Despite repeated scares, “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost has grown accustomed to telling relentless jokes at the expense of his wife, Scarlett Johansson, during their annual joke exchange. It seems like it was. It is believed that they wrote letters to each other during the program's news segment without meeting beforehand.
What Jost wasn't prepared for this year was Johansson's presence behind the scenes. She had to watch her husband take the jab in real time, with cameras in between them. Jost appeared on “SNL” and welcomed host Martin Short to the prestigious club “Five Timers”, which he joined in 2017. But before Jost got into the jokes about his wife, he read a racist joke that Che had written for him. past few years.
“Time out. Before that, Michael's going to make me make his usual racist jokes.” Joust has started. So this time, if you don't mind, I would like to read all the jokes in “Black Voice” so that you don't get in trouble.
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Colin Jost and Michael Che traded jokes at the annual Joke Exchange. (Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)
“I'm sorry in advance,” he told the audience before cracking a joke about Vice President Kamala Harris and slavery reparations. “You all know that my girlfriend Kamala Harris spoke at City Hall about: [how] She still supports the idea of slave reparations. Well, damn it, girl. me too. After all, white people have a right to get all their runaway slaves back,” he said, clearly horrified by this statement. I am not afraid of you,” read the painful Jost with a laugh.
The next joke focused on Jost's wife, but he continued to speak in a “black voice” throughout the corner.
“I would like to dedicate this next joke to my favorite person, Scarlett Johansson,” Jost said. The camera then cuts to Johansson watching the recording backstage. Johansson clutched her drink and grimaced, preparing for the inevitable.
Scarlett Johansson visibly cringes as she prepares for Colin Jost's joke. (Saturday Night Live YouTube)
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Scarlett Johansson watched this year's final episode of “SNL” from backstage. (Saturday Night Live YouTube)
Jost said, before joking: “No! Oh my god, she's really worried.” “Hey, Boo. You know Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday. So that means I'm trying to rise up from that.”
“Why?” Johansson was heard saying as the camera cut back to her. “Shizu,” Jost continued hysterically. 'No, no, he's just playing.' We just had a baby and he's really black, so you guys haven't seen a picture of him yet.'' He is the couple's son. he said, mentioning Cosmo. I am not afraid of you,” he repeated.
“Oh, yeah,” Johansson said, taking a sip of her drink as she turned the camera back to her.
Colin Jost joked that he would break up with his wife now that she was 40 years old. (Saturday Night Live YouTube)
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Last year, Jost was forced to joke about his wife's acting skills. “New York State now allows alcohol sales in movie theaters,” Jost read. “Now I can finally enjoy my wife's little art movies,” he said, like Johansson's photos of Marvel movies.black widow” appeared on the screen. “I’m kidding, honey.” I love all your movies. And in my opinion, you're an even better Black Widow than Coretta Scott King,” he said, cringing.
Scarlett Johansson has admitted to Kelly Clarkson that husband Colin Jost's jokes were “cruel”. (Charlie Tribaleu/AFP via Getty Images)
Five months ago, Johansson admitted:kelly clarkson show“I had a hard time watching that segment. I blacked out that night,” she joked, adding, “I don't actually remember it.”
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“It's a brutal situation. It seems like it's getting worse every year. It's really bad.”
The two reunited on a sketch comedy show in 2017 and have been married since 2020.
