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Colin Jost found himself in the middle of all the action while covering the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Tahiti, even suffering a toe injury.
He Saturday Night Live The 42-year-old star is currently in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, where she is providing live coverage of Olympic surfing. NBCJost has been covering barefoot, which appears to have led to some injuries.
On July 26, the comedian took to Instagram to share a graphic photograph of his severed, blood-covered toes. He jokingly wrote in the caption, “This might ruin my WikiFeet score, but I just got to Tahiti for the surfing Olympics and the reef was excited to welcome me.”
Jost explained that he got his foot caught in some coral while trying to catch some waves for himself, he said. NBC Sports Reporter Mike Tirico said on July 27: “I was doing pretty well until the first wave and then I ended up standing on the coral reef,” Jost said. “Very much like the coral reef safety expert, but without coral shoes, so I got a little hurt.”
The “Weekend Update” host later revealed that he even sought medical attention for his toe injury during the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti.
“It's a strange feeling when you're in the medical tent much more than any of the athletes,” Jost said during an interview with NBC Olympics at Night Presenter Maria Taylor said: “The medical staff at this point know my name. They are very familiar with my badge number, they know I am allergic to penicillin.”
Jost also shared that medical staff told him his “infection hasn’t improved,” before making a joke about his condition: “Why did the chicken cross the road? To peck at the staph infection on my foot.”
A staph skin infection is caused by a bacteria known as staph, which can enter the body through a cut or wound, according to the Mayo Clinic.
On Monday, Jost posted an update on her toe injury for her followers. In a photo shared on Instagram, her three toes were seen wrapped in gauze. “You know everything is going well when you've been in the Olympic medical tent more than any of the athletes,” she wrote in the post.
In June, NBC announced that the SNL The star will cover the Olympic surfing events in Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia.
“I'm honored to be able to watch the world's best surfers compete on one of the heaviest waves imaginable and help showcase the rich history of surfing in Tahiti,” Jost said at the time, before making a prediction about his fatal foot injury. “And my Writer's Guild health insurance is excited to see what the coral reef does to my back.”
His move to commentary may not surprise some fans, considering Jost has been an avid surfer for over two decades. He started surfing in his early 20s, when a friend of his SNL He taught him, Jost said. Surfer Now, he catches waves in Montauk, New York, where he shares a home with his wife, actress Scarlett Johansson.
Surfing made its first appearance as an Olympic sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This year's surfing events are scheduled for July 27-31.
