Christmas Joke Swap 2024
Weekend Update took the sharpest NSFW turn ever on the Dec. 21, 2024 episode (watch the segment here).
"Costco has removed the roast beef sandwich from its menu," Colin Jost began on Weekend Update, reading the lines Michael Che wrote for him for their joke swap, which they do not see in advance. "But I ain't trippin'. I've been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid."
Scarlett Johansson—who shares son Cosmo, 3, with Jost and is also a mom to daughter Rose, 10, from her previous marriage to Romain Dauriac—was then shown backstage, watching her husband on a TV screen and mouthing the words, "Oh my God!"
The actress' husband continued, "No, no, I'm just playin', baby. You know I don't go downtown."
SNL Season 50 Finale
Jost and Johansson later paid Che back for the Christmas 2024 joke swap incident on SNL's season 50 finale in May 2025. (Watch the Weekend Update segment here.)
"You know, last time we did 'joke swap,' I made Colin do some tasteless jokes comparing your vagina to Costco roast beef," Che told the actress. "Well, the fact is, I was just lashing out because I'm jealous. I've never even seen a human vagina."
Che then turned his attention to his costar. "And, Colin, I'm sorry, too, because I owe you everything," he said. "When Colin discovered me, I was selling crack outside the Bronx Zoo. And now look at me, selling crack outside the American Girl doll store."
Christmas Joke Swap 2023: "Little Art Movies"
Colin read a joke from Che that noted how he could finally watch the Black Widow star's "little art movies" to end the last Weekend Update of the year. (Watch the SNL segment here.)
SNL Season 49 Finale Weekend Update Joke Swap 2025
In March 2024, Che wrote a joke for Jost referencing Johansson's good looks to relay on the last Weekend Update of the season. (Watch the SNL segment here.)
"ChatGPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson's AI character in Her," Jost said. "Which I've never bothered to watch, because without that body, what's the point of listening?"
Christmas Joke Swap 2020: Taking It Higher
Che had Jost reference Johansson after reporting some movie casting news. (Watch the segment here.)
"It was announced that Creed singer Scott Stapp will play Frank Sinatra in an upcoming movie," the actress' husband said. "But the good news is, Sammy Davis Jr. will be played by Scarlett Johansson."