Overview

• Michael Che publicly apologized to Scarlett Johansson during Saturday Night Live's Season 50 finale for a December roast beef joke targeting her, calling it tasteless.
• The apology occurred during the traditional Weekend Update joke swap segment, where co-anchors exchange provocative jokes written for each other.
• Che humorously admitted jealousy and embarrassment as motivations for the joke and extended an apology to Colin Jost, crediting him for his career success.
• The original joke, delivered by Jost but written by Che, compared Johansson’s anatomy to a Costco roast beef sandwich, shocking Johansson during the live broadcast.
• Johansson had previously expressed her intent to retaliate against Che, but the on-air apology appeared to mark a resolution of the incident.