By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-22 15:43:28 | Updated at 2024-12-22 20:29:23
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Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost and Michael Che stunned the crowd during their annual holiday joke swap.
Each year, to celebrate the holiday season, the Weekend Update hosts write purposely offensive jokes for the other person to read for the very first time on air.
This year's jokes sparked strong viewer reactions for their political incorrectness - with some claiming the comedic duo 'went too far.'
'Brutal' jabs about slavery, sex, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Epstein and Sean 'Diddy' Combs had Che and Jost fighting to keep their composure throughout the six-minute portion of last night's episode.
The segment began with Jost announcing he would be reading all of the 'racist jokes' Che gave him in 'black voice.' The two hosts immediately started uncomfortably chuckling along with the audience.
'So sorry in advance,' Jost said while shaking his head before moving on to the joke about Vice President Kamala Harris and slavery reparations.
Hardly able to continue reading his script, Jost said: 'Y'all know my girl Kamala Harris held a town hall talking about she still supports the idea of slavery reparations.
'Well damn, girl, me too! 'Cause white people deserve our money back for all those slaves that ran away,' Jost said.
Then it was Che's turn to read his controversial script about women's sex lives. He told a joke about an article titled 'Women in touch with body signals more likely to have orgasm.'
Colin Jost and Michael Che stunned the SNL audience by making each other tell jokes that some found offensive or 'unfunny'
Scarlett Johansson was 'mortified' as her husband told crude remarks about her turning 40 and her genitalia
'A new study finds that women are more likely to have an orgasm if they are in touch with their body signals, such as heart rate and breathing,' Che said.
'As opposed to the women I have sex with, who just hold their breath until it's over - Oh, my god!'
Jost's next jaw-dropping jest was one of two about his wife Johansson turning 40 years old. To top things off, the actress' live reaction was aired while Jost read his raunchy lines.
'I'm so genuinely worried,' Jost said as his 'boo' Johansson shook her head.
The comedian continued: 'Y'all know Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday, which means I'm about to get up out of there.
'Nah, nah, I'm just playin'. We just had a kid together and y'all ain't seen no pictures of him yet 'cause he black as hell.'
Che's next flabbergasting read was about children's Disney movie Moana 2 setting box office records.
He said that he and his 'good friend Jeffrey Epstein' used to say 'there's nothing like an island adventure with a teenage girl,' referring to Epstein's scandal.
'I'm just kidding, I would never, ever sleep with a girl as dark as Moana,' he reluctantly read.
Che went on to talk about the rape allegations made against Jay-Z and Combs, which appeared to the part he had the hardest time getting through.
He said: 'Some people are afraid to take about it, but not Mikey the truth bomb Che. So here it is: Jay-Z is innocent. He wasn't even at those parties and I know because I was.
'And Diddy, if you're listening, we're bad boys for life. When it comes to the charges against you, I'll say the same thing I always said at your parties - I will help get you off.'
Che put his face into his hand before the camera cut to Jost to wrap up the skit with yet another joke about his wife, making a painful comparison between her vagina and roast beef.
'Costco has removed its roast beef sandwich from the menu, but I ain't trippin'. I be eating roast beef every night since my wife had the kid,' he said.
Clutching her drink think both hands, Johansson shouted: 'Oh, my god!'
Adding insult to injury, Jost continued: 'Nah, nah, I'm just playin' baby. You know I don't go down there. Shiz, that's gay as hell.'
Every year, Che and Jost write jokes for the other person to read on air for their holiday joke swap. The first time they see the scripts is while the show is live
Jost jested that his child with Johansson was black and that he would her not that is 40 years old
'I think they went too far this time,' one X user reacted to this year's notoriously divisive segment.
'Oh this was...painfully unfunny,' another chimed in, with several others echoing that sentiment.
Under the full YouTube clip of the joke swap, someone shared: 'This is easily the most brutal one they've done yet, went straight for the throat on every single joke.'
Many shell-shocked watchers noted Johansson's appearance and reactions to the jokes being told at her expense.
'Colin's one joke away from a divorce,' an X user declared.
'She’s f*cking mortified, rightfully so,' another added.
One user called out the jokes, specifically about Jost's wife, for being sexist: 'Yeah, f*ck the patriarchy, truly. that was really low.'
Despite the touchy topics the pair forced each other to discuss during the Weekend Update, many viewers praised their jokes and found them enjoyable.
Che put his head in his hand as he struggled through his script about Diddy and Jay-Z
During the comedic segment, Jost said he agreed with slavery reparations because 'white people deserve our money back for all those slaves that ran away'
'I don't even watch snl but I wait for joke swap every year like its my only Christmas present,' one X user said.
Someone agreed: 'The SNL "joke swap" is the best. I was f'ing dying.'
One viewer acknowledged the seemingly unhinged comedic material: 'This was crazy! Is it someone's last day on the writing staff? This episode is off the hook!'
'Those of you saying “not funny” obviously don’t have a sense of humor,' another person wrote.
