Saturday Night Live viewers think Scarlett Johansson might ‘divorce’ her husband Colin Jost following his controversial joke about her love life during the show’s latest episode.
Every year, to celebrate the holiday season, Weekend Update hosts Colin and Michael Che write deliberately offensive jokes for the other person to read for the first time on air.
But this year, Colin’s segment contained a brutal critique of his wife, Scarlett’s, body, and some people on social media wondered if it would affect their relationship.
“I want to dedicate this next joke to my friend, Scarlett Johansson,” Colin, 42, said as the camera panned to the actress, 40m, who made a special appearance during the episode.
The Black Widow star appeared backstage, dressed in a black suit and holding a drink in front of a Christmas tree, as she looked at her husband on screen.
The Harvard graduate said 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 seemed surprised when her husband compared her private parts to the meat in the sandwich.
He joke It quickly went viral on X, formerly Twitter, and many people around the web made their own jokes about Colin and Scarlett’s relationship afterwards.
Colin Jost and Michael Che shocked the SNL audience by forcing each other to tell jokes that some viewers on social media found “unfunny,” including one about Colin’s movie star wife.
The Harvard graduate said Costco 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 is one joke away from a divorce,” one user theorized after the shocking joke.
‘Haha, I bet he’s a couch potato now,’ they continued in the viral thread.
“I can only imagine the car ride home,” someone else said.
However, many fans were quick to come to Colin’s defense, pointing out that his co-host wrote the jokes, not him.
“I mean he didn’t write them,” one person noted.
Another agreed: “He’s not the one writing the joke so it’s good.”
“Scarlett knows it’s an exchange of jokes, not all of them coming from Michael and all of them being good.”
Someone else said that “Colin’s co-workers were trying to end his marriage.”
His wife Scarlett Johansson, who was backstage, looked “mortified” when her husband made the rude comment about her body.
The annual exchange of jokes 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 exchange of jokes 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.”
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 of the controversial segment.
Another viewer called the sensitive exchange “painfully unfunny.”
On YouTube, commenters were equally shocked, with some calling the segment “sexist” and “really low.”
One viewer wrote: “This is definitely the most brutal one they’ve done so far, it went straight for the throat with every joke.”
ScarJo and the SNL co-director met in 2006 when she hosted Saturday Night Live and then began dating in 2017.
“Collin is one joke away from a divorce,” one user theorized after the shocking joke. The couple is seen in July.
The Lost in Translation actress and Colin got engaged in May 2019 and married in October 2020.
They share a son, Cosmo, whom they welcomed in 2021.
Scarlett is also mother to daughter Rose Dorothy, whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.
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.