Colin Jost turned an unexpected Winter Olympics controversy into a headline-making moment during NBC\u2019s 2026 Games coverage. The Saturday Night Live star addressed the viral \u201cCrotchgate\u201d debate while speaking with broadcaster Mike Tirico, using humor to react to reports surrounding ski-jumping suit measurements.<\/p>\n
Jost\u2019s jokes, which included a reference to wife Scarlett Johansson<\/a>, quickly became one of the most talked-about clips from the broadcast.<\/p>\n Colin Jos jokes about wife Scarlett Johansson being excited with him injecting his crotch<\/p>\n As per Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, Colin Jost recently made a hilarious remark in the context of the recent \u201ccrotchgate\u201d scandal during the Winter Olympics this year. During a segment with \u00a0NBC\u2019s Mike Tirico, Jost<\/a> said he had been \u201cfollowing Crotchgate very closely,\u201d joking that he had his \u201ceye on all of the crotches.\u201d<\/p>\n The controversy stems from reports claiming that some ski jumpers allegedly attempted to gain an advantage by enlarging their crotch area, either through chemicals like hyaluronic acid or other methods, to slightly increase the surface area of their suits. Since ski jumpsuits are precisely measured, even minor alterations can impact aerodynamics.<\/p>\n After the show displayed headlines about the scandal, the camera returned to Jost with his lower body humorously blurred. \u201cI\u2019ve been injecting, I\u2019d say, maybe too much hyaluronic acid,\u201d he joked, before adding, \u201cScarlett\u2019s excited.\u201d He continued the bit by saying, \u201cI might be able to jump all the way to Italy with this thing. So watch out, Olympians.\u201d<\/p>\n The science behind the controversy was also explained during coverage. International Ski and Snowboard Federation official Sandro Pertile noted, \u201cEvery extra centimeter on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5 percent bigger surface area, you fly further.\u201d The allegations, originally reported by German media, have drawn attention from the World Anti-Doping Agency. The organization\u2019s president, Witold Banka, said, \u201cI promise you I\u2019m going to look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere in his Olympics reporting, Jost described trying bobsledding with Team USA athlete Bryan Berghorn. Reflecting on the experience, he said, \u201cI thought I was going to die,\u201d adding, \u201cI thought my back was going to snap in half\u2026 by far the scariest experience I\u2019ve ever had in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Jost\u2019s remarks blended humor with coverage of one of the Games\u2019 strangest controversies, keeping viewers entertained while the investigation unfolds.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Samridhi Goel on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Colin Jost Says Wife Scarlett Johansson Is \u2018Excited\u2019 Amid Crotchgate Joke<\/a> appeared first on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Jost turned an unexpected Winter Olympics controversy into a headline-making moment during NBC\u2019s 2026 Games coverage. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,24191,156,160483,111,139,69,12656,28267],"class_list":{"0":"post-288972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-colin-jost","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-mike-tirico","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-scarlett-johansson","16":"tag-winter-olympics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}