{"id":735773,"date":"2026-06-30T23:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735773\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:23:14","slug":"snl-star-gifts-entire-internet-with-a-savage-roast-of-colin-jost-on-his-44th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735773\/","title":{"rendered":"‘SNL’ Star Gifts Entire Internet With A Savage Roast Of Colin Jost On His 44th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy birthday, to F you.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>\u201d star Colin Jost<\/a> turned 44 Monday, which makes his zodiac sign cancer. So, it\u2019s only fitting that his co-star Michael Che<\/a> celebrated by showing his claws. <\/p>\n

And by that, we mean that Che published a savagely brutal birthday post about Jost on Instagram<\/a> Monday \u2014 and it\u2019s pretty funny \u2026 if one\u2019s aware of the duo\u2019s annual joke swap on \u201cWeekend Update.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\""Weekend“Weekend Update” anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d in May. <\/p>\n

\u201cHappy bday to my good buddy, colin jessica jost,\u201d Che began his post, before recalling a few moments the two have shared throughout their years of working together \u2014 some true, and others, not so much. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think back to all the stupid fights we had thru the years.. like when you came to work with that racist puppet<\/a>.. or when kept doing nazi salutes to our fans on tour.. or when you got our first magazine cover cancelled cause i was \u2018making stupid faces\u2019,\u201d Che wrote.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cOr when you INSISTED on getting RKelly on the show.. or when you took me to that \u2018whites only store\u2019 ..or when you got us beatup at wrestlemania.. or all the times i had to stand there and listen to you and scarlett argue at work and i just had stand there like, \u2018ohhh kayyy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ScarlettScarlett Johansson does her \u201cSNL\u201d monologue in 2019, while Che and Jost stand onstage. Che used a similar photo in his Instagram post to demonstrate the two \u201cfighting\u201d while he awkwardly watched. <\/p>\n

Che wasn\u2019t quite done, however. <\/p>\n

\u201cOr when harry styles gave us flowers and you gaslit me cause said \u2018i dont think he likes me\u2019, and you got all mad like \u2018HE GOT US THE EXACT SAME THING!! YOURE JUST BEING REVERSE RACIST AGAIN!!\u2019.. or that time when the fbi thought we were dating..\u201d<\/p>\n

The carousel post also included a few photos of the two at work and hanging out, which serve as jokey \u201creceipts\u201d of Jost\u2019s bad behavior throughout the years. One photo shows Jost holding a Black puppet backstage at \u201cSNL.\u201d Another shows Jost holding his arm straight out while the two perform onstage. A very funny snap shows the pair pulling up to a store called \u201cWhites Drug & Department Store\u201d while they laugh in a convertible. The rest of the photos are references to other claims Che made about Jost in his post. <\/p>\n

\"BraunBraun Strowman battles Che and Jost at WWE WrestleMania at Met Life Stadium on April 7, 2019, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Brian Ach via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cNone of that shit matters today,\u201d Che continued in another text slide. \u201cCause we\u2019re still pals. and still the BEST update anchors, besides norm, tina, amy, jimmy, seth, chevy, jane, aykroyd, miller, nealon, and quinn.. and ill argue that with ANYBODY.\u201d<\/p>\n

The carousel concludes with footage of Jost backstage at \u201cSNL\u201d shot by Che. In the short clip, Che says to Jost: \u201cHey Colin \u2026 Colin. Fuck you, man.\u201d <\/p>\n

In response, Jost just stares blankly at the camera.<\/p>\n

Although Che\u2019s post comes off as highly aggressive \u2014 and makes Jost look like a total jerk \u2014 it\u2019s a dynamic most \u201cSNL\u201d fans are familiar with and very much enjoy.<\/p>\n

For years, the \u201cWeekend Update\u201d co-hosts have done a joke swap bit in which one writes jokes for the other, who then has to read them cold.<\/p>\n

Che\u2019s running joke for this bit is to make Jost look incredibly intolerant. He often writes racist quips for Jost to read, as though Jost wrote them himself.<\/p>\n

\"JohanssonJohansson and Jost attend the world premiere of Apple Original Films’ “Fly Me to the Moon” at AMC Lincoln Square in New York on July 8, 2024. <\/p>\n

CHARLY TRIBALLEAU via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In 2024, Che went nuclear when Jost\u2019s wife, actor Scarlett Johansson, hosted the show. During their joke swap, Che wrote an incredibly sexist monologue<\/a> for Jost to read about Johansson as she was filmed watching the bit backstage. One particularly crass joke included Che comparing Johansson\u2019s nether regions to roast beef.<\/p>\n

Johansson got her revenge in 2025, when she appeared on \u201cWeekend Update\u201d<\/a> so Che could apologize to her \u2014 an apology, mind you, that Jost wrote.<\/p>\n

Watch Jost and Johansson\u2019s hilarious revenge below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n