Colin Jost vs. Scarlett Johansson: The ‘SNL’ Roast Battle Nobody Saw Coming!

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Saturday Night Live just gave us the ultimate holiday gift: a live, unscripted showdown between Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson, with Michael Che playing the chaotic puppet master we didnโ€™t know we needed.

For the uninitiated, thereโ€™s a Weekend Update tradition where Colin and Michael write jokes for each other to read sight unseen. This year, Michael decided to spice things up by dragging Colinโ€™s literal movie star wife into the mix. Scarlett wasnโ€™t just an innocent bystander; she was lurking in a hallway like the worldโ€™s most glamorous judge, jury, and executioner, watching the chaos unfold.

The Joke Heard ‘Round the Studio
Colin, sweating bullets, kicked off with, โ€œI want to dedicate this next joke to my boo, Scarlett Johansson.โ€ Thatโ€™s right, he called her his boo. Somewhere in that moment, you could hear the sound of a thousand tabloids firing up their headlines. Scarlett, watching from a monitor, looked like she was mentally filing divorce papers.

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And then it came. The joke to end all jokes: โ€œYโ€™all know Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday, which means Iโ€™m about to get up out of there!โ€ Cue Colinโ€™s panicked backpedaling: โ€œShiz! Nah, nah. Iโ€™m just playinโ€™!โ€ But wait, thereโ€™s more! He pivoted to a joke about their baby that involved a photoshopped image of the couple holding a very unexpected child. Letโ€™s just say the internet is still recovering from the memes.

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The Roast Beef Saga
Just when you thought Michael was done torturing Colin, he threw in another zinger. Colin read, with visible regret, โ€œCostco has removed their roast beef sandwich from its menu, but I ainโ€™t tripping. I be eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid!โ€ The audience exploded. Scarlett, somewhere backstage, was probably Googling annulment laws.

But Michael wasnโ€™t done yet. The punchline? โ€œNah, nah, I just playinโ€™, baby. You know I donโ€™t go downtown! Shiz! Thatโ€™s gay as hell!โ€ At this point, Colinโ€™s soul had clearly left his body, and Scarlett was likely texting her agent to book a rom-com about life as a single mom.

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The Aftermath
What makes this entire segment a masterpiece is the live reaction factor. Scarlett Johanssonโ€”Oscar nominee, Marvel icon, and Colin Jostโ€™s personal roast victimโ€”was right there. You could practically hear her screaming โ€œYou better sleep with one eye open, Jost!โ€ from the hallway.

Michael Che, meanwhile, looked like a man who just won Christmas. The man deserves an Emmy for live trolling. Colin deserves a long vacation. Scarlett deserves a spa day and maybe a restraining order.

If SNL doesnโ€™t release a behind-the-scenes documentary of Scarlettโ€™s hallway reactions, we riot.

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