Colin Jost Is ‘Arms-On’ With His, Scarlett Johansson’s Son Cosmo

One huge completely happy household. On the subject of parenting, Colin Jost is prepared to go above and past to take care of the son he shares with spouse Scarlett Johansson.

“Colin is a particularly hands-on dad, he all the time makes a giant fuss over little Cosmo,” a supply solely revealed within the newest situation of Us Weekly in regards to the Saturday Night time Dwell star, 40, including that he “all the time makes a degree to pitch in” and permit the Black Widow star, 37, to relaxation.

Jost can also be “nice” together with his stepdaughter Rose, 8, whom Johansson shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac. “[Colin is] very respectful and caring,” the insider famous.

The couple, who’re on the point of have a good time their second marriage ceremony anniversary, are having fun with their “low-key” life out of highlight. “They’re very into their privateness and downtime within the Hamptons, the place they’ve a tight-knit assist workforce and a beautiful laid-back way of life that they wouldn’t commerce for the world,” the supply continued. “They’re only a very laid-back, useful pair who’ve a ton of mutual respect. … It really works pretty seamlessly and Scarlett’s extraordinarily completely happy.”

Jost and Johansson — who have been first linked in Might 2017 and confirmed their engagement two years later — quietly tied the knot in October 2020 in a small ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They welcomed son Cosmo in August 2021.

Although the twosome have continuously joked about their son’s uncommon moniker, Johansson revealed one 12 months after his beginning that it has a sentimental that means. “Colin’s mother had a bit little bit of a tougher time with it. She saved suggesting different variations of it for some time,” the Lucy star stated throughout an look on The Kelly Clarkson Present final month. “Cosmo is a extremely candy little flower that is available in totally different shades of orange and yellow and stuff like that. That’s why [Rose] preferred it too.”

The Weekend Replace anchor first opened up about embracing the thought of fatherhood in July 2020, when he joked about what would occur when he ultimately leaves SNL. “It’s actually not a superb place to work whilst you’re elevating a household or nurturing a wholesome relationship,” he wrote in his memoir, A Very Punchable Face. “When it comes to ‘family-friendly jobs,’ SNL ranks someplace between long-haul truck driver and Somali pirate.”

After a number of years on the enduring selection present, Jost wrote that he started waking up on Sunday mornings pondering, “I’d like to be elevating a child proper now.”

Later that month, he advised USA Right now that as he bought older, “a change sort of flipped for me” and made him understand how a lot he wished to turn into a father. “[Kids are] undoubtedly on my thoughts,” the Staten Island Summer time author stated on the time. “It’s gonna be, I’m positive, very difficult, however I additionally assume it may very well be actually enjoyable.”

Johansson, for her half, stated that elevating a household has been an “incomparable” expertise. “I believe being a dad or mum is the toughest, most rewarding … factor you’ll ever do,” she advised Further in November 2021. “I’m reminded of it continuously. I’ve been very lucky to get pleasure from this time with … our younger son. It’s a present. I really feel very fortunate.”

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