Scarlett Johansson not too long ago opened up concerning the begin of her romance with Colin Jost, admitting she acted “bizarre” and “panicked” once they went on their first date.

The 2-time divorcee defined that earlier than Jost, nobody had “ever requested” her out, and so she was “flustered” and fairly naive about the best way to go about it.

In his 2020 memoir, Colin Jost described assembly Scarlett Johansson for the primary time and revealed that he feared he was out of her league.

Johansson’s romance along with her husband Jost seemingly kicked off in an ungainly method, as she seemingly did not have sufficient expertise earlier than him.

Throughout her visitor co-hosting effort on Monday’s episode of “As we speak With Jenna & Mates,” the 41-year-old actress mentioned that earlier than Jost, nobody “had ever requested” her out, and so the expertise was sort of novel to her when her now-husband did.

“No one had ever requested me out earlier than,” Johansson mentioned on the present, per the New York Put up. “I used to be a serial monogamist, and I by no means bought the type of conventional like, ‘Hey, would you prefer to have dinner someday?'”

“He really requested me out on a date,” she recalled. “We went to an Italian restaurant within the East Village. It was a beautiful date. We had dinner. Afterward, he was like, ‘I am assembly pals, let’s go seize a drink,’ and I hadn’t dated mainly ever, so I used to be identical to, ‘I’ve to go now.’ I want to go away.'”

The couple, who first met on the set of “Saturday Night time Reside” in 2006, did not formally start relationship till a number of years later in 2017.

Nonetheless, when Jost finally popped the query, the “Black Widow” actress discovered herself struggling and performing “bizarre” on her first date with the author, who thought there was no method they had been going to work out.

That day, she “bought residence to alleviate” her babysitter late within the night, however she defined that the helper was shocked and requested her, “Why are you residence?”

“I used to be like, ‘I went on this date, and it was…’ I simply felt so flustered,'” she defined.

And because it seems, her awkward conduct was fairly apparent as she famous that Jost introduced it up later.

“In a while, he was like, ‘I completely thought that was it. You had been performing so bizarre,'” Johansson recalled. “I panicked. I do not know.”

The “awkward” date clearly did not deter the pair, as they went on so far for 3 years earlier than tying the knot in October 2020. They welcomed their first youngster, a son named Cosmo, in 2021.

In his memoir, “A Very Punchable Face,” he recounted his first impression of the actress after he met her for the primary time on the set of “Saturday Night time Reside” in 2006, sharing how he thought he did not match as much as the film star.

“She has simply turned 20, and I used to be 23, however by way of standing and maturing, she was right here [holds hand above head] and I used to be right here [holds hand one inch off ground],” he wrote. “She claims that she remembers pondering I used to be ‘cute,’ however I do know what I appeared like and that is not the phrase I might have used.”

He went additional so as to add that she had “a grace and a smile that I’ve nonetheless by no means seen in every other human.”

Earlier this yr, Johansson sparked buzz after boldly kissing her male “Jurassic World” co-star, Jonathan Bailey, on the pink carpet through the movie’s premieres.

Regardless of rumors that he could be offended about his spouse’s conduct, Jost had a witty tackle the viral images of Johansson and Bailey kissing.

Whereas talking with Leisure Tonight, the “SNL” star poked enjoyable on the web’s response, joking that he and Bailey may must share a kiss of their very own simply to even the rating.

“Jonathan and I, on the [‘Jurassic World Rebirth’] pink carpet, we had been like, ‘I suppose we’ve got to kiss now? Is that what occurs?” he joked.

He leaned into the “Jurassic Park” references, teasing, “I suppose in ‘Jurassic Park’ phrases, the assault all the time comes from the raptor you by no means thought was there. Of all of the threats on the market, I wasn’t pondering it was Jonathan.”

Jost additional famous that he did not view the overtly homosexual Bailey, 37, as a romantic rival.

“He did not look like the most important risk,” the comic joked, including, “I believe it is going to be OK.”