Colin Jost was fooled into joking about wife Scarlett Johansson in the weekend update of SNL Joke Swap
Jost and co-host Michael Che continue their tradition of writing each other insulting stories to read during the season finales on ‘SNL’.
The longtime host of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update, 41, once again found himself involved in a joke swap between himself and co-host Michael Che during the series’ season 49 finale on May 18.
The segment required Jost and Che, 41, to write each other insulting jokes to read live on air without having seen them before. This time, Che set his friend up by making him criticize his wife, Scarlett Johansson.
“ChatGBT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson’s AI character in Her,” Jost begins. “Which I never bothered to watch, because without that body, what’s the point of listening?”
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost had a romantic date at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The rest of the segment included criticism alluding to Che texting minors, women being randomly punched in New York City, and Che volunteering (to Jost’s sense of humor) to participate. into the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
“Speaking of bitches, I want to name the biggest bitch, Kendrick Lamar,” Che said with a laugh.
“Or should I say the least. Your war with Drake may be over, but your war with Michael Che has just begun. So, to quote Hamilton, ‘Shoot, player,’ ” he added.
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost at the screening of the movie “Asteroid City”
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Jost, who has been married to Johansson since 2020, is no stranger to teasing his wife.
During last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, when Jost offered his assessment of the Biden-Harris administration, the comedian also shared a few jokes naming Johansson, 39, while poking fun at himself. make fun of yourself.
After comparing himself to Doug Emhoff by calling himself a “second gentleman,” Jost leaned on the actress for “agreeing to meet with everyone privately in this room” after dinner and jokingly encouraged the crowd “come now” to her.
The couple dressed chic for their date night at the annual event in Washington, D.C., as Johansson posed for photos with her husband while wearing a Giorgio Armani Privé white silk strapless column gown embellished with crystals.
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Jost and Johansson, who share 2-year-old son Cosmo, first met on the set of SNL when she was a host. (She has taken on hosting duties a total of six times since she first hosted the show in 2006.)
