Saturday Evening Reside tried to make issues awkward for the Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost family this vacation season by making the latter inform some soiled jokes about his spouse.
The phase aired on Saturday’s (December 21) winter finale and noticed Jost and his Weekend Replace co-host Michael Che compelled to learn jokes they’d by no means seen earlier than, which has develop into a finale custom. Making this specific version dangerous was the truth that Pop Tradition Jeopardy! host Jost’s spouse, Johansson, was readily available to react to the risque jokes in actual time.
Johansson, who appeared within the present’s opening monologue, watched the Weekend Replace phase off-stage with a digital camera targeted on her face to get her on the spot reactions.
“I wanna dedicate this subsequent joke to my boo, Scarlett Johannson… hey boo, y’all know Scarlett simply celebrated her fortieth birthday,” Jost mentioned whereas nervously studying the cue playing cards. “Which suggests I’m about to rise up out of there!”
“Nah, nah. I’m simply taking part in,” he continued. “We simply had a child collectively, and y’all ain’t see no photos of him but… as a result of he Black as hell.”
The digital camera then lower to the Black Widow star, who took a big gulp of water and shook her head.
Jost thought it was over when the subject modified to Costco eradicating its roast beef sandwich from its menu. Nonetheless, the joke got here again round to Johannson when he was compelled to learn, “However I ain’t tripping, I be consuming roast beef each night time since my spouse had the child.”
The comic dropped his head into his palms because the digital camera shot again to Johansson, who mouthed, “Oh my god!”
It wasn’t over there, although, as Jost continued, “Nah, nah, I’m simply taking part in, child. You already know I don’t go downtown.”
Jost and Johansson started relationship in 2017 and tied the knot in October 2020. They welcomed a son, Cosmo (3), in 2021.
This isn’t the primary time Johansson has been the butt of Jost’s jokes. Within the Season 49 finale again in Might, Jost was compelled to touch upon his spouse’s authorized dispute with OpenAI for utilizing her voice in its voice assistant app.
“ChatGPT has launched a brand new voice assistant function impressed by Scarlett Johansson’s AI character in Her,” Jost mentioned. “Which I’ve by no means bothered to look at, as a result of with out that physique, what’s the purpose of listening.”
You may watch the total Weekend Replace phase within the video above.
Saturday Evening Reside, Saturdays, 11:30/10:30c, NBC