For several years, the final “Saturday Night Live” episode of the year has included a segment of “Weekend Update” in which co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che write jokes that the other has to read for the first time on the show. For Jost, this usually meant Che forcing him to say a litany of jokes about race and racism that were shockingly tone-deaf and over-the-top – and often quite funny in context.

This year, however, Che found a new way to torture Jost: He made him say outrageous things about his wife Scarlett Johansson – while a camera captured Johansson’s live reactions in the hallway outside the studio. The actor appeared during the episode’s opening to welcome host Martin Short to the Five Timers Club, and Che apparently couldn’t resist the chance to have some fun at the couple’s expense.

The segment began with Jost reading that he would be “reading all the jokes in ‘Black Voice’ this year so I don’t get in trouble,” which led to Jost reading a joke about Kamala Harris and saying she supports her Idea still of reparations for slavery.

“Well, damn girl, me too,” said Jost, barely able to get the words out through his desperate laughter. “Because the white people deserve our money back for all the slaves that ran away.”

That was just a taste of what Jost would say about his wife. Just the sight of her face in a picture over Jost’s shoulder was enough to make some people in the audience scream in anticipation of what was to come.

“I want to dedicate this next joke to my friend Scarlett Johansson,” Jost said, and then the camera showed a nervous Johansson holding a drink and watching Jost from a monitor above her.

“NO NO!” Jost said as he realized what was going on. “Oh my god, she’s so genuinely worried!”

Then he set about reading the jokes Che had written for him for the first time.

“You know, Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday, which means I’m about to get out of there!” Jost said, bursting into laughter again before he could even reach the finish line. After he regained his composure – and Che reminded him that there was more to the joke – Jost continued. “Shiz! No no. I’m just playing,” he said. “We just had a kid together and you haven’t seen any pictures of him yet because he’s fucking black!” – At that point, a photoshopped image of Jost and Johansson holding a black baby appeared over Jost’s shoulder.

Che definitely suffered his fair share of comedic humiliation, being forced to make jokes about “Moana 2” and Jeffrey Epstein, Jay-Z, and his promise to Diddy, “I’ll help you get away.” But then things got right The spotlight returned to Jost, who ended the segment with a joke about his wife that was so out-of-date that it actually startled Johansson. Warning: This is not for the faint of heart!

“Costco has taken its roast beef sandwich off its menu, but I’m not tripping,” Jost said. “I’ve been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the baby!” After the audience, Jost and Che had all stopped laughing, Jost read the last lines. “No, no, I’m just playing, baby. You know I won’t go down like this! Shit! That’s gay as hell!”

Martin Short hosted the episode with Hozier as musical guest.