
Comedy couples Saturday Night Live may be known for bringing laughs to viewers, but it’s also brought tons of stars together.
Old-school SNL veterans like Dan AykroydAnd Bill MurrayTo more recent stars like Colin JostAnd Pete Davidson, a ton of the late-night staple’s cast has met their significant others while working on the NBC show.
On the set of The Akroyd fell for Carrie Fisher. Blues BrothersAfter meeting initially on the sketch comedy series. They eventually became engaged, but ended their romance in 1980. The couple got engaged. Stars Wars actress’ death in December 2016, the GhostbustersAn actor wrote a touching tribute to Fisher.
“One of the most brilliant and hilarious minds of our eon, Carrie would say things like: ‘I love tiny babies. When they cry, they turn red and look like screaming tomatoes.’ OR ‘This romance is finished the second you let out even a threep. I’ll be sick for a year,’” he wrote in an essay for EmpireJanuary 2017, magazine. “AND ‘You have a jawline, hold your chin up otherwise you look like a tuna.’ From then on I would identify myself on the phone as Tuna Neck.”
Jost was, for his part. Scarlett JohanssonAfter being spotted at an in May 2017, they were finally captured in SNL afterparty following the show’s season 42 finale. After getting engaged in May 2019, Black Widow actress hosted the hit comedy series seven months later and gushed over her then-fiancé.
“This place means so much to me,” Johansson said at the time. “I have so many friends here, and I met the love of my life here.”
The lovebirds were married almost one year later in an intimate ceremony during the coronavirus pandemic. Meals on Wheels announced the couple’s marriage in October 2020, via Instagram. “We’re thrilled to break the news that Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost were married over the weekend in an intimate ceremony with their immediate family and love ones,” the organization wrote.
Some SNL-born relationships have crashedAnd burned — including Fred ArmisenAnd Elisabeth Moss and Jason SudeikisAnd Olivia Wilde — others have remained unbreakable.
Scroll through to see which stars fell for each other while starring in the sketch comedy series.