The Truth About Colin Jost And Michael Che's Friendship

While Michael Che and Colin Jost don't remember when they met or how they became so close, Che told AwardsDaily that it was a natural product of the comedy scene in New York. "I think comedy is a community or fraternity, where you work with each other a lot and you become friends without even realizing it," he said. Though Che was more in the standup scene than Jost, who did standup during his time off from "SNL," the two still had friends in common, worked at the same clubs, then shared duties at "SNL." A friendship was bound to develop.

When GQ asked if they are "actually real friends outside of work and comedy," Jost answered "definitely." Che agrees, explaining that they were already friends before he started at "SNL," and he credits Jost with inviting him onto the show as a guest writer.

The pair even admit to this while strapped to a polygraph machine. They interviewed each other for Vanity Fair, where Jost said he thinks Che is a good friend — though Che and the polygraph monitor accuse him of hesitating before he answers  — and Che admitted that he refers to Jost "more as a friend than a coworker," though he doesn't think they would make good roommates.

Che even came to Jost's defense, in his own gross, irreverent way when a writer for Uproxx wrote a 2019 story asking why people still hate Jost. Che responded by accusing him of bestiality. 

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