edition risky was the fact that  Pop Culture Jeopardy! host Jostâs wife, Johansson, was on hand to react to the risque jokes in real time.
Johansson, who appeared in the showâs opening monologue, watched the Weekend Update segment off-stage with a camera focused on her face to get her instant reactions.
âI wanna dedicate this next joke to my boo, Scarlett Johannson⦠hey boo, yâall know Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday,â Jost said while nervously reading the cue cards. âWhich means Iâm about to get up out of there!â
âNah, nah. Iâm just playing,â he continued. âWe just had a kid together, and yâall ainât see no pictures of him yet⦠because he Black as hell.â
The camera then cut to the Black Widow star, who took a large gulp of water and shook her head.
Jost thought it was over when the topic changed to Costco removing its roast beef sandwich from its menu. However, the joke came back around to Johannson when he was forced to read, âBut I ainât tripping, I be eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid.â
The comedian dropped his head into his hands as the camera shot back to Johansson, who mouthed, âOh my god!â
It wasnât over there, though, as Jost continued, âNah, nah, Iâm just playing, baby. You know I donât go downtown.â
Jost and Johansson began dating in 2017 and tied the knot in October 2020. They welcomed a son, Cosmo (3), in 2021.
This isnât the first time Johansson has been the butt of Jostâs jokes. In the Season 49 finale back in May, Jost was forced to comment on his wifeâs legal dispute with OpenAI for using her voice in its voice assistant app.
âChatGPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johanssonâs AI character in Her,â Jost said. âWhich Iâve never bothered to watch, because without that body, whatâs the point of listening.â
You can watch the full Weekend Update segment in the video above.
Saturday Night Live, Saturdays, 11:30/10:30c, NBC
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