Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost.
Shootpix/ABACA/ShutterstockAll about LOLs! Scarlett Johansson shared the secret to maintaining a happy marriage with her husband Colin Jost: Keep it funny.
“I will say we have such – we laugh a lot and we communicate with each other and we check in,” Johansson, 38, said during his Monday, June 12 appearance on CBS Matinees. “I’m married to a writer, he’s a comedy writer. He can get, like, very in his head sometimes, he’s sort of introverted. I’m outgoing, and so I think the key for us is to always check in, to ask at the end of the day, “How was your day?”
Marvel actress and Saturday Night Live actor, 40, first sparked dating rumors in May 2017 when they were seen packing on the PDA in New York. The couple confirmed they were engaged after two years of dating in May 2019 and privately married less than a year later. In the summer of 2021, they welcomed their first child together, son Cosmo. (Johansson also shares 8-year-old daughter Rose with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.)
Jost first spoke about the idea of fatherhood in July 2020, when he joked about what would happen when he finally leaves the NBC late-night sketch series. “It’s definitely not a good place to work while you’re raising a family or having a healthy relationship,” he wrote in his memoir, A Very punchy face. “In terms of ‘family-friendly jobs’, SNL sits somewhere between the long-haul truck driver and the Somali pirate.
The comedian added, however, that his feelings about becoming a parent have changed over time. “I even woke up one Sunday after a show and thought, ‘I’d like to raise a baby right now! ‘” he joked. “Which is a far cry from the days when I would wake up on a Sunday and think, ‘Can I go to the bathroom or should I just throw up on this plant? “”
The comedian added, however, that his feelings about becoming a parent have changed over time. “I even woke up one Sunday after a show and thought, ‘I’d like to raise a baby right now! ‘” he joked. “Which is a far cry from the days when I would wake up on a Sunday and think, ‘Can I go to the bathroom or should I just throw up on this plant? “”
Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost.
Marshal Aurora/ABACA/ShutterstockIn October 2022, a source exclusively told We Weekly that the New York native was fully embracing the new chapter of his life.
“Colin is an extremely active dad, always making a big fuss with little Cosmo,” the insider shared, adding that he “always makes it a point to step in” so his wife can rest from his parental duties.
Jost is also “awesome” with Rose, the source claimed at the time, noting that he is “very respectful and caring” to his daughter-in-law.
Johansson, for her part, shared that raising a family has been an “incomparable” and life-changing experience. “I think being a parent is the hardest and most rewarding thing you will ever do,” Ththe black Widow star, who was also married to Ryan Reynolds from 2008 to 2011, told Additional in November 2021. “I constantly remember it. I was very lucky to enjoy this moment with… our young son. It’s a gift. I feel very lucky.