Scarlett Johansson wants ‘retaliation' against Michael Che for his vulgar ‘SNL' joke
Michael Che's jab might have gotten under the skin just a little.
Scarlett Johansson's husband, Colin Jost, and his costar Michael Che had their annual 'Saturday Night Live' joke swap in December 2024 with the actress, 40, being the target of one inappropriate joke.
Now, Johansson wants revenge.
7 Scarlett Johansson on 'Saturday Night Live.'
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'I feel like it's almost my responsibility to come up with some way to burn Michael back,' she told Vanity Fair in an interview published Wednesday. 'Retaliation, I'd say, should be expected. Others on the show could support this desire. Know what I mean?'
During the sketch comedy show, Jost, 42, and his Weekend Update co-anchor, Michael Che, 41, read jokes written by one another.
'Costco has removed the roast beef sandwich from its menu. But I ain't trippin',' Jost said at the time. 'I've been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid.'
7 Scarlett Johansson hosts 'Saturday Night Live.'
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A camera then panned to the actress who was backstage with a shocked look on her face.
'My experience of it was so funny.' Johansson told InStyle in March, revealing that producers had given her a heads up that Che wrote a 'vagina joke.'
Speaking out about the comment in particular, the 'Fly Me to the Moon' alum stated, 'It was so vulgar.'
7 Anchor Colin Jost and anchor Michael Che during Weekend Update on Saturday, December 7, 2024.
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'I just can't believe that they went there. I was like — it was so gross. It was really gross,' she went on. 'And, like, old-school gross.'
The 'Sing' vet didn't expect it to go that far, however.
'I was like, 'I mean, it's a vagina joke, how bad could it be?' And then as soon as the Costco photo came up, I was like 'No! No, Michael!''
Johansson also touched on the crew catching her stunned reaction.
7 Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost attend 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special.'
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'The fact that it took on a full 'To Catch a Predator'-style reveal or whatever,' she teased, 'that was so intense. All of a sudden, it was like a whole bunch of people holding up lights, and a guy with a video camera. They were waiting for me to react. I felt insane. I was like, 'I think I'm going to faint.''
The joke didn't come between Johansson and Jost, who tied the knot in 2020, and share son Cosmo, 3, as they went to bed together at 4 a.m., laughing about what went down.
'I was like, 'My nerves are shot.' And Colin said, 'Me too,'' Johansson, who also shares daughter Rose, 10, with ex-husband Romain Dauriac, recalled.
7 Scarlett Johansson attends the 2025 Time100 Gala at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2025 in New York City.
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While on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' in January, Jost told host Jimmy Fallon, 'I'm in trouble, I think, with a lot of people. Scarlett was genuinely so shocked. Because I was obviously surprised by everything, but they gave her a heads-up.'
The comedian shared that the writers asked Johansson if she would be okay being included in a punchlines or two, and, of course, she was game.
'And she was like, 'Sure! You know, whatever. I'm open to it,'' explained Jost.
7 Anchor Colin Jost during Weekend Update on February 16, 2025.
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'It was honestly a legitimate live moment, and you weren't acting at all,' stated Fallon, 50, to which Jost responded, 'I was not. I can't act that well.'
The couple have continued to be a united front — jokes and all — since tying the knot five years ago.
Jost even gave a sweet shout-out to Johansson in his 2020 memoir, 'A Very Punchable Face.'
The author penned that she 'a grace and a smile that I've still never seen in any other human.'
7 Mikey Day as Lord Gaga, anchor Colin Jost, and anchor Michael Che as during Weekend Update on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
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'I've met someone I love and who I feel more comfortable with than I ever have before,' he wrote. 'I feel more confident committing to what I'm working on and standing by whatever I create, regardless of whether people like it or not.'
Johansson will host the 'Saturday Night Live' Season 50 finale — alongside musical guest Bad Bunny — on May 17.
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