For several years, the ultimate “Saturday Night Live” episode of the yr features a segment of “Weekend Update” by which co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che write jokes that the opposite must read for the primary time on the air. For Jost, this typically has meant Che forces him to say a litany of jokes about race and racism which can be horrifically tone deaf and over-the-top — and, in context, often quite funny.
This yr, nonetheless, Che found a brand new solution to torture Jost: Making him say outrageous things about his wife, Scarlett Johansson — while a camera captured Johansson’s live reactions within the hallway outside of the studio. The actor appeared in the course of the episode’s cold open to welcome host Martin Short into the Five Timers Club, and Che apparently couldn’t resist the possibility to have some fun on the couple’s expense.
The bit began with Jost reading that this yr, he was going to “read all of the jokes in ‘Black voice’ so I don’t get in trouble,” which led into Jost reading a joke about Kamala Harris saying she still supports the concept of slavery reparations.
“Well, rattling girl, me too,” Jost said, barely in a position to get the words out through his exasperated laughter. “Because white people deserve our a reimbursement for all those slaves that ran away.”
That was a mere appetizer for what Jost was required to say about his wife. Just the sight of her face in a picture over Jost’s shoulder was enough to have some people within the audience screaming in anticipation of what was to return.
NBC
“I need to dedicate this next joke to my boo, Scarlett Johansson,” Jost said, after which a camera cut to a nervous Johansson, clutching a drink as she watched Jost from a monitor above her.
“No! No!” Jost said, as he realized what was happening. “Oh my gosh, she’s so genuinely apprehensive!”
Then he got to the business of reading, for the primary time, the jokes Che had written for him.
“Y’all know Scarlett just celebrated her fortieth birthday, which suggests I’m about to rise up out of there!” Jost said, again exploding in guffaws before he could even finish the road. After he regained his composure — and Che reminded him that there was more to the joke — Jost continued. “Shiz! Nah, nah. I’m just playin’,” he said. “We just had a child together, and y’all ain’t see no pictures of him yet, because he’s Black as hell!” — at which point, a Photoshopped image of Jost and Johansson holding a Black baby appeared over Jost’s shoulder.
Che actually had his fair proportion of comedic humiliation, forced to make jokes about “Moana 2” and Jeffrey Epstein, Jay-Z, and his promise to Diddy that “I’ll help get you off.” But then the highlight turned back to Jost, who ended the segment with a joke involving his wife that’s so R-rated that it genuinely startled Johansson. Warning: This will not be for the faint of heart!
“Costco has removed their roast beef sandwich from its menu, but I ain’t tripping,” Jost said. “I be eating roast beef every night since my wife had the child!” After the audience, Jost and Che all stopped laughing, Jost read the ultimate lines. “Nah, nah, I just playin’ baby. You realize I don’t go downtown! Shiz! That’s gay as hell!”
Martin Short hosted the episode with Hozier as musical guest. You’ll be able to watch the total segment below:
