Scarlett Johansson is understood for being an actress and a producer, and he or she’s set to make her directorial debut with the upcoming film launch Eleanor the Nice. Earlier this yr, she additionally added one other title to her resume — discuss present host. The Oscar-nominated star co-hosted As we speak with Jenna & Associates for every week because the 2025 TV schedule took off and appeared to essentially take pleasure in herself. Some questioned why the A-lister would tackle such a gig, and he or she’s now defined how Saturday Evening Stay factored into her decision-making.
The 40-year-old multihyphenate took on internet hosting duties for every week, starting on January 21. All in all, she appeared fairly snug on set with Jenna Bush Hager, and the 2 had strong rapport. Whereas being interviewed for InStyle’s March cowl story, the previous Marvel actor opened up about her daytime TV stint. She defined that she loved each facet of that job, although she additionally identified why the stay ingredient is one thing she actually relishes:
[Co-hosting] TODAY actually is a fantasy job for me. I like each ingredient of that job, as a result of I like speaking to individuals. It’s not dissimilar from internet hosting Saturday Evening Stay in some methods. The stay ingredient of it’s actually enjoyable. Spontaneous and just a little harmful too. I might by no means need my very own TV present.
A stay present can definitely include its share of constructive surprises and sudden problems. However, Scarlett Johansson has loads of expertise in terms of stay programming, given her stints on SNL. She’s hosted the present a complete of six instances, between 2006 and 2019 and has made cameos on quite a few different episodes. Throughout one among her newest appearances, Johansson was on the tip of a wild joke swap gag between Michael Che and her husband, Colin Jost, who’s mentioned the barb like she has.
That raunchy joke was even mentioned on an episode of Jenna & Associates, which Scarlett Johansson joined shortly after Hoda Kotb’s exit from As we speak. For years, Jenna Bush Hager constructed agency skilled and private relationships with Kotb, who was trolled by Bush Hager after she introduced her exit. However, Bush Hager, who initially requested Johansson to visitor host, informed InStyle that she was fairly impressed with the Jojo Rabbit star:
She’s intentional. Okay, and he or she wears cool garments. Scarlett is an Avenger. However her badassery will not be surpassed by her kindness and her generosity. It’s miraculous for anyone who’s been on this business for thus lengthy, which may flip individuals… You understand. Into not variety and beneficiant. I hold being like, There’s some variety error, since you’re well-known.
Contemplating how a lot the Marriage Story star loved internet hosting, one has to wonder if she’ll do it once more sooner or later sooner or later. I might definitely see her headlining an eponymous discuss present of her personal. Although she remains to be fairly busy lately and tasks coming down the pipeline together with the aforementioned Eleanor the Nice in addition to the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth and The Phoenician Scheme.
I’d think about {that a} discuss present referred to as Scarlett in all probability isn’t within the playing cards proper now. Nevertheless, possibly there’s an opportunity Johansson will return to As we speak for a visitor internet hosting spot. Within the meantime, those that’d like to take a look at the actress’ stay performances on Saturday Evening Stay can just do that by streaming episodes with a Peacock subscription.