‘SNL’ Gave Scarlett Johansson a ‘Heads Up’ About Colin Jost Making a ‘Vagina Joke’ About Her, but She Was Still ‘Genuinely So Shocked’ By It on Air
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Colin Jost joined Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” and was asked about whether or not he got in trouble with his wife, Scarlett Johansson, after that shocking “Weekend Update” on the “Saturday Night Live” Christmas episode (which aired Dec.
21). Jost and Michael Che always mark the holiday by swapping non-PC jokes that neither have seen until reading them live on air.
Che went the extra mile for the most recent edition by having Johansson appear backstage while Jost read jokes at her expense. “Are you in trouble with Scarlett?” Fallon asked Jost a month later. “I’m in trouble, I think, with a lot of people,” Jost answered. “Scarlett was genuinely so shocked.” The most viral moment of last year’s “Weekend Update” joke swap came when Che had Jost make a quip about Costco and Johansson’s vagina.
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