Scarlett Johansson left speechless after husband’s ‘brutal’ SNL joke about her

Scarlett Johansson left speechless after husband’s ‘brutal’ SNL joke about her

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Scarlett Johansson made a particular cameo on the most recent episode of Saturday Night time Dwell, the place she needed to take heed to her husband, Colin Jost, make a joke about her age, their little one and their intercourse life.

SNL’s Christmas 2024 version, hosted by Solely Murders within the Constructing star Martin Quick, noticed “Weekend Replace” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che do their annual “joke alternate” on the phase.

The custom includes each males discovering new methods to embarrass the opposite as they pressure themselves to learn jokes their comedy accomplice has written, which they’d by no means seen earlier than.

Judging by this 12 months’s efforts it’s honest to say that Che may need gotten one over on Jost who was pressured to learn all of the gags in a “Black voice” earlier than studying a quip saying that Kamala Harris nonetheless helps slavery reparations.

Nonetheless, his subsequent joke was the true shock as not solely was it about Johansson, however she was backstage watching him learn it out, with cameras capturing her surprised stay response. The Beneath the Pores and skin actor had beforehand appeared within the episode’s chilly open.

“I wish to dedicate this subsequent joke to my boo, Scarlett Johansson,” stated Jost, because the Black Widow star seemed on in nervous anticipation.

“Oh my gosh, she’s so genuinely fearful,” stated Jost, as he briefly broke character.

“Y’all know Scarlett simply celebrated her fortieth birthday, which suggests I’m about to rise up out of there,” stated Jost because the cameras minimize to Johansson, who was each concurrently laughing and gobsmacked.

“Shiz! Nah, nah. I’m simply playin,” he added, barely in a position to compose himself.

Issues weren’t achieved but for Jost and Johansson although as Che had lined up one other joke for them, about their son, who was born in August 2021.

“We simply had a child collectively, and y’all ain’t see no photos of him but, as a result of he’s Black as hell!” stated Jost as a photoshopped picture of himself and Johansson appeared behind him, whereas Johansson quietly sipped a glass of water backstage.

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Scarlett Johansson backstage on Saturday Night time Dwell (SNL/NBC)

Amazingly, the jokes weren’t over for the couple and the ultimate pun that Che had ready for Jost was much more obscene than the earlier two and may require a proof that we are able to’t presumably write right here.

“Costco has eliminated their roast beef sandwich from its menu, however I ain’t tripping. I be consuming roast beef each evening since my spouse had the child,” stated Jost inflicting an eruption of laughter from the whole forged and crew, whereas Johansson seemed genuinely shocked.

Scarlett Johansson on SNL (SNL/NBC)

Followers had been genuinely impressed on the lengths Che went to embarrass his pal and his spouse.

One particular person wrote: “That is simply essentially the most brutal one they’ve achieved but, went straight for the throat on each single joke.”

A second viewer added: “Having Scarlett there’s a energy transfer!!! Yearly Che ups himself.”

“It was a beatdown. I’m gonna die of asphyxiation by laughing, omg. I’m in tears,” a 3rd fan wrote.

Jost and Johansson have been married since 2020 (Getty Photos)

That is hardly the primary time that Jost has been tricked into making jokes concerning the Misplaced in Translation star.

In July, throughout one other joke swap, Che made Jost say: “ChatGPT has launched a brand new voice assistant characteristic impressed by Scarlett Johansson’s AI character in Her,” a nervous Jost advised viewers. “Which I’ve by no means bothered to observe, as a result of with out that physique what’s the purpose of listening?”