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Scarlett Johansson Recalls Panicking and Leaving First Date With Colin Jost Early

She told TODAY her lack of dating experience prompted her to cut their 2017 dinner short.

Overview

  • Johansson shared the story on the Dec. 1 episode of TODAY with Jenna & Friends, where she served as guest co-host.
  • She said Jost took her to an Italian restaurant in New York’s East Village for an 8 p.m. dinner and then suggested meeting friends for a drink.
  • Feeling flustered, she abruptly ended the evening and went home to relieve her babysitter, arriving at 9:36 p.m.
  • Johansson described herself as a “serial monogamist” who had rarely been asked out, and said Jost later told her he thought the relationship was over because she was “acting so weird.”
  • The couple began dating in 2017, got engaged in 2019, married in 2020, and share a son, Cosmo; Johansson also has a daughter, Rose, from a prior marriage.