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crude jokes read aloud by her husband during his and Michael Che’s “Weekend Update” segment on “Saturday Night Live.”For the pair’s joke swap skit, Jost, 42, was forced to read Che’s absurd quips about Johansson — including one where Jost said he’s “eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid” — as the actress watched from backstage in shock.On Monday, Jost appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and revealed how Johansson really felt about the jokes.“I’m in trouble I think with a lot of people,” he said. “Scarlett was genuinely so shocked.”Fallon, 50, noted that Johansson’s “reactions were unbelievable” when she watched her own husband tell the dirty jokes at his workplace.Jost explained that while he was “obviously surprised” that Che forced him to go after his wife, the show warned Johansson ahead of time.“They were like, ‘Hey, would you be okay if Michael made a little, like, kind of vagina joke at some point?’ She was like, ‘Sure, whatever, I’m open to it,'” Jost recalled.“I didn’t know where it was going, and then the graphic came up for Arby’s,” the comedian continued.

a skit that went completely off the rails.Nwodim, 37, talked about the White House’s decision to not have a comedian perform at the Correspondents Dinner, but sold herself for the job anyway by turning into stand-up comedian character named “Miss Eggy.”As “Miss Eggy,” a woman in her 50s with five children, Nwodim paced back and forth on the stage with a purse in her hand and made jokes she would’ve said at the dinner. At one point, the comedian, yelled out, “Miss Eggy don’t what?,” and held her microphone out to the live audience at Studio 8H, who replied, “Play!”Nwodim was thrown off by the audience response.

died of pneumonia at age 65 on April 1. The comedy show flashed a photo of Kilmer on the screen before host Jack Black led the goodnights at the end of Saturday’s episode.Kilmer previously hosted “SNL” on Dec.

abrupt exit from “Saturday Night Live.”Wallen’s new apparel line includes a T-shirt and a baseball cap, the latter of which is available in two different colors. Each item costs $45.

TMZ Monday that “Saturday Night Live” is willing to have the country superstar, 31, on the show again following his abrupt on-stage exit over the weekend.The insiders said “there’s no bad blood” on the show’s end with Wallen. From NBC’s perspective, Wallen walking off the stage as the credits started rolling was “just an awkward moment,” according to the outlet.Additionally, the sources claimed Wallen wasn’t “offended” by anything said during the episode hosted by Mikey Madison.The “Last Night” singer, per TMZ, “had been on the ‘SNL’ set since Thursday and he knew all the jokes that were in the show.” The sources added that “there was no tension” between Wallen and the cast.

sparked controversy for abruptly walking off the stage at Studio 8H over the weekend.As host Mikey Madison closed out the show, Wallen, 31, hugged the “Anora” actress and then exited the stage as the closing credits rolled.Afterward, Wallen, 31, posted a photo of a private plane on his Instagram Story with the caption, “Get me to God’s country.”Patten mocked Wallen’s post on his own IG Stories with a photo of a Krispy Kreme truck with the back end open, and the same caption: “get me to God’s country.”On another slide, Patten screenshot an online comment that read “Guessing Patten’s not a Morgan Wallen fan?” and added an eye-rolling emoji.Patten then posted his Apple Music replay list from 2023 featuring five of Wallen’s songs. “How quickly the media forgets 2023,” Patten wrote.On his next slide, Patten posted a photo of a Krispy Kreme store in New York City and wrote, “Bravely standing up to Whiskey Riff dot com so that my children and grandchildren won’t have to.” Patten’s post was played to Wallen and Post Malone’s song “I Had Some Help.”The Post has reached out to Wallen’s rep for comment.Wallen served as the musical guest on “SNL” this weekend and performed “I’m the Problem” and “Just in Case,” both from his upcoming fourth studio album that comes out in May.But Wallen made headlines for his unexplained exit from the stage before the NBC episode even ended.The Grammy nominee seemingly skipped the after-party that night based on his post about leaving New York on the private plane.Viewers of the sketch comedy series bashed Wallen on social media for his behavior, calling him a “petty loser” and “tone-deaf.”“Morgan Wallen said I didn’t want to be here either.

