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Scarlett Johansson says she 'blacked out' during Colin Jost and Michael Che's SNL joke swap: 'It’s painful'

Scarlett Johansson says she typically 'blacks out' during Colin Jost and Michael Che's annual 'Saturday Night Live' joke swap: 'Every year it gets worse.'

The dangerous Weekend Update segment is simple: Che and Jost take turns reading jokes, which they have not seen in advance, written for them by the other man. The tradition is typically an excuse for Che to trick Jost into cold reading hilariously offensive jokes, some of which make mention of his famous wife. After host Kelly Clarkson played the clip for Johansson, the Black Widow star pointed out that Jost is usually forced to read much worse.

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