Scarlett Johansson has a job title for her role at home. “I consider myself the CEO of our household,” she told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Wednesday, as Page Six reported. The house she runs is shared with Colin Jost, the “Saturday Night Live” comedian she married in October 2020.
Short sentence. Big claim. And she said it without hedging.
Scarlett Johansson Calls Herself the ‘CEO’ of the Household
Johansson did not frame the title as a joke at Jost’s expense. She paired it with talk about being a hands-on mother, someone who loves the job and believes children have a lot going on in their own lives, according to Page Six.
She is a mom of two. Her son is with Jost. Her daughter is from her marriage to ex-husband Romain Dauriac.
CEO is a telling word choice. Executives set direction and carry the final call when things go sideways. Calling herself that is a public statement about who holds the household calendar, the decisions and the mental load. Plenty of marriages run this way without anyone saying it out loud. Scarlett Johansson said it to a newspaper.
Colin Jost, 44, has not publicly commented on Scarlett Johansson’s recent interview. Page Six reported no comment from him.
The Couple Balances Busy Schedules for Their Children
Two careers like theirs do not fit neatly around a school week. Johansson told the LA Times that she and Jost coordinate their schedules so the kids’ lives stay as normal as possible, Page Six reported. Coordination is the quiet half of the CEO line. A household with one person in charge still needs the other one to show up when the plan says so. Johansson’s description suggests a division of roles rather than a solo operation: she runs it, they both work it.
Broadway is where the cost shows. The Tony winner said she would love to go back to the stage, but finds theater too hard to manage while raising young kids. Eight shows a week, evenings and weekends gone. She has made a choice about where her time goes, and she named the thing she is giving up.
Johansson Values Family Privacy and Keeps Kids Out of the Spotlight
Johansson has been famous since she was a teenager. Her children, she has made clear, will not be by default. Last year she told InStyle that her family and its privacy are precious to her, and that keeping her children anonymous matters to her, according to Page Six.
She also said she does not want her kids carrying the weight of fame until they can choose it for themselves. That position explains why this week’s interview talked about parenting in broad strokes. No school details. No photos. Her kids appear in the story only as the reason the schedules exist.
Scarlett Johansson has kept the marriage itself fairly private too. Her public comments about Jost have mostly come in response to his own antics, including his purchase of a Staten Island Ferry and his jokes about her on “SNL.”
She Reflects on Her First Date with Colin Jost
Johansson did not start out in control of this relationship. On “Today” last year she said she panicked when Jost first asked her out. She described herself as a serial monogamist who had never been asked to dinner in the traditional way, Page Six reported. She ran out on him at the end of that first dinner. He got a second chance anyway.
Five years into the marriage, the woman who fled the first date now describes herself as the one running the house. Jost has not said what title he would give himself.
Sources: Page Six
