Marrying a comedian comes with the territory where you laugh, roll your eyes, and infrequently end up on the sharp end of a joke that lands just a little bit too well. But even then, you don’t expect to be roasted on live television in front of tens of millions. Scarlett Johansson, nonetheless, got exactly that treatment when her husband, Colin Jost, threw a curveball during a Saturday Night Live skit. To the actress, it wasn’t just any joke but a full-on, jaw-dropping, “Did he really just say that?” moment.
Scarlett Johansson’s Unwanted SNL Highlight
All of it went down on the Christmas episode of SNL through the ever-unpredictable “Weekend Update” segment. Jost and his co-host, Michael Che, were tackling a round of blind joke reads, lines they hadn’t seen before, and were forced to deliver them live to tell the tale air.
Jost’s response said all of it! As soon because the Black Widow star’s name popped up on the teleprompter, his face screamed regret, but he still knew that the show must go on. “I would like to dedicate this next joke to my boo, Scarlett Johansson,” he began. Meanwhile, backstage, Scarlett Johansson was already in full oh-no-what-now mode, visibly recoiling because the camera zoomed in on her response.
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The jokes initially seemed harmless enough, much to the relief of the couple. But then got here the kicker, and Jost was forced to read out, “Costco has removed the roast beef sandwich from its menu – but I ain’t trippin’… I’ve been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the child.”
Scarlett Johansson’s Response
The response to the vile joke? A collective gasp and a stunned Scarlett Johansson with a hand over her mouth. After which, as if attempting to backpedal while already off the cliff, Jost added, “No, no, I’m just playin’, baby. You realize I don’t go downtown!”
In a recent InStyle interview, Johansson didn’t hold back, calling the joke “so vulgar” and straight-up “gross.” “I just can’t imagine that they went there. I used to be like – it was so gross. It was really gross. And, like, old-school gross,” the star added.
And while she had initially been cool with the concept of a joke in that realm, all of it hit in a different way when the Costco image flashed up on the screen. “I used to be like, ‘No! No, Michael!’” the mum-of-two recalled. Then got here the true kicker. Because the camera crew caught her response in real-time, she suddenly felt overwhelmed, like she had unknowingly walked into an ambush.
“The undeniable fact that it took on a full To Catch a Predator-style reveal or whatever, that was so intense,” she said. “Hastily, it was like a complete bunch of individuals holding up lights, and a man with a video camera. They were waiting for me to react. I felt insane. I used to be like, ‘I feel I’m going to faint.’” And it wasn’t just her. Colin Jost later admitted to her, “Me too.”
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