Saturday Night Live viewers think Scarlett Johansson might ‘divorce’ third husband Colin Jost after he made a crass comment about her privates.
Each year, to celebrate the holiday season, the Weekend Update hosts Colin and Michael Che write purposely offensive jokes for the other person to read for the very first time on air.
But this year, Colin’s segment contained a brutal dig at his wife, Scarlett’s body, and some people on social media wondered if it was going to impact their relationship.
‘I want to dedicate this next joke to my boo, Scarlett Johansson,’ Colin, 42, said, as the camera panned to the actress, 40, who made a special guest appearance during the episode.
The Black Widow star was shown backstage, wearing a black suit and clutching a drink in front of a Christmas tree, while watching her husband onscreen.
The Harvard graduate said that Costco had removed the roast beef sandwich from its menu before joking, ‘I’ve been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid.’
The camera quickly showed Scarlett’s reaction; she mouthed ‘Oh my God,’ and looked shocked by her husband comparing her privates to the sandwich meat.
The joke quickly went viral on X, previously Twitter, and many people on the web made their own cracks about Colin and Scarlett’s relationship afterwards.
Colin Jost and Michael Che stunned the SNL audience by making each other tell jokes that some viewers on social media found ‘unfunny,’ including one about Colin’s movie star wife
The Harvard graduate said that Costco has removed the roast beef sandwich from its menu before joking, ‘I’ve been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid’
‘Collin’s one joke away from a divorce,’ one user theorized following the shocking quip.
‘Lol I bet he’s now friends with the couch,’ they continued in the viral thread.
‘I can only imagine the car ride home,’ said someone else.
However, plenty of fans were quick to jump to Colin’s defense, pointing out that his co-host wrote the jokes not him.
‘I mean he didn’t write them,’ one person pointed out.
Another agreed, ‘He’s not the one writing the joke so he’s good.
‘Scarlett knows it’s joke swap don’t all comes from Michael and they’re all good.’
Someone else said Colin’s ‘co-workers were trying end his marriage.’
His wife Scarlett Johansson, who was backstage, seemed ‘mortified’ as her husband made the crude remark about her body
The annual joke swap proved quite controversial, as SNL viewers flocked to social media to react to Colin’s comments
Another called it ‘awkward’ and said they didn’t appreciate Scarlett being the ‘butt of the joke.’
The annual joke swap proved quite controversial, as SNL viewers flocked to social media to react to other parts of the commentary, with many agreeing that the comedians ‘went too far.’
The jokes included in the six-minute segment mentioned slavery, sex, Jeffrey Epstein, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
‘I think they went too far this time,’ one X user said about the contentious segment.
Another viewer called the sensitive swap ‘painfully unfunny.’
On YouTube, commenters were equally shocked, with some calling the segment ‘sexist’ and ‘really low.’
A viewer wrote, ‘This is easily the most brutal one they’ve done yet, went straight for the throat on every single joke.’
ScarJo and the SNL co-head writer first met in 2006 when she hosted Saturday Night Live and then began dating in 2017.
‘Collin’s one joke away from a divorce,’ one user theorized following the shocking quip. The couple are seen in July
The Lost in Translation actress and Colin got engaged in May 2019 and tied the knot in October 2020.
They share one son, Cosmo, who they welcomed in 2021.
Scarlett is also mom to daughter Rose Dorothy, whom she shares with her second husband Romain Dauriac.
Johansson was also married to Ryan Reynolds between 2008 and 2011.
The star-studded Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live was hosted by Martin Short, 74, who was thus inducted into the Five-Timers Club, as it was his fifth time hosting the beloved sketch show.
The Only Murders in the Building star was welcomed into the illustrious group by Tom Hanks, Scarlett and Emma Stone.
