Colin Jost Makes Rare Statement About Scarlett Johansson’s 9-Year-Old Daughter Rose

Published on July 17, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Colin Jost gives a rare insight into his relationship with Scarlett Johanssonthe daughter of, Rose.

In a new interview with The New York TimesTHE Saturday Night Live The 42-year-old head writer and host of “Weekend Update” spoke about his family life with the Fly me to the moon The 39-year-old actress explains what she thinks about being a stepfather.

Jost and Johansson — who began dating in 2017 and tied the knot in October 2020 — share one child, son Cosmo, 2, and co-parent Rose, 9, whom the actress shares with ex Romain Dauriac.

“I think part of the reason I fell in love with her is because she’s such a great mother,” Jost told the magazine. “I’ve known my stepdaughter, Rose, since she was 2 years old. It’s weird. You get to see someone in real life as a mother.”

Johansson dated Dauriac, 43, from 2013 and married the French journalist in 2014. The former couple welcomed their only child together in August 2014, before announcing their divorce in January 2017.

THE Black Widow The actress was also previously married to Ryan Reynoldswedding the dead Pool actor in 2008 and separation in 2011.

For his part, Jost was never married before marrying his actress wife, but he is said to have dated Parks and recreation actress Rashida Jones for a few years in the 2010s.

Of course, Reynolds, 47, was going to get married Blake Lively and the couple now have four children. Jones, 48, found love with the Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig and they have a young son together. All’s well that ends well!

As for their own crew, AND caught up with the The Avengers actress in October and she revealed all the details about how she and her husband of two years handled Cosmo’s “terrible two years.”

Johansson joked: “I think the ‘Terrible Twos’ are more like tackles.” Me! Like he was physically pinning me down.

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