Saturday night live Stars Colin Jost and Michael Che took turns telling some hilarious and shocking jokes in their annual “Weekend Update” joke exchange.
During the segment, which aired on Saturday, May 18, the “Weekend Update” co-hosts wrote jokes for each other to tell without seeing them beforehand. The segment has become a fan favorite, and this year's sketch marks the end of SNL 49th season.
According to tradition, Che tricked Jost into mocking his wife Scarlett Johansson, causing Jost to squirm in discomfort. “ChatGPT has launched a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson's AI character in His” a nervous Jost told the spectators. “That I have never bothered to look, because without that body, what's the point of listening?”
The father of two immediately burst out laughing, while hiding his face in his hands out of embarrassment.
Elsewhere during “Weekend Update,” Jost had Che challenge rapper Kendrick Lamar amid his rap feud with Drake. “Speaking of bitches, I want to call out the biggest bitch of them all, Kendrick Lamar,” Che said, shaking his head at the cards and exclaiming, “No!”
“Your war with Drake may be over, but your war with Michael Che is just beginning. So, to quote Hamilton, 'take your shot, player,'” he added. The comedian then praised the “Weekend Update” co-host for his surprise hit, telling Jost, “That was pretty well done, man.”
This isn't the first time Jost's relationship with Johansson has been the subject of some funny moments in SNL. In 2020, Che once again tricked Jost into mocking his wife during their signature banter exchange by making a joke about the actor's past casting controversies. In the joke, Jost reported on Creed frontman Scott Stapp's casting as Frank Sinatra in a Ronald Reagan biopic, along with the punchline: “But the good news is that Sammy Davis Jr will be played by Scarlett Johansson.”
He black widow The star was criticized for playing a Japanese character in the 2017 live-action adaptation of ghost in the shell. She also ended up pulling out of the film. Rub and pull after facing backlash when she was cast as a trans male gangster.
In 2021, SNL Alum Jason Sudeikis also mocked Jost about his marriage to Johansson when he appeared as the devil during a “Weekend Update” segment. “I've been busy, honey,” he told Jost, taking credit for some of the most terrible events of recent years.
When the host asked him what he's been working on lately, Sudeikis' devil responded, “Oh man, so many little side projects. Earthquakes, some deadly storms, Instagram for kids, trying to get it off the ground. Oh! And the weather”.
Later during the skit, Sudeikis' character asked Jost to take back a line, jokingly threatening him: “Take it back, Colin, or I swear I'll cancel our deal to let you marry Scarlett.”
Jost and Johansson met in 2010, when the Lost in translation Star hosted SNL for the first time. The couple then began a relationship in 2017, following Johansson's divorce from French journalist Romain Dauriac. They announced their engagement in 2019.
In October 2020, the couple tied the knot during an intimate ceremony amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Less than a year later, Jost announced that they had welcomed their first child together, a boy named Cosmo.
Johansson also shares her eight-year-old daughter Rose with her ex Dauriac. The former couple was married from 2014 to 2017. The asteroid city The star was previously married to actor Ryan Reynolds from 2008 to 2011.
