Michael Che blindsided his “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost with a one-sided edition of their joke swap segment on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live.”
The duo has made a semi-annual tradition out of writing outrageous punchlines for the other to read sight unseen, compelling both comics to make cracks that truly push the boundaries of bad taste.
But during this year’s holiday episode, Jost was under the impression they were skipping the bawdy bit, leaving him completely unprepared for Che’s mischief.
Jost cackled as Che announced it was joke time, telling him, “That’s interesting, because you specifically said that we were not doing it this year ... I did not write any jokes for you.”
While off-color quips about slavery and the Catholic church clearly made Jost squirm, he was truly aghast when the teleprompter revealed a roast of his wife, actor Scarlett Johansson.
