Scarlett Johansson addresses kissing co-star on lips during red carpet after her husband shared response

Scarlett Johansson has explained what went on at home with her husband, Colin Jost, after an intimate moment with one of her co-stars ended up plastered across the internet.

To be honest, it felt like we heard more about the actors having a bit of fun on the press tour than we did about the actual film when Jurassic World Rebirth was being released earlier in the summer.

And Jonathan Bailey and Johansson were very much at the centre of that - from him and his ‘sl*tty little glasses’ to the pair having a smooch.

The stars leaned into it, sharing an ‘intimate image’ on social media after they went viral for having a little kiss (or two) on the lips on the red carpet.

This is honestly one of the only things I heard about the film (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)

But obviously, as some people seemed to have totally forgotten (and some Bridgerton fans like to try and ignore), Bailey is very much a gay man.

So, for the pair of friends, the kiss didn’t exactly mean anything, with Johansson telling Entertainment Weekly that it ‘was such a funny, silly thing’.

Attending the Toronto International Film Festival, she said she and Jost didn’t really talk about the internet reaction to the moment at home, but knows that ‘it was on everybody else’s mind’.

The Black Widow star also said that the tactile nature of the pair and many other co-stars is simply just a bit of an actor thing.

"I think actors are just... We have such extraordinary experiences that are in extreme conditions," she explained.

"We live as a family for months, you know, so it really feels [like] we have a lot of love for one another."

Jost previously admitted he hadn’t exactly expected that ‘to be a story’ as he told Entertainment Tonight: "I guess, in Jurassic Park terms, the attack always comes from the raptor you never thought."

The pair had a bit of fun with it (Instagram/@jbayleaf)

The Saturday Night Live ‘Weekend Update’ star then went on to comically put: "Of all the threats out there, I wasn't thinking it was Jonathan. People really blow it out of proportion, when someone kisses their friend hello, it's pretty nuts."

As a gay man, Jost didn’t exactly see Bailey as ‘the biggest threat’.

"Jonathan and I were like, ‘I guess we have to kiss now, to close the loop,’" the comedian added.

And Bailey had also said: "I believe in being able to show the love in all different ways and if you can't kiss your friends... life is too short not to."