SNL Recap: Colin Jost Laughs at Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Marvel Money’ Joke

ONE Saturday Night Live the season isn’t complete without a joke – no matter how subtle – dedicated to Colin Jost‘s wife, actress Scarlett Johansson.

Saturday, December 14, episode, cast Andrew Dismukes offered a quick joke about Johansson, 40, who was the breadwinner in her and Jost’s marriage.

Dismukes, 29, portrayed a “bald man” during the “Weekend Update” segment and shared his take on the new UK court ruling barring harassment of men with hair loss struggles. At one point, Dismukes pretended to use a towel to wipe his bare head.

“Do you think it’s funny, Colin? I’ll have to carry around a bit of shame if my head gets wet,” said Dismukes. “(I) dare you to laugh.” Love to see your ass in court.”

He added: “My hairless little hands on some of your wife’s Marvel money!”

Jost, 42, quickly interrupted Dismukes to end the segment as he burst into laughter.

Jost, co-anchor for SNL‘Weekend Update’ has been married to Johansson since 2020. They originally met on the set of the NBC variety show. (Of course, Johansson is perhaps best known for her role as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff in a cross-section of Marvel films, including 2021’s Black Widow.)

“We laugh a lot and we communicate with each other and check in,” said Johansson, who shares son Cosmo with Jost. CBS Morning in June 2023. “I’m married to a writer, he’s a comedy writer. He can get a lot in his head sometimes, he’s kind of an introvert. I’m outgoing, and so I think the key for us is just always checking in, just asking at the end of the day, ‘How was your day?’

Johansson also understands that their lives can become fodder SNL jokes.

“I now rarely see (SNL) without having a sense of … not overwhelming panic, like a slight overwhelming panic, because I just feel like at any moment something is going to fall apart,” Johansson previously said during a July 2021 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “And that’s the thrill of it SNL and for all audiences, right? Because it is absolutely live.”

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She continued at the time: “But when you’re emotionally invested in it and not just entertained by it, it takes on a little bit of a different life.”

In addition to Dismukes’ subtle joke about Johansson’s Marvel salary on Saturday, the actress has famously been name-dropped in other “Weekend Update” segments. Jost’s co-host, Michael Cheoften sneaks a reference into their annual holiday joke swap on annual Christmas episodes.

Saturday Night Live airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET.