She wasn’t on board.
Scarlett Johansson wanted nothing to do with husband Colin Jost’s decision to buy a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry boat for $280,100 four years ago.
The “Saturday Night Live” comedian revealed his movie star wife’s savage one-word response to the purchase in a teaser for the May 4 episode of the “Smartless” podcast.
“I texted Scarlett, like, ‘Guess what? We own a ferry now,’” Jost, 43, recalled. “And she was like, ‘We?’”
Reps for Johansson and Jost did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
The “Weekend Update” host pulled the trigger and bought the 277-foot ferryboat with former “SNL” co-star Pete Davidson, 32, and business partners Paul Italia and Ron Castellano in January 2022.
Davidson, during a chat with “Entertainment Tonight” in June 2023, claimed that he and Jost were “very stoned” when they purchased the decommissioned vessel at an auction.
“I have no idea what’s going on with that thing,” he added at the time. “Hopefully it turns into a Transformer and gets the f—k out of there so I can stop paying for it.”
His friend and business partner, however, quickly denied Davidson’s claim that they were both “very stoned” when they bought the ferryboat.
“Is it worse that I was actually stone-cold sober when we bought the ferry?” Jost wrote on Instagram.
“We’re excited to prove the non-believers wrong. You’re going to be BEGGING to get on this ferry in two years. Mark my words.”
Jost and Johansson went on to address the elephant in the room more recently during an episode of “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” in January 2025.
“If anybody out there would like to start a GoFundMe for the Staten Island ferry, please be my guest,” the “Avengers” star, 41, joked.
“I don’t know if I’m speaking for the Staten Island ferry or against it, but help our family, OK?” she added. “This has now become a telethon for ‘Support the Staten Island Ferry.’”
But Jost fired right back and argued the investment was “going to put food on [their family’s] table.”
The couple, who tied the knot in 2020, share 4-year-old son Cosmo.
“I hope you have a good thick pair of gloves at home, because some day you’re going to be getting so many paper cuts from all the checks that start rolling in from this ferry,” the comedian quipped.
But while Jost, Davidson and their business partners have reportedly been losing money and facing obstacle after obstacle trying to launch their ferry project, the “Weekend Update” star has refused to abandon ship.
Jost proposed two possible plans for the 70,000 square-foot vessel, which he and Davidson have dubbed the Titanic 2, during the “Smartless” teaser: a place where people can “go have parties” or a swim club.
“Growing up in Staten Island, I went to this place called the Great Hills Swim Club,” he told co-hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes. “It was a swim club where people would just go, and the kids could all hang out, the adults could hang out.”
He continued, “I could imagine creating a place like that, that’s not a weird fancy members club, but is actually more middle class in Manhattan.”
Still, Jost appeared to question the future of his and Davidson’s more than $280,000 investment.
“It’s going to be fine,” he reassured the podcast hosts and himself. “Is this a good financial sign where you’re like, ‘It’s fine!?’”
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