Scarlett Johansson’s mother-in-law criticised her and Colin Jost for naming their baby Cosmo.
Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson welcomed their son Cosmo into the world in 2021
The 41-year-old actress initially delayed revealing the four-year-old tot’s distinctive identify to their household as a result of Scarlett knew they might query it.
Showing on Thursday morning’s (04.12.25) episode of NBC’s As we speak with Jenna and Mates, she informed co-host Jenna Bush Hager: “Once we named our son Cosmo, I really didn’t inform anyone for that very cause.
“I didn’t need any of the bizarre faces. You recognize, once you inform somebody they go like this, ‘Oh, that’s completely different.’ You recognize once they do this, and also you’re like, ‘What’s taking place? You don’t prefer it?’”
Nevertheless, the Black Widow star’s 74-year-old mother, actress Melanie Sloan, adored the identify Cosmo as a result of it reminded her of the boy she had crushed on in highschool.
Scarlett – who additionally had a daughter known as Rose, 11, along with her 43-year-old ex-husband, journalist Romain Dauriac – continued: “My mother beloved it, which was nice. It was like, ‘Phew.’ She was like, ‘My third-grade crush was Cosmo.’ It had an awesome that means for her.”
However Colin’s mother, Kerry Kelly, had the other response.
Scarlett – who married the Saturday Night time Stay solid member in an intimate ceremony held at her $4 million house in Palisades, New York, in 2020 – recalled: “My mother-in-law was like, a couple of days after she goes, ‘Cosimo is a reputation I can discover. That’s a recognisable identify.'”
Jenna, 44, went on to disclose that her mother, former First Woman Laura Bush, 79, didn’t like how individuals in Texas, the Bush’s house state, pronounced her 12-year-old granddaughter Mila’s identify as it’s spelled, as an alternative of how it’s pronounced – M-E-L-A.
Jenna – who additionally has daughter Poppy, 10 and son Hal, six, along with her 47-year-old husband, Henry Chase Hager – mentioned: “We named our eldest daughter Mila – M-I-L-A, which is a wonderfully well-liked identify.
“However afterwards, my mother known as, and she or he’s like, ‘Now in Texas, they’re calling her Mila, the way in which you spelled it – M-I-L-A, they’re saying Mila.’
“I believe she’s like, ‘You recognize, Lela is L-E-L-A.’ Perhaps you’ll be able to change it to M-E-L-A.’
“I am like, ‘You need me to vary the spelling of my kid’s identify as a result of in Texas, they’re mispronouncing her identify as Mila?'”
