Scarlett Johansson Recalls Awkward First Date with Jost

Scarlett Johansson recounted the awkward start to her romance with husband Colin Jost during a guest appearance on NBC's "Today with Jenna & Friends" on December 1, describing how she abruptly ended their first date in 2017 after feeling overwhelmed by the experience.

Johansson, 41, explained that she had limited experience with traditional dating, having been a serial monogamist throughout much of her adult life. "Nobody had ever asked me out before," she said. "I was a serial monogamist, and I never got the sort of traditional, like, 'Hey, would you like to have dinner sometime?'" Jost, then a writer and cast member on "Saturday Night Live," invited her to an Italian restaurant in New York City's East Village for what she called a "lovely" dinner around 8 p.m. The evening lasted about 90 minutes until Jost suggested they continue to a nearby bar to meet his friends.

Unfamiliar with such casual extensions to a date, Johansson panicked. "I hadn't dated basically ever, so I was just like, 'I have to go now. I need to leave,'" she recalled. She returned home shortly after 9:30 p.m. to relieve her babysitter, who was surprised by the early arrival. "She was like, 'Why are you...