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SNL star Colin Jost reveals one guest he asked for autograph

Colin Jost has worked on SNL for 20 years

Colin Jost has only ever asked one Saturday Night Live guest for their autograph.

The 43-year-old old star has worked on the long-running TV comedy show since 2005, and he's now revealed that Eli Manning, the legendary NFL quarterback, is the only guest that he's ever asked for a signature.

Colin - who is married to Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson - told People: "I've been writing on Saturday Night Live for 20 years, and the only host I've ever asked for their autograph was Eli.

"[He's] the only one I've asked because I'm such a Giants fan."

Colin actually asked Eli to sign a promotional photo that showed the sports star lying on a bed of footballs.

The comedian said: "He just signed it 'To Colin, Eli.' It looks almost romantic. It's such a funny photo."

Colin recently played alongside his sporting hero at the Ryder Cup Celebrity Pro-Am golf event in New York. And the TV star confessed to relishing spending time with Eli, 44.

He quipped: "When [Manning] tossed me a golf ball and I caught it, I was like, 'I'm like a wide receiver!' He really played great, so we lucked out."

Meanwhile, Scarlett previously admitted that she couldn't imagine "being with somebody who wasn't funny".

The 40-year-old actress admits that humour is a huge part of her life, and she thinks that it can actually help her to overcome all sorts of challenges.

Scarlett - who married Colin in 2020 - told Collider: "My husband's a comedy writer, and I couldn't imagine ever being with somebody who wasn't funny.

"I grew up in a very funny household. My dad is Danish and has a very dry sense of humour, and my mom is Jewish, so that's culturally a big part of our identity. It's certainly a certain kind of humour, and growing up in New York, that's another layer of it, of course. So, I see the ironic humour, also, in terrible things."

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