“Saturday Night Live” before the episode was over.Wallen, who served as the episode’s musical guest last night, stood next to host Mikey Madison as she closed out the show with the rest of the cast behind them.The “Whiskey Glasses” singer then leaned over to Madison, 26, whispered something to her, gave her a one-armed hug and walked off the stage as everyone else celebrated completing another episode. Following his unexplained exit, Wallen posted a photo of a private plane on his Instagram Story with the caption, “Get me to God’s country.” He seemingly didn’t go to the afterparty.

opening monologue.“I can prove it right now,” the actress added, as she walked towards a dancer’s pole. The segment then cut to a muscular person in a brunette wig and Madison’s same sparkly black dress doing spread-eagle handstands on the pole.Madison plays a New York stripper who marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch in “Anora.” The film, directed by Sean Baker, won five Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Madison.Heading into the Oscars, Demi Moore was predicted to win Best Actress for her performance in “The Substance,” which won her a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.In her March 2 acceptance speech, Madison honored her fellow nominees — Moore, Karla Sofia Gascón, Cynthia Erivo and Fernanda Torres — and called her win “a dream come true.” She also took a moment to honor the sex worker community.“Yes, I will continue to support and be an ally.

called “CouplaBeers” where he played a man advertising a new medication that treats anxiety and depression.The bit is being praised online by viewers, including one fan who deemed it a contender for “the best SNL skit in the last 20 years.”The sketch begins with Gillis, 37, watching his wife (Heidi Gardner) and their son leave the house, as he turns to the camera and begins advocating for CouplaBeers.“You wouldn’t know it, but a few months ago, anxiety and depression were ruining my life,” Gillis says. “I was struggling at work, I was struggling as a father, and I was struggling as a husband.”Gillis is shown being made fun of by his coworkers, yelling at his son from the stands at a baseball game, and ignoring his wife while she talks to him.“I was at a real low point,” he says.

an Instagram post promoting Gillis’ stint as host this weekend, and claimed Yang, 34, was responsible for Gillis’ 2019 firing.“Can we acknowledge that Bowen Yang bitched him off the show- and he’s the bigger man to come host after being unfairly ditched bc of a whiny queen,” Best wrote under the clip shared by “SNL” and Gillis, 37. “SNL fired him as a hater.

Former “SNL” star Leslie Jones revealed she clashed with a “narcissistic d–khead” director of one of her skits when she said she needed to go home during a long day on set.Jones was filming a pre-taped segment alongside co-star Kyle Mooney for a November 2017 episode, where both actors were taking part in a fictional marriage, when she and guest host Tiffany Haddish “almost f–ked him up one night.”“The guy who would direct those was a f–king a–hole,” Jones said on the “Toure Show” podcast. “And I don’t give a f–k if you see this.

“Hot Mics” podcast on Monday and reacted to Reynolds, 48, making a joke from the audience in Studio 8H about the couple’s legal battle with Baldoni, 48.“I’m unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes about that type of situation,” said Freedman.“I can’t think of anyone who’s done anything like that,” he added. “So it surprised me.”Freedman also called Reynolds’ comedic bit “the latest move” made by the couple in the legal showdown.The Post has reached out to Freedman for comment.Reynolds and Lively, 37, attended “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” on Sunday, which marked their first red carpet appearance since the legal drama with Baldoni began in December.During one segment, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience and called on Reynolds, who was sitting next to his wife in the crowd.“Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” Poehler, 53, asked the “Deadpool” star, who stood up from his seat and quipped, “Why? What have you heard?”A source told People after the “SNL” special that Lively was “nervous” to go to the event, but she and Reynolds “had a great time” and mingled with other celebs who were there.On Bush’s podcast, Freedman explained that he speaks to Baldoni “often,” and noted that the actor’s current trip to Hawaii with his family is not a “vacation.”“I don’t think anybody who’s been accused of heinous…you know, arguably what are crimes, is on vacation,” said Freedman.

