Scarlett Johansson Says She Leads the Household While Raising Two Children

Johansson said she sees herself as the household’s chief executive and takes an active role in parenting. She and Jost, who have been married since 2020, arrange their demanding schedules to give their children as much everyday stability as possible, she said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published on November 12.

The couple have a 5-year-old son, Cosmo. Rose, Johansson’s 12-year-old daughter from her marriage to Romain Dauriac, is with her former husband; the former couple share custody. Johansson said she loves being a mother and considers her children’s lives and privacy important. She wants them to decide for themselves whether to be publicly associated with her fame.

Johansson, who won a Tony Award in 2010, said she would like to return to Broadway but finds theater difficult to fit around raising young children. She and Jost first met when she hosted Saturday Night Live in 2006, began dating in 2017 and married in 2020. Jost is a co-anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” segment.