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Michael Che reveals one of Colin Jost's 'SNL' jokes made him 'angry,' says he threatened to quit | Colin Jost, Michael Che, Saturday Night Live, TV | Just Jared: Celebrity News & Gossip

One of Colin Jost's jokes during Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live had Michael Che feel somehow.

The two comedian co-stars have been sharing Weekend Update duties for years now and have told plenty of jokes from the audience seats.

During a recent podcast appearance, they were asked if they ever didn't like each other's jokes. Michael revealed that one of the ColinThe jokes made him so “angry” that he threatened to leave the set.

Read on to find out more…

While you are on the Fly on the wall Podcasts, Michael remembered a Colin's jokes that turned the phrase “jalapeno business” into a pun meant to sound like “everything involved in your business.”

“I was pretty angry about that,” he recalled to EW.

He continued, saying, “I remember the run-through when you did it because I'd never heard it before. I don't remember the setup, but the punchline was 'jalapeño business.' And I was like, 'If you tell that joke live, I'm leaving. I'm leaving the show.' And he did it live and it was a blast. And I was so frustrated. I was so frustrated. I was like, 'I don't even know what we're doing anymore.'”

Colin said he considered taking the joke off the set, but decided he would “definitely, definitely” leave it in after seeing how his co-star reacted.

What was the joke? It was from May 2015 and went like this: “Ohio police arrested a woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend because he ate all her salsa. But you'd be mad too if your boyfriend didn't like jalapeños.”

Colin's wife Scarlett Johansson recently spoke about the duo's now iconic jokes at the end of each season, saying she was “terrified” of them.