Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost’s love story is one for the books.
The Golden Globe nominee and the Saturday Night Live star were first spotted together in May 2017 at an afterparty celebrating the NBC variety show’s season 42 finale. One year later, he called Johansson his “girlfriend” during a “Weekend Update” segment on SNL.
By February 2019, Us Weekly broke the news that the couple had moved in together. Johansson and Jost revealed their engagement in May 2019 after two years of dating. By October 2020, it was announced that the twosome had quietly tied the knot while surrounded by immediate family and loved ones.
The couple welcomed their first child, son Cosmo, in summer 2021. (Johansson is also the mother of daughter Rose, whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.)
Scroll down to see a timeline of ScarJost’s relationship:
May 2017
The pair sparked dating rumors after they were spotted making out at a NYC bar.
July 2017
Johansson and Jost spent the July 4 weekend in Montauk, New York, with his brother, Casey, and Casey’s wife, Lisa Kleinman. “[They were] making out” on Ditch Plains Beach, an eyewitness told Us.
October 2017
The lovebirds returned to Long Island for a romantic date night at Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett. “They were holding hands as they sat across the table from each other when the server approached them,” an onlooker told Us. “They sat at a bar table close to the window and were smiling and talking to each other.”
December 2017
Johansson and Jost posed together at the American Museum of Natural History Gala, where she wore a red dress and he looked sharp in a black tuxedo.
December 2017
The couple showed some PDA on the ice rink during the closing credits of SNL.
April 2018
Hours after telling Ellen DeGeneres that she is “a Colin fan,” the actress brought her boyfriend to the Avengers: Infinity War premiere. “Their eyes lit up when they looked at each other [on the red carpet],” an eyewitness told Us.
May 2018
When Leslie Jones joked on “Weekend Update” that she could never date Jost “because he’s gay,” he fired back, “I’m not gay! I told you, I have a girlfriend!”
May 2018
The duo stayed close to each other on the red carpet at their first Met Gala as a couple.
September 2018
The Lost in Translation star and the Staten Island native were all smiles at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, which he cohosted with his “Weekend Update” coanchor, Michael Che.
May 2019
Johansson’s publicist confirmed to the Associated Press that the couple were engaged.
July 2019
Jost admitted during a stand-up set in East Hampton, New York, that he was “so scared of marriage for so long.”
October 2019
Johansson finally shared some details of her fiancé’s proposal, saying on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, “He did, like, a whole James Bond situation. He’s got a lot behind that news desk. He’s very charming and very thoughtful and romantic. I was surprised. Even if you kind of imagine what that moment is going to be like it’s still a beautiful moment.”
November 2019
“Colin is a great father figure for Rose,” a source told Us exclusively. “He loves playing with her and she is obsessed with him.”
December 2019
The Marriage Story star called Jost the “love of my life” during her SNL monologue.
February 2020
The A Very Punchable Face author supported Johansson at the Academy Awards, where she was nominated for her movies Marriage Story and Jojo Rabbit.
April 2020
The actress revealed in an interview with Parade that baseball is a “sore subject” for the couple because she is a diehard New York Yankees fan and he loves the Mets. “He just told me that he’d rather see the [Boston] Red Sox win than the Yankees win. Like, what?!” she told the magazine. “I said I was just going to ignore that.”
April 2020
In her interview with Parade, Johansson revealed what attracted her to Jost. “What you see is what you get with him,” she told the magazine. “He’s very optimistic, easygoing, funny, nice, and those are the qualities that really drew me to him.”
April 2020
The Oscar nominee opened up about how her relationship with Jost went from platonic to romantic. “It’s so funny to have a long-term shared experience with someone and then the relationship changes,” she told Parade.
October 2020
The couple secretly tied the knot more than a year after announcing their engagement. The news of their nuptials was announced by the Meals on Wheels Instagram account.
“We’re thrilled to break the news that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost were married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony with their immediate family and love ones, following COVID-19 safety precautions as directed by the CDC,” the statement read. “Their wedding wish is to help make a difference for vulnerable older adults during this difficult time by supporting @mealsonwheelsamerica. Please consider donating to celebrate the happy couple.”
November 2020
Days after Jost debuted his wedding band on Saturday Night Live, Johansson stepped out wearing a gold band on her left ring ringer.
May 2021
The comedian decided to join in the fun by pulling a prank on the actress as she was being honored with a Generation Award at the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards. Jost poured slime on Johansson as she was finishing her speech at the May 2021 event.
“What the f–k?” the Black Widow star asked her husband.
“MTV! You got slimed!” he responded, shortly before being informed that slime was used during Nickelodeon award shows.
Jost did help clean up the accident by offering his wife a towel.
