Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che stunned the audience during their annual holiday joke swap.

Every year, to celebrate the holidays, Weekend Update hosts intentionally write offensive jokes for the other person to read for the first time on air.

This year’s jokes sparked strong reactions from viewers due to their political incorrectness – with some claiming the comedic duo had “gone too far”.

“Brutal” remarks about slavery, sex, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Epstein and Sean “Diddy” Combs left Che and Jost struggling to keep their composure during the six-minute portion of last night’s episode.

The segment began with Jost announcing that he would read out any “racist jokes” that Che told him in a “black voice.” The two presenters immediately began laughing uncomfortably with the audience.

“I’m so sorry in advance,” Jost said, shaking his head, before launching into a joke about Vice President Kamala Harris and slavery reparations.

Barely able to continue reading his script, Jost said, “You know, my friend Kamala Harris held a town hall meeting and talked about how she still supports the idea of ​​reparations for slavery.”

“Damn, girl, me too!” “Because the white people deserve our money back for all the 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 who are in touch with body signals are more likely to have an orgasm.”

“A new study finds that women are more likely to have an orgasm when they pay attention to their body signals such as heart rate and breathing,” Che said.

“Unlike the women I have sex with who just hold their breath until it’s over – Oh my God!”

Jost’s next jaw-dropping joke was one of two about his wife Johansson’s 40th birthday. To top it off, the actress’ reaction was broadcast live while Jost read his raunchy lines.

“I’m really worried,” Jost said, while his “boo” Johansson shook his head.

The comedian continued: “You know, Scarlett just celebrated her 40th birthday, which means I’m about to get out of there.”

“No, no, I’m just playing.” We just had a kid together and you haven’t seen any pictures of him yet because he’s fucking black.

Che’s next astonishing read was about the Disney children’s film Moana 2, which set records at the box office.

He said that he and his “good friend Jeffrey Epstein” always said, “There’s nothing like an island adventure with a teenage girl,” referring to Epstein’s scandal.

“I’m just kidding, I would never sleep with a girl as dark as Moana,” he read reluctantly.

Che went on to talk about the rape allegations made against Jay-Z and Combs, which seemed to be the hardest for him to get through.

He said, “Some people are afraid to think 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 there.

“And Diddy, if you’re listening, we’re bad boys for life. “When it comes to the allegations against you, I say the same thing I always said at your parties: I’ll help you get away.”

Che put his face in his hand before the camera switched to Jost to round out the skit with another joke about his wife, making a painful comparison between her vagina and roast beef.

“Costco took its roast beef sandwich off the menu, but I’m not tripping.” “I’ve been eating roast beef every night since my wife had the baby,” he said.

Clutching her drink with both hands, Johansson exclaimed, “Oh my God!”

To add insult to injury, Jost continued, “No, no, I’m just kidding, baby.” You know I’m not going down there. Shiz, that’s fucking gay.’

“I think they went too far this time,” one X user responded to this year’s notoriously controversial segment.

“Oh, that was…terribly unfunny,” another chimed in, with several others echoing that sentiment.

Captioning the full YouTube clip of the prank exchange, someone shared: “This is easily the most violent one they’ve done so far. Every single joke went straight to the gut.”

Many shocked observers noted Johansson’s appearance and her reactions to the jokes being told at her expense.

“Colin is one joke away from a divorce,” one X user explained.

“She’s f***ing mortified and rightfully so,” another added.

One user called the jokes, particularly about Jost’s wife, sexist: “Yeah, fuck the patriarchy, really.” That was really low.”

Despite the sensitive topics the two forced themselves to discuss during Weekend Update, many viewers praised their jokes and found them entertaining.

“I don’t even watch SNL but I wait for a joke trade every year like it’s my only Christmas present,” one X user said.

Someone agreed: “The SNL joke exchange is the best. ‘I was dying.’

One viewer acknowledged the seemingly unhinged comedic material: “That was crazy!” Is it the last day of anyone on the writing team? This episode is awesome!’

“Any of you who say ‘not funny’ obviously have no sense of humor,” another person wrote.