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Scarlett Johansson’s Alleged Stalker Busted Over ‘SNL’ Bomb Threat

The delusional fan allegedly threatened to blow up the “Saturday Night Live” studio where the actress’ husband works.

Scarlett Johansson’s alleged stalker was arrested Wednesday for threatening to bomb the Saturday Night Live studio in Manhattan where her husband works, the New York Post reports. Forty-eight-year-old Michael Branham, who has an elaborate heart-shaped tattoo with the word “Scarlett” on his chest, was arrested after allegedly texting a bomb threat to the 30 Rock studio, where SNL is filmed. According to law enforcement, the message read: “THE NEXT TIME YOU HERE [sic] FROM ME I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE.” Branham, who has four active arrest warrants in Kentucky, was arraigned with bail set at $100,000. Prosecutors allege he has an obsessive fixation on Johannson, whom he refers to as his “fiancée” and posts delusional claims about online. The actress tried to file a restraining order against Branham in 2024 after he repeatedly turned up at her home, but the claim was dismissed due to a procedural error. Johansson married husband Colin Jost, who hosts SNL’s “Weekend Update,” in 2020.