What Colin Jost has said about Weekend Update

3 quotes · 1 episode · May 4, 2026

Colin Jost, American comedian, writer and longtime Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor, has been quoted on Weekend Update 3 times in 1 episode of SmartLess, most recently on May 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Jost said his early Update struggles came from nerves that audiences misread as cockiness.

    “I think I was really nervous, and I probably smiled or laughed in a way that made people think I was kind of cocky about it”

    SmartLess: "Colin Jost" (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 47:04

  • Jost said he and Michael Che expected to be fired every summer for at least their first two years on Update.

    “for like the first two years at least, we thought we were going to get fired every summer”

    SmartLess: "Colin Jost" (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 46:46

  • Jost recounted that Michael Che met the audience before the show and told them not to laugh at anything Jost said.

    “He went and met with the audience before they loaded in, like looked them in the eyes and were like, listen, you're not laughing”

    SmartLess: "Colin Jost" (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 50:03

Episodes

  • "Colin Jost"

    SmartLess · May 4, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

    SmartLess hosts talk with Colin Jost about his Staten Island upbringing, the Harvard Lampoon, becoming SNL's Weekend Update anchor, his Staten Island ferry, and new projects.

Others on Weekend Update

Colin Jost on other topics