Colin Jost brutally mocked on SNL for earning less than wife Scarlett Johansson

Colin Jost faced a grilling on Saturday Night Live over the weekend as his co-stars poked fun at him for earning less than his superstar wife, Scarlett Johansson.

The 42-year-old comedian was first linked to 40-year-old Marvel actress Scarlett in 2017, they married in 2020, and they welcomed a son named Cosmo in August 2021. On Saturday, Colin became the butt of a joke as he was joined by SNL co-star Mikey Day during a sketch about musical guest Lady Gaga.

In the skit in which Mikey was playing a character named Lord Gaga, he mocked Colin’s married life after he highlighted the overwhelming success of Gaga and her career. Noting her 14 Grammys and an Oscar, 44-year-old Mikey couldn’t resist firing a jab at the disparity between Colin’s earnings and that of his wife.

He quipped: “Can you imagine, Colin, a man whose wife makes more money than he”? – sparking laughter from the live studio audience. He continued to tease, asking: “Can you imagine? Oh, the shame he would feel”!.

Colin fixed a stern gaze at his co-star and then the camera, maintaining a poker face. “Imagine, Colin, if I were sitting here on television behind this desk, staring at that camera, the world staring back at me knowing that my wife’s income dwarfs my own! I would die”, Mikey continued, as Colin struggled to suppress his laughter.

“Oh, I would die! What a living nightmare! What a nightmare”! he continued, earning cheers from the audience. Mikey concluded the sketch by asking, “Oh, I’m sorry. Now tell me, what does your wife do”?

Colin has been part of the weekend sketch comedy show since 2005 and his net worth is estimated to be around $10 million (£7.7 million), while Scarlett reportedly boasts a fortune exceeding $165 million (£127 million). Over the years, Black Widow star Scarlett has been the subject of various SNL jokes, including instances where her husband was compelled to read out crude remarks about her during one of his and Michael Che’s “Weekend Update” segments in December.

During the joke swap segment, Colin recited ridiculous jibes about Scarlett – including one where he claimed he’s “eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid” – leaving the “Marriage Story” actress visibly shocked backstage. Colin later appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and confessed that his wife “was genuinely so shocked” by the segment. “I’m in trouble I think with a lot of people”, he conceded.

During a 2021 appearance on Kelly Clarkson’s talk show, Scarlett confessed that she feels anxious whenever she tunes in to see her hubby on SNL. She revealed, “I now rarely watch without having a sense of… not overwhelming panic, just like a slight underwhelming panic, because I just feel like at any moment something’s going to fall apart”, expressing her concern over the live nature of the show.

Before finding love with Colin, Scarlett was married twice. She was the wife of Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds from 2008 until 2011 – and then married French businessman Romain Dauriac from 2014 until 2017 and she shares a daughter named Rose with him who was born in 2014.

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Source: Mirror