FROM BLACK WIDOW TO WHITE MAMMA
LOS ANGELES: Scarlett Johannson’s comedian husband has used a stand-up gig over the weekend to confirm that the Black Widow star is expecting their first child together.
While performing at a stand-up gig at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut, Saturday Night Live funnyman Colin Jost said, “We’re having a baby, it’s exciting,” according to a source in the audience. It followed the New York Post’s revelations in July that Johansson is pregnant.
Johansson, 36, already has a six-year-old daughter named Rose from a previous marriage to Frenchman Romain Dauriac.
She quietly wed Jost, 39, in October 2020 after three years of dating.
The Avengers star first sparked pregnancy rumours in June after skipping out on several Black Widow events.
“She hasn’t been doing many interviews or events to promote Black Widow, which is surprising since it is a huge Marvel/Disney release and she is both the star and an executive producer,” a source told The Post’s Page Six column at the time.
Instead, the Oscarnominated actress carried out promotional appearances via Zoom, appearing virtually on The Tonight Show to chat with Jimmy Fallon on June 21, conspicuously only shot from the shoulders up, and later doing the same thing on Seth Meyers’ show.
Johansson is currently suing Disney, alleging that her contract was breached when Black Widow was released on Disney+.
And she is already plotting her big-screen return after her baby’s arrival. She has signed on for Wes Anderson’s latest movie, which stars Margot Robbie and Tom Hanks, as well as Adrien Brody and Bill Murray.