Chevy Chase has officially returned to “Saturday Night Live.”The actor, 81, set foot in his old stomping grounds at Studio 8H for the comedy series’ 50th anniversary special at Rockefeller Center on Sunday. He was also photographed walking the red carpet before the three-hour special with his wife, Jayni Chase.Chase, who was one of the original cast members of “Saturday Night Live” from 1975 to 1976, has had a tumultuous relationship with the NBC variety show over the years.

Vulture report about Michaels, 80, claims that the NBC series asked Swift, 35, to make a cameo in a 2015 skit that spoofed her “Bad Blood” music video, which featured Swift and her celebrity pals Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss, Ellie Goulding, Ellen Pompeo, Cindy Crawford, Hayley Williams, Mariska Hargitay, Lena Dunham and more.The outlet said that Swift called Michaels directly and declined to be in the sketch. She also reportedly asked him to kill it from the show entirely.Michaels, according to Vulture, “heard Swift out, but as he did he picked up a piece of popcorn from the basket on his desk.”He reportedly told the singer, “Taylor, I do not negotiate with terrorists,” before allegedly “tossing the kernel into the air and catching it with his mouth.”There were two “Bad Blood” sketches that ultimately aired on the show.

Dave Chappelle took the stage for a stand-up show in San Francisco this week. During his performance, the controversial comedian, 51, revealed the top topics “Saturday Night Live” producers told him to avoid during his opening monologue while hosting the show last month.“SNL producers told him he couldn’t speak about two topics: transgender people and Gaza,” reported SFGATE’s senior culture editor Dan Gentile.However, Chappelle still slipped in a reference to Palestine during his monologue, which was recorded on Jan.

“Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” that Timothée Chalamet shut down her skit ideas when he hosted the NBC show on Jan. 25.“I will say I pitched a lot of us, like, touching, or like ‘Babygirl,’ and he’s giving me milk,” Fineman said, referring to the steamy bar scene from the Nicole Kidman movie where she has an affair with her much-younger intern.But according to Fineman, Chalamet “wasn’t really having” her pitches.The comedian, who loves to give her go-to impression of Chalamet on “SNL,” was asked by a “WWHL” caller why she didn’t impersonate the actor when he was on the show last month.“I’ve been saying, I feel like I’ve done it twice already this year without him, and I really feel like I’m leaning more, like, L Word,” Fineman explained.“I don’t know.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday and expressed desire to host “Saturday Night Live” — after she was robbed of the opportunity 20 years ago.Stewart revealed that after she was released from prison in 2005, she was offered the chance to host the sketch comedy show.“I wanted to, and they asked me as I was coming out of Alderson, that camp I was in for a while,” Stewart recalled. “And my parole officer wouldn’t give me the time to do it,” she explained.

released a statement over the weekend apologizing for wearing blackface in a resurfaced comedy skit from the Brazilian TV show “Fantastico” 17 years ago.“Almost twenty years ago, I appeared in blackface in a comedy sketch from a Brazilian TV show,” the Oscar-nominated “I’m Still Here” actress said to Deadline. “I am very sorry for this.

“Saturday Night Live” this weekend about former president Jimmy Carter, who died last month at age 100.The incident happened during the “Bungee” skit featuring Chalamet playing an instructor at a workout class.Chalamet tells the group to do the “Jimmy Carter” — as everyone pretends to hang dead in their harness from the ceiling.The studio audience could be heard gasping in response to the off-color joke.Viewers at home similarly found Chalamet’s remark troubling and called out both the actor and the show on social media.“Very bad taste…. very!” one fan said on X (formerly Twitter).“Very unnecessary.

the founding father in “Hamilton” for the “Saturday Night Live” cold open this weekend, which mocked Trump’s second presidential inauguration.The skit began with Miranda’s Hamilton joining a group of colonial characters and rapping about America.“What matters is the nation we build,” he said. “Because in America, all men are created equal. America, not England.

wildfire evacuations during his second skit hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend.In the sketch, Chappelle plays the dad of a family that receives an alert telling them they have to flee their home due to the blaze.But Chappelle shocks his wife, played by Ego Nwodim, and their son, played by Devon Walker, when he suddenly takes a sledgehammer to the wall to get $500,000 in cash and a counterfeit passport.“Don’t worry about where I got my money. Ain’t no time to explain.