Afterwards, Johansson, who has hosted SNL six times, told Kelly Clarkson that she “blacked out” during the routine. “We need to go into like, witness protection after that night,” Johansson said. “It is brutal. It is brutal. I feel like every year it gets worse. It’s just terrible. I mean, I really do, I actually don’t remember that segment. I fully blacked out. And they do it at Christmas, too. It’s like a little gift to each other.” Earlier last season, Jost was tricked into reading another quip directed at Johansson. “New York State now allows movie theatres to sell alcohol,” Jost read during an episode in December 2023. “Which is how I’m finally able to enjoy my wife’s little art movies,” he said as a picture of Johansson in Marvel’s Black Widow flashed onscreen. “I’m kidding, honey,” he continued, embarrassingly. “I love all of your movies. And If you asked me, you’re an even better Black Widow than Coretta Scott King.”