August 2021
During a stand-up set in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the Coming 2 America star revealed that his wife was expecting the couple’s first child. “We’re having a baby,” he said from the stage. “It’s exciting.” The news came just months after Johansson first sparked pregnancy rumors when she was absent from all in-person press events for Black Widow ahead of the film’s July 2021 release. Fans noted that her virtual interviews were all shot as close-ups, hiding everything below her shoulders.
August 2021
Johansson’s rep confirmed on August 18 that she recently gave birth to their first child together. The same month, Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr. revealed that she went into labor in late July amid her lawsuit with Disney over the streaming release of Black Widow.
November 2021
The couple walked their first red carpet together since the birth of their son Cosmo four months prior. “It’s been wonderful,” Johansson said when asked about parenthood at the 35th Annual American Cinematheque Awards. “I’m in a ‘baby bliss bubble.’”
December 2021
The couple enjoyed a date night at the 44th Kennedy Center Honors on December 5.
February 2022
The parents starred as themselves in an Amazon Alexa commercial, set to air during Super Bowl LVI. In the clip, Jost and Johansson say it’s almost like the smart assistant can read minds, and then they imagine scenarios where Alexa reacts to their thoughts. The blender turns on as Jost bores his wife with details of his tanning plans, and Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies” plays after Johansson assures her husband that love scenes are “the worst.” After Alexa outs them as terrible dinner party hosts, they realize it’s best that the automated system hasn’t achieved telepathy yet.
September 2022
Johansson revealed during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show how she and Jost came up with the idea for their son’s moniker. “We just threw a bunch of letters together,” she quipped, referring to the unconventional name. “I just really thought it was charming and our friends liked it.”
While the actress and the comedian were fans of Cosmo, Johansson confessed that her mother-in-law wasn’t big on the name when he was first born. “Colin’s mom had a little bit of a harder time with it,” the Sing 2 star said. “She kept suggesting other versions of it for a while. I was like, ‘He’s already here. He’s out. Like, it’s past that time.’”
The Robot Chicken alum also noted that there is a connection between Cosmo and her daughter Rose’s name: they both have floral roots. “Cosmo is a really sweet little flower that comes in different shades of orange and yellow and stuff like that,” Johansson explained. “That’s why my daughter liked it too.”
April 2023
The Her actress opened up about finally finding the traits she needed in a partner with Jost.
“I didn’t know what I wanted or needed from somebody else,” she said, recalling her past relationships during an appearance on Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Goop” podcast. “I never realized, ‘Oh, it’s really important for me, I need to be with a compassionate person. That’s a fundamental characteristic that has to be there.’ … I think identifying those things was a game-changer for me.”
Johansson added that with the comedian she was “finally able to step back and actually respect myself enough to know what those [fundamental] things were and be OK with it, you know? That was a life lesson.”
May 2023
The pair made a rare red carpet appearance at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of her movie Asteroid City.
June 2023
Johansson revealed the secret to her and Jost’s marriage during an appearance on CBS Mornings.
“I will say, we have such a — we laugh a lot and we communicate with one another and check in,” Johansson said in June 2023. “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 extroverted, 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?’”
December 2023
The couple hit the red carpet in color coordinated style at the American Museum of Natural History Gala. Johansson wore a white floor-length coat on top of a black slip dress with a bustier bodice while Jost sported a black tuxedo with a white dress shirt.
April 2024
Jost gave several sweet shout-outs to Johansson while he hosted the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
“Doug [Emhoff], as you can tell by all the comments about my wife, I’m also used to being the Second Gentleman,” he joked, referring to the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris.
He also praised Johansson for “enduring lots of jokes,” and “agreeing to individually meet every person in this room after the ceremony.”
May 2024
During the May 2024 season finale of SNL, Jost and his “Weekend Update” co-anchor Michael Che read each other’s jokes without previewing them — which led Jost to reluctantly make a crack at Johansson.
“Oh, God,” Jost quipped. “ChatGPT has released a new voice assistant feature inspired by Scarlett Johansson’s AI character in Her. I’ve never bothered to watch because without that body, what’s the point of listening?”
Jost quickly buried his face into his hands.
November 2024
“He’s a good guy … He is a very, very, very great guy. I’m extremely lucky,” Johansson gushed about her spouse during an appearance on Live With Kelly and Mark. “He’s a kind person and he’s hilarious and thoughtful and loving and he’s a great dad and I love him. I feel very, very lucky.”
The actress teased, “But he’s also, he’s got his naughty side. He keeps it interesting.”
After cohost Mark Consuelos asked, “How’s the boat?” referring to the Staten Island Ferry that Jost and Pete Davidson bought in 2022, Johansson used it as example of her husband’s sneaky side.
“That’s the naughty part I was talking about,” Johansson replied. “He bought the Staten Island Ferry. A Decommissioned Staten Island Ferry. And it is, yep, still decommissioned.” She noted that Jost rented out the ferry for the Tommy Hilfiger fashion show earlier that year, since they still own it.