Rumours have been circulating for a while that actress Scarlett Johansson was dating one of the cast members of Saturday Night Live.

Various gossip sites were awash with stories of ScarJo snogging a certain Colin Jost at the SNL afterparty back in May.

Colin Jost co-hosts the segment 'Weekend Update' on SNL and, he spoke out on the Emmy red carpet for the first time about his newfound flame.

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He told Entetainment Tonight, 'The first time she hosted was the first year I was a writer on the show...So we've kind of known each other since then…she's the best. I'm very happy, I'm very lucky.'

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Hell yeah he's lucky.

Johansson divorced her french journalist husband Romain Dauriac back last summer, meaning he caught the actress at the perfect time.

As for Jost, his last documented relationship seems to have been with the amazing Rashida Jones, back in 2013.

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Despite only apparently being together since last Spring, Johansson and Jost are clearly ready to take their relationship public. She was even meant to be his Emmy date, though she had to work instead.

Jost said, 'She's wonderful. She's working, so otherwise, she'd be here…She's pretty cool…It's hard to have a lot of complaints, she's pretty awesome.'

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