‘Saturday Night Live‘ star Colin Jost shares a 2-year-old son named Cosmo with his wife, Scarlett Johansson.
And for the most part, he likes to keep his family life private, but the 41-year-old comedian appeared on this week’s episode of the Table for Two podcast, and he talked a lot about his life as a father.
He revealed how he loves to go swimming with Cosmo…
One thing that’s really important with [Cosmo] is I take him swimming a lot whenever I can — like pool or ocean.He’s only 2 and he’s a pretty good swimmer actually, like he’s almost independent swimming, which is kinda crazy. He’s a smart guy, too, such a fun kid.
Jost also talked about how close he was to his grandfather, who recently passed away. He said he was happy Cosmo got to spend a couple years with him, even though he probably won’t remember much from this time.
Even though I’m sure Cosmo won’t remember that time, I’m excited to impart elements of my grandpa in him. His middle name is my grandpa’s name and [Cosmo has] the spirit of a lot of the great things in my grandpa, a curiosity that my grandpa really had.
And then Jost shared a truly beautiful moment he and his grandfather shared before his death…
One of the last things he said to me, on his death bed, were ‘Don’t worry, I’m okay,’ I think that’s one of the last things I will hopefully impart in Cosmo. I don’t know how much of it’s taught versus in you, but a gratitude and some kind of grace with people is a great thing.
This interview really made us appreciate Jost!
