‘SNL’: Michael Che Yet Again Has Colin Jost Insult Scarlett Johansson

Dan Clarendon December 21, 2025, 11:50 am

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Michael Che surprised Colin Jost with another “joke swap” on SNL‘s Weekend Update, leading Jost to read an embarrassing joke about his wife, Scarlett Johansson.
This continues their annual tradition, despite an agreement not to do it this year, with Che orchestrating jokes that made Johansson an unwitting punchline once again.
The episode was also notable for Bowen Yang’s emotional farewell after seven seasons and a tribute to the late Rob Reiner.

Once again, Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che and Colin Jost kept up their annual “Weekend Update” tradition: writing jokes for each other to read on air, sight unseen.

And once again, Scarlett Johansson, Jost’s wife, was an unwitting punchline.

At least, Che kept up the Christmastime tradition. As Jost explained to the audience in Saturday’s episode, he and Che had agreed not to do the joke swap this year. But Che apparently went back on his word, and all of a sudden, Jost was facing cue cards to read for the first time.

In jokes we dare not repeat here, Che had Jost propose a new idea for a U.S. coin and offer commentary on the Archdiocese of New York’s new victims fund.

Then came the joke about Johansson.

“New research shows that millions of women leave the workforce due to menopause. Which means there’s only a couple years left on my gravy train,” Jost said, embarrassed, as a photo of the Jurassic World Rebirth star came up on screen. “My girl already be like, ‘Colin, I’m warm. Colin, I’m sweating.’ B****, you having a hot flash.”

Colin Jost on the December 20, 2025, episode of 'Saturday Night Live'

NBC

Finally, Che had Jost lust after Jenna Ortega and her Wednesday character.

“But don’t worry about me — I got a backup. They don’t call Wednesday ‘hump day’ for nothing,” Jost said.

In case you missed it, Che had Jost disparage his wife during last Christmas’ joke swap, too. After reading a headline about Costco removing its roast beef sandwich from its menu, Jost said, “But I ain’t tripping, I be eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid.”

The camera then cut to a shot of Johansson, watching a feed of “Weekend Update” elsewhere in Studio 8H and mouthing, “Oh, my God.”