The laugh’s on him.
Scarlett Johansson’s alleged stalker was arrested for threatening to bomb the studio of “Saturday Night Live” — where the actress’ husband, Colin Jost, works as a staff writer and co-host of the “Weekend Update” segment, law enforcement sources said Thursday.
Michael Joseph Branham, 48 — who has the word “Scarlett” tattooed with a heart on his torso — was busted in Manhattan Wednesday for allegedly text messaging the menacing remarks, the sources said.
A member of the security team for 30 Rock, where the famed sketch comedy show is filmed, reported the frightening text at the Midtown North Precinct Tuesday.
Branham was then charged with making terroristic threats.
He was arraigned Thursday night in Manhattan criminal court on charges including false reporting of an incident and held on $100,000 cash or $300,000 bond bail.
The judge also issued both Johansson and Jost orders of protection against the alleged creep at his arraignment hearing.
Johansson tried last year to get a restraining order against the obsessed fan, who allegedly believes he fathered one of her children, and has made other bonkers claims about her on social media.
The 40-year-old Lost in Translation” star said Branham had harassed her for more than a year, including repeatedly showing up at her home in November 2023, according to the court filing last year.
But a California court was forced to dismiss her plea for protection in April 2024 because her lawyer failed to serve him the court papers, the celebrity news site The Blast reported.
The apparently delusional fan has a wild X account where he has declared that the actress is his “fiancée,” has professed his love, and thanked her for buying him “a car.”
“Don’t worry about anything #SCARLETTINGRIDJOHANSSON I still have not cheated on you no matter what the brain interface people tell you in the air waves!!!,” he tweeted in November 2023. “I love you honey I’m waiting for you still in Hollywood.”
Johansson married Jost, who has written for the show since 2005, in October 2020 after dating for